If I were Finland or Sweden, Iâd give Putin the one finger salute and join NATO, you know, just to spite him.
Eventually, somebody needs to tell Putin that he isnât their ruler, and canât dictate their foreign policies to them.
Their countryâŠâŠTHEIR choice.
Crap!
Does that make me âpro-choice?â
I doubt Putin does more after this but if he is that concerned about Finland etc , he could have grand designs on Europe. Remote possibility.
I think the right question here Sweden and Finland could ask isâŠâYou and what Army?â Last time I checked the vast majority is a wee bit south for those types of threats right now.
Slow clapâŠthat was funny at the end.
Are you out of your mind? You want to add fuel to the fire? This is the types of decisions that have led to this. The d.c. foreign policies have been catastrophic since President Reagan left. Bush senior and Schwarzkoft were 100% right to stop at removing hussein. We all know what brought our so called intelligence with the never found weapons of mass destruction and our 20+ years Afghanistan debacle.
The same morons are at the helm. They have put us into this predicament. You keep writing that it is Ukraineâs choice to join NATO. The role of real military leaders should have been to tell Ukraine no.
Not only these past presidents failed the world but they also told Ukraine that we would help them when they gave up the nukes. Did they?
putin decides to go after Sweden and Finland? Of course we will defend them. putin has nothing to gain to go after them. These are not Slavic countries.
Furthermore the U.N. has been an absolute disaster. They are costing us $Bâs with NOTHING IN RETURN
Russia doesnât dictate to other countries which alliances they can and canât join.
Letting him do that is the same sort of appeasement that helped Hitler.
We wonât make the same mistake with Putin.
As I said, I hope that Finland and Sweden both give Putin a big F-UâŠâŠand join NATO.
Point: an autocrat canât tell democracies what they can and canât do. If you let them, then heâs already won.
Stop appeasing Putin.
You contradict your own premise.
Since 1991 we have done everything contrary to what President Reagan achieved.
Do you think President Reagan would have been on board with expanding NATO like we did and want to? This very same policy led us to today; which, is in itself your answer.
President Reagan rebuilt our military and achieved piece through strength not by expanding NATO.
Absolutely!!!
Reagan was the ultimate anti-Russia/anti-Commie president.
Had Finland and Sweden wanted to join, then just like the rest of Scandinavia, they would have been welcome! I canât imagine youâd think otherwise.
Just because Sweden and Finland havenât applied in the past doesnât mean that they shouldnât do so today.
Hell, Finland would be one of the few NATO nations that already meets the 2% GDP towards defense threshold if it joined.
So I sayâŠâŠCOME ON BOARD!!!
You have not read or learn one thing what President Reaganâs vision was post soviet era.
When you cook on your grill do you add alcohol fluid right on your flames?
Do you always give autocrats what they want, and kiss their asses? Iâm beginning to think so, given the way you suggest we do the same with Putin.
Donât let an autocrat like Putin tell the US and other countries what to do. Itâs their choice, NOT his. And unless one of them attacks his country, heâs not allowed to use force to stop them from making the choices that they prefer.
Russia canât stop Ukraine, Finland, Sweden, or anybody else from aligning with democratic countries and joining NATO.
Can China tell Taiwan, Vietnam, South Korea or Japan with whom they can align? I think not.
Same goes for Russia with respect to Finland, Sweden, and Ukraine.
And thatâs the bottom line, because Stone Cold said so!
Did I ever write âkiss their asses?â
âkiss their asses?â
âkiss their asses?â
Where are we today, today with putin invading Ukraine?
How is your strategy working for you?
biden cuts off our own energy independence? It gives putin $Billions in return.
HOW IS THAT FOR KISSING putinâs ASS?
90210âŠhow is it you are an expert regarding everything, regardless of topic and your never wrong(even when proven wrong)?
Truly insufferable.
This right here. The right to national determination. Until recently, Finland and Sweden held their neutrality as a shield against Russia, but it now becomes a magnet. The Swiss can remain neutral because they are stuck in the middle of cuisines 
Too, they serve a purpose internationally (like the Swedes) for prisoner swaps, humanitarian issues, etc. which need a neutral broker.
Iâve havenât made a post since last Sunday and glad Iâve havenât. But this is The Post of The Year IMO.
Edit: OK back to seclusion.
This is what 90210 and perhaps a few others donât understand.
Quote: In Sweden, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson addressed Moscowâs statement in a joint news conference Friday with Swedenâs military commander Micael Byden.
*â I want to be extremely clear. It is Sweden that itself and independently decides on our security policy line,â Andersson said.
Well said.
Every nationâs foreign policy is its own to decide.
Putin doesnât decide it for them. It is their decision and theirs alone.
You gotta underground bunker in back yard with any extra room,
good buddy ? Do I have to wear a mask ?
And a place to keep your loose change you donât want anyone to know about.
Thank you for your kindness.
YOU can have an opinion on everythingâŠYou do contribute cgrbkr on basically the same posts donât you? You can have an opinion? You can have an opinion but someone else/me canât? What message do you send by writing so? You have the choice to block me or others but no you chose to answer?
Again thank you for your kindness.