Cornish_Pikey
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Both Sweden and Finland opting to join NATO has made mad Vlad a bit more grumpy.
Any thoughts on outcomes?
Linky thing
Any thoughts on outcomes?
Linky thing
...but mad Vlad also knows that the NATO charter refuses membership to any nation already in a conflict. So his easiest way to keep them out of NATO now is to attack them...
He can't fight multiple fronts. His military is too inept and inadequate for that with their old "bludgeon" tactics. I wouldn't fancy picking on the Finns and Swedes on their own doorstep especially in a winter campaign!!!! And again with NATO backing even if it is just intel and weapon provision..................Tbh, I think Sweden and Finland joining NATO is more likely to provoke a nasty response from mad Vlad than them staying neutral. I understand why they're doing it, I'd be nervous too in their position , but mad Vlad also knows that the NATO charter refuses membership to any nation already in a conflict. So his easiest way to keep them out of NATO now is to attack them...
Russia is just another country that has been ruined through its reliance on Oil and Gass to fund its operations and line the pockets of those at the top.
Perhaps we should worry less about what Putin would do, and more about what is the right thing to do. “This a quote by the way”
Which I don’t believe he will do, though I do believe that within a year or two following dissent from within, Russia itself will become a member of NATO.Tbh, I think Sweden and Finland joining NATO is more likely to provoke a nasty response from mad Vlad than them staying neutral. I understand why they're doing it, I'd be nervous too in their position , but mad Vlad also knows that the NATO charter refuses membership to any nation already in a conflict. So his easiest way to keep them out of NATO now is to attack them...
Turkey in the form of the odious President Erdogan could scupper all the plans for joining NATO with a veto.
No they certainly are not. If I understand the NATO joining process correctly all current members must agree to allow a new nation to join the gang. With Mr Erdogan it may well come down who gives him the biggest contribution (Bribe) NATO or his Rusky holiday pals. Mad Vlad could conceivably pass Erdogan a large brown envelope for Turkey to veto new nations.Turkey aren't exactly fine, upstanding members of NATO really are they.