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Nevermind
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Right back at you friend. No hard feelings. You are welcome.
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Here we goâŠ
https://twitter.com/DaveKeating/status/1514198882250596356?s=20&t=vjkOUlwi1DIWxOhiXfpbTQ
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And all eyes will be on France and their up coming runoff election, between Macron and LePen. If nationalist Le Pen wins she will not stand in the way of France leaving the EU or NATO.
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Finland now moves to join NATO.
Putinâs strategy of containing NATO expansion has now officially failed, and even backfired.
Letâs bring Sweden in too.
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Turkey is not thrilled about granting NATO membership to Sweden and Finland and can kill it. I read this, didnât make it up. But given Turkeyâs almost friendly relationship with Russia, I get it.
You read correctly. Turkey is not favorable.
But vetoing would go too far.
Erdogan is an even bigger jackhole than we thought if that happens.
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Well Erdogan had come against it. No surprise, the guitar is they are harboring Kurdish âterroristsâ but thatâs also because Iâm not entirely sure Erdogan isnât playing a Pakistan role for ISIS.
Well I guess Russian aggression is now Finnish.
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If we can get a bunch of ukaraine and Swedish women refugees, we will be in good shape. Lol
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Probably Orban in Hungary will object, too. He just got âreelectedâ in April, so he can pretty much decide on his own. Hungary is tied to Russia. However, if Erdogan will take the heat for him, heâll probably just stay quiet.
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From what Ive read , itâs a consensus decision of members on allowing new members in. Are yâall
saying it has to be 100% of all 30 members ?
Consensus decision-making means that there is no voting at NATO. Consultations take place until a decision that is acceptable to all is reached. Sometimes member countries agree to disagree on an issue. In general, this negotiation process is rapid since members consult each other on a regular basis and therefore often know and understand each otherâs positions in advance.
Should be an interesting weekend based upon this;
https://www.reuters.com/world/erdogan-says-turkey-not-positive-finland-sweden-joining-nato-2022-05-13/
Erdogan is projecting a little bit, donât you think? Looks like a No. All 30 members have to agree.
from France24 news site: âTurkey has long accused Nordic countries, in particular Sweden, which has a strong Turkish immigrant community, of harbouring extremist Kurdish groups as well as supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based preacher wanted over the failed 2016 coup.â
Sweden was just HOURS behind Finland.
Bring 'em BOTH on board!
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Finland would destroy Russia
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I would really like to see how Sweden and Finland have kept up with their military spending as compared to others. I donât mind them joining but I also donât want our country to be constantly spending money to defend countries who have chosen to ignore their own security, we have enough of those already in Nato, maybe include some terms for military spending if they are accepted, maybe a conditional acceptance. The USA did not defeat the soviet union, We bankrupted them. Thatâs what caused the end of the soviet union and if we keep trying to save everyone that will happen to us also.
Finland is definitely over 2% of GDP on defense, and meets the NATO guidance on that. Several current NATO members, including Germany, do not.
Thatâs why Iâm thrilled about bring them in.
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Maybe we can try out the new Hypersonic missiles
This is pretty simple. Russiaâs guarantee of Ukraineâs sovereignty was a lie. Finland and Sweden likewise relied on Russiaâs pledge. Seeing that NATO didnât fight in Ukraine because they are not a member, Sweden and Finland would be derelict if they didnât seek membership.
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