Crazy.
Ri-ight! We would probably immediately threaten to "glass" Toronto or Mexico City!
/mordant sarcasm
Ri-ight! Like Canada or Mexico would ever even consider joining a military alliance with Russia!
Absurd analogies!
Regards,
Why not? If Washington thinks the Southern border isn't worth protecting, maybe the Russkies can do it. They do know a thing or two about securing borders.
Do not screw around with the Finns.
I’m not quite sure what all the hyperventilating here is about (outside of the Pooty Puffers).
Finland and Sweden already cooperate closely with the US and many NATO countries, run large exercises with us, and so on. Both countries are already well armed, and Finland is particularly well manned and trained. There’s not any real reason to build significant NATO facilities there. Possibly some logistics and infrastructure upgrades / additions would be useful. (Not totally unlike the US Interstate highway system, for one example.)
Basically, deterrence of a Russian attack is the major gain. That assuming Pooty has learned ANYTHING from his Ukraine adventure at all, and doesn’t want to fight along 1600+ miles of border.
That said, many (including, oddly, many FReepers) don’t seem to understand the dynamic here. It is precisely Putin telling countries like Finland what they can or cannot do, and issuing threats, that makes them more determined to not bow to those threats. The more the pressure, the greater the resistance.
There already were nukes in Kaliningrad, very close to Sweden and Finland
“Keep poking a bear, and eventually, it will swipe back.”
Right, and keep threating to use nukes and eventually you may not get the response you were so desperately hoping for.
Putin has passed his tipping point of sane the insiders may be moving faster than expected.
Ping.