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Senate to vote on ratifying Finland and Sweden's membership in NATO
NBC News ^ | Aug 3, 2022 | Rebecca Shabad and Frank Thorp V

Posted on 08/03/2022 5:52:02 AM PDT by deport

WASHINGTON — The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on a resolution to ratify Finland's and Sweden's applications to join NATO as the Western military alliance seeks to strengthen its resolve against the threat posed by Russia.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday evening that the chamber would vote Wednesday afternoon the resolution and a pair of GOP amendments.

"Our NATO alliance is the bedrock that has guaranteed democracy in the Western world since the end of World War II," Schumer said on the Senate floor. "This strengthens NATO even further and is particularly needed in light of recent Russian aggression."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: chuckschumer; cnbc; finland; frankthorpv; msnbc; nato; nbc; newyork; nobrainscollectively; rebeccashabad; sweden
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1 posted on 08/03/2022 5:52:02 AM PDT by deport
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To: deport

It’s a little late. The world has gone FULL COMMUNIST. We don’t need those freaks anymore. They can go back to “savin’ da enviomen.”


2 posted on 08/03/2022 5:59:47 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The House is supposed to represent the people, not the friggin' Federal government. )
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To: deport

So we are one country of the entire membership that must approve NATO membership.

When are they voting on Ukraine


3 posted on 08/03/2022 6:02:07 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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NATO
4 posted on 08/03/2022 6:14:10 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true . . . . . I may not have proof, but they're true !)
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To: deport

Neither of those countries are worth our going to war over.


5 posted on 08/03/2022 6:17:40 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: deport

Sad to see there peaceful countries throw their neutrality away...especially Finland.


6 posted on 08/03/2022 6:18:41 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera )
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To: mac_truck

Not thrown away….sold.
US military assets are already flowing into Finland
To counter a created threat


7 posted on 08/03/2022 6:22:42 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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To: deport
I'm on board with Finland and Sweden in NATO.

Assuming a good vote in the Senate, welcome to the team.

8 posted on 08/03/2022 6:25:37 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
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who knew putin would be the best NATO recruiting spokesman?


9 posted on 08/03/2022 6:26:09 AM PDT by VAFreedom (Wuhan Pneumonia-Made by CCP, Copyright Xi Jingping)
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To: deport
Swedish Military Says Pride Parade 'More Important Than Ever'


10 posted on 08/03/2022 6:26:43 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Socon-Econ

Especially since Sweden sat out WWII and gave Hitler all the Iron Ore they needed.


11 posted on 08/03/2022 6:27:53 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: deport

Can they ratify adhering to our constitution while they’re at it?


12 posted on 08/03/2022 6:36:59 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: JonPreston

The globohomo march continues.


13 posted on 08/03/2022 6:38:02 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump WON!!!)
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To: dfwgator

I say no. We should get out of NATO ourselves. Problem is They’re all pretty evil. First the Brits/Spaniards with their colonialism-brutal tactics. Then the Krauts and Russians took turns being the evil ones. Victims were the Poles. Ukes, Estonians-U name it.

Will it go back to the old days without US involvement? Probably. We shouldn’t be paying for the peace.

BTW-I just watched the DVD “The Captain” about a German deserter wo put on a captains uniform and took over a pow camp for deserters. Brutal. Based on truth.


14 posted on 08/03/2022 6:38:18 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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The problem is, for all intents and purposes, the US IS NATO.


15 posted on 08/03/2022 6:40:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: VAFreedom
who knew Putin would be the best NATO recruitment spokesman?

Lol

16 posted on 08/03/2022 6:45:53 AM PDT by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
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To: dfwgator

The problem is, for all intents and purposes, the US IS NATO.


Not anymore. Poland is building a credible land army in Europe. They know they can’t count on the US long term. Once Trump is gone AOC Democrats will go back to deferring to the Putin loving EU on European security.


17 posted on 08/03/2022 6:47:00 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: deport

Doesn’t matter...we’re still the No. 1 Money Tree. Will they pay their fair share...only a couple countries do.


18 posted on 08/03/2022 7:10:51 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: mac_truck; deport
Sad to see there peaceful countries throw their neutrality away...especially Finland.

Erdogan still wants the Swede/Finnish terrorists.

Ain't gonna be no "NATO memberships" without screams from the Turkish dungeons.

19 posted on 08/03/2022 7:21:01 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Seaplaner
Erdogan still wants the Swede/Finnish terrorists.

Ain't gonna be no "NATO memberships" without screams from the Turkish dungeons.

20 posted on 08/03/2022 7:21:59 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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