I'm pretty sure that was not one of his strategic goals when he invaded Ukraine...
Great!
Another soon-to-be Islamic republic in NATO...
The bigger story here is that Erdogan has veto power over who gets into NATO.
He must have got what he wanted.
Putin’s greatest accomplishment in this war is getting Finland and Sweden to join NATO...well done, Pooty boy!
Swedenstan
I have always complained about Sweden’s “neutrality”.
It’s a concept based on dishonesty. Neutrality is UNTENABLE in this day and age. I’m happy the Swedish people have sucessfully pushed their politicians to embrace NATO. The Swedish people did that, it has to be noted.
If the Turk parliament ratify Erdogan’s NATO approval for Sweden, then Hungary will follow up right away (as they have previously stated).
After that... we can all celebrate Sweden as a new excellent NATO member and I can’t wait for that great moment!
Putin is the greatest NATO-expanding entity in the history of post WW2. He saved NATO. Many Ukrainian civilians had to pay with their blood though in order to wake-up the sleepy western world. But they succeeded. The incredible tenacity of the Ukrainian people is what’s saving the soul of the western world right now.