Finland says debate on NATO membership 'will change' after Russian invasion

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Thu, February 24, 2022, 10:02 AM

Finish Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Thursday said Russia's invasion of Ukraine will change the debate around NATO membership within her country.

"Finland is not currently facing an immediate military threat, but it is also now clear that the debate on NATO membership in Finland will change," Marin said, YLE News reported.

Finland has been debating for months whether the country should apply for NATO membership, with Marin saying it would require broad support for the country to move forward with an application.

https://news.yahoo.com/finland-says-debate-nato-membership-160250185.html

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I have a feeling that there will be a lot of non-NATO countries looking to apply for membership now.

[Muddy]

Eesh another Russian border country.. Looking for trouble... Gonna pull us right into the middle of it... But! If Sanna Marin will let me squirt on her tube I may consider it.. :obama:


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Finlands P.M. ^^^^ Fuck..! :drool:

[DemonGeminiX]

Wasn't Jussi fond of telling us that Finland was the only country that beat Russia in battle, where the odds heavily favored Russia?

[Muddy]

Wasn't Jussi fond of telling us that Finland was the only country that beat Russia in battle, where the odds heavily favored Russia?

Oh yeah, it was called the "Winter War" and Finland fucked them hard..

[DemonGeminiX]

Maybe, since Finland's capable of going all Rambo on Russia's ass, they might be a good addition to NATO.

[Godfather]

Oh yeah, it was called the "Winter War" and Finland fucked them hard..

It read a book on the Winter War last year. It was pretty fucking hardcore. I'm not saying they couldn't do it now, but man it was awful for the Fins. Seems like joining NATO is a better option.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Peter Aitken | Fox News


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Support in Finland to join NATO has doubled since just one year ago, with a majority now voicing support for the first time since polling started in 1984.

Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA has collected data twice each year for almost 40 years to track attitudes and values, which includes politics, economics, foreign relations, the environment and well-being. Chief among those interests remains whether Finland should join NATO.

Results from Autumn 2021 found only 26% of the population supported joining NATO, but following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that number has leapt to 60% support for NATO membership. The same percentage of Finns support taking a decision this year on the matter.

Historic support for joining NATO has remained low, with the previous peak in Autumn 1998 showing just 28% support.

The study clearly cited Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as responsible for the shift in opinion.

"The change is beyond comparison, both in terms of size and speed," EVA noted. The survey sampled over 2,000 responses from across a range of ages 18 to 79.

"The change in attitudes observed in the survey is a result of the Finns’ reaction to the change in their security environment, which seems to have left the old security policy philosophy, which had dominated in Finland for many years, without a foundation."

The study said that Russia has shown it "does not respect its neighbor’s sovereignty" and made real the "terrible nature of a defensive war fought on a country’s own territory."

Finland and Russia share a particularly hostile history, most notably culminating in the Winter War of 1939 during which the Soviet Union attempted to invade Finland at the start of World War II.

The Soviet Union suffered devastating losses estimated between 126,000 and 168,000 troops dead or missing. Finland lost just shy of 26,000 troops.

The Soviet Union cited security concerns and demanded borderland territory from Finland, even establishing a puppet Finnish Communist government known as the Finnish Democratic Republic, which the Soviets used as justification to invade Finland.

Only the Soviets recognized the Finnish Democratic Republic, as is the case with the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic.

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Beautiful.

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by Peter Aitken - FOX News


Finland will announce its decision on an application for NATO membership on May 12, Finnish news outlet Iltalehti reported.

The outlet reported that "the position is that Finland is applying for membership."

Finish President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin will review the application with party leaders before reporting the decision to NATO. Niinisto will also hold a press conference to announce his position and those of the state leadership and the party field.

The decision will be confirmed by a committee formed by the president and key ministers.

[Muddy]

Yeah and Russia is already starting to move troops to their border now.

[DemonGeminiX]

Yeah and Russia is already starting to move troops to their border now.

That's ok. Jussi will kick their ass.

[Muddy]

That's ok. Jussi will kick their ass.

No doubt, they are the greatest country in the world and all...

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Yeah and Russia is already starting to move troops to their border now.

:meh:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Tyler O'Neil | Fox News


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The president and prime minister of Finland, a country on the border of Russia, released a statement backing an application for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Thursday amid the Kremlin's aggression on Europe's eastern flank, particularly in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman issued an ominous statement on the move.

"NATO membership would strengthen Finland’s security," Finland President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said in a joint statement. "As a member of NATO, Finland would strengthen the entire defence alliance."

They called for the country to proceed immediately.

"Finland must apply for NATO membership without delay," the leaders added. "We hope that the national steps still needed to make this decision will be taken rapidly within the next few days."

In the statement, Niinistö and Marin noted that the country has engaged in "an important discussion" on NATO membership, for which "time has been needed to let Parliament and the whole society establish their stands on the matter." The country also delayed in order to develop "close international contacts with NATO and its member countries, as well as with Sweden."

Dmitry Pesvok, Putin's spokesman, said that "Finland’s entry into NATO will become a threat to Russia."

The statement comes one day after the United Kingdom shored up its defense alliances with Sweden and Finland.

"Today we made history by signing a joint declaration of solidarity to strengthen our security and defense ties and bring our nations even closer together," UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a tweet after meeting with his Swedish counterpart. "We are literally and metaphorically in the same boat."

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Germany and the United States already have agreements to defend Finland and Sweden against Russian aggression.

Last month Moscow threatened that if Sweden and Finland joined the military alliance then it would position nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles along its western border.

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Sweden has avoided military alliances for more than 200 years, while Finland adopted neutrality after being defeated by the Soviet Union in World War II.

The capital city of Finland, Helsinki, sits across the Gulf of Finland from Russia's historic capital, St. Petersburg.

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By Caitlin McFall | Fox News


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The Kremlin on Thursday said Finland’s push to join NATO is a direct threat to Russia as well as the stability of the European continent and vowed to respond accordingly.

"Finland’s entry into NATO will become a threat to Russia," Dmitry Peskov, press secretary to Russian President Vladimir Putin, told Russian media outlets."The next expansion of NATO does not make our continent more stable and secure."

"Of course, all this will become elements for a special analysis and development of the necessary measures in order to balance the situation and ensure our security," he added.

The comments came after Finnish leaders on Thursday urged their country’s officials to initiate the NATO application process "without delay" and argued the backing of the 30-member alliance was vital to Helsinki’s security.

Finland, a traditionally neutral nation in Northern Europe that shares a border with Russia, began to look to the military alliance along with neighboring Sweden after Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.

NATO expansion has been chief among Putin’s security concerns and was a contributing factor as to why he launched his invasion of Ukraine, which had previously looked to join the 30-member alliance.

NATO membership grants security support for each nation that joins under the Article 5 pledge that declares that an attack on one nation will trigger an attack from the entire alliance.

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Western officials have long argued that Putin intended to weaken NATO by causing discord in Europe upon invading Ukraine – a war that has resulted in the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II.

But instead, nations are now looking to expand the alliance over concerns that Putin could extend his conflict beyond Ukraine’s borders.

Moscow last month threatened to deploy nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles along its western border with Finland should it or Sweden expand NATO membership.

The U.S., U.K. and Germany have pledged security guarantees for Helsinki and Stockholm while they await admittance into the alliance.

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Finland and Sweden has formally applied for membership to NATO.

[Muddy]

yikes ! Do we protect them while their application is being reviewed ?

[DemonGeminiX]

yikes ! Do we protect them while their application is being reviewed ?

I think we already have a treaty with them. I'm not sure what it says, but I think we're already watching their back in some fashion.

[Muddy]

I think we already have a treaty with them. I'm not sure what it says, but I think we're already watching their back in some fashion.

I'd like to watch Sanna Marins back as she bends over and arches her ass up towards me while wearing silk panties where you can see her fat pussy through them. 8-[ :coat:

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By Jari Tanner - NBC 5 DFW


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A small brewery in Finland has launched a NATO-themed beer to mark the Nordic country’s bid to join the Western military alliance.

Olaf Brewing's OTAN lager features a blue label with a cartoon version of a beer-drinking medieval knight in metal armor emblazoned with NATO’s compass symbol.

The beer's name is a play on the Finnish expression “Otan olutta,” which means “I’ll have a beer,” and the French abbreviation for NATO, which is “OTAN.” The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has two official languages, English and French.

CEO Petteri Vanttinen told The Associated Press on Thursday that the craft brewery’s ad hoc decision last weekend to start producing the beer was motivated by “worries over the war in Ukraine” and its consequences for Finland.

He described the new lager as having “a taste of security, with a hint of freedom.”

Finland and Sweden on Wednesday submitted an application to join NATO at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels.

Olaf Brewing said its new beer also honors the eastern Finnish town of Savonlinna, the brewery’s base located a few dozen kilometers from Finland's border with Russia.

Savonlinna is known for St. Olaf’s Castle, a medieval structure from 1475 that serves as a venue for an annual international opera festival.

“Our small hometown Savonlinna has always lied in the borderlands between East and West. Many battles have been fought in the town area and at St. Olafs Castle” the brewery said in a Twitter post.
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