Posted on 08/10/2022 4:31:06 AM PDT by EBH
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed documents endorsing Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO, the most significant expansion of the military alliance since the 1990s as it responds to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Biden signed the U.S. "instrument of ratification" welcoming the two countries, the final step for their endorsement by the United States.
"It was and is a watershed moment I believe in the alliance and for the greater security and stability not only of Europe and the United States but of the world," he said of their entry into the post World War Two alliance.
The U.S. Senate backed the expansion by an overwhelming 95-1 last week, a rare display of bipartisan unity in a bitterly divided Washington. Both Democratic and Republican Senators strongly approved membership for the two Nordic countries, describing them as important allies whose modern militaries already worked closely with NATO
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The other hand was poking the Bear.
Probably Biden will invite China to join NATO.
Historically, I guess, war is one way out of a depression.
And World Wars reset everything...
Destabilization and provocation are hallmarks of the collective NATO mindset. Biden uses the same techniques domestically using BLM and climate change.
There is an old saying “don’t poke the bear”
But then again Biden is an EXPERT on foreign policy due to his 50 years in the Senate. Just don’t mention that he was on the the WRONG side of EVERY policy the ENTIRE TIME.
So, Biden is Woodrow Wilson? Who gets to play FDR?
More countries we have to pay to protect. What’s a few trillion here and there?
The Bear is not asleep and at peace but is trying to eat its most immediate neighbor. As a result, two formerly standoffish types who live nearby — Sweden and Finland — decided to join NATO. It is not a poke at the Bear but is the equivalent of going into the street to yell and bang pots and pans to ward off a menacing bear. The Bear doesn’t like it one bit, but it just might avert a need to use a few well-aimed bullets.
Total military budget for the 2 countries is 12B. Ours is like 800B. Why wouldn’t they join up and let us fight the Russians for them?
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