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2022-05-19 Europe

Finland and Sweden joining NATO would crush Russian power

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Posted by DarthVader 2022-05-19 08:33|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 If Finland and Sweden join NATO it would be an excellent opportunity for America to reduce it's subsidy to the organization and reduce military presence in Europe.

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2022-05-19 10:16|| 2022-05-19 10:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Finland's PM says they want to be in NATO but without NATO bases or nukes stationed on their soil. Sort of an ala carte approach. Much like Turkey not letting 10th Mountain Division deploy across their airspace to Iraq.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-05-19 10:31|| 2022-05-19 10:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Finland's PM says they want to be in NATO but without NATO bases or nukes stationed on their soil.

So, like Denmark? or France?

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-05-19 11:24|| 2022-05-19 11:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Turkey to block Sweden, Finland NATO bids over 'home to terrorists' claims

Posted by Skidmark 2022-05-19 12:16|| 2022-05-19 12:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Thank God for Turkey.
Maybe Allah.

Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-05-19 13:54|| 2022-05-19 13:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, unlike Turkey, Finland and Sweden are western democracies.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-05-19 16:50|| 2022-05-19 16:50|| Front Page Top

#7 The West used Turkey and its border with the USSR. Those days are over. In fact, those days were over in approximately 1992.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-05-19 16:52|| 2022-05-19 16:52|| Front Page Top

#8 NATO doesn't need Finland, Sweden or Turkey.

Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-05-19 17:36|| 2022-05-19 17:36|| Front Page Top

#9 Defensible border countries are only OK for paranoid Commie countries.

Posted by Frank G 2022-05-19 19:37|| 2022-05-19 19:37|| Front Page Top

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