Sweden officially joins NATO
Sweden officially joins NATO
Sweden became NATO’s newest member on Thursday (7 March 2024), upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the Government of the United States in Washington DC. With Sweden’s accession, NATO now counts 32 countries among its members.
I don't like the expansion of NATO, but due to Russia's recent imperialism, Sweden's and Finland's reactions are completely reasonable. A much healthier alternative would have been actually advancing towards an integrated European defense system involving EU members, with a door open to certain neighbours such as Norway, but it's pretty hard to do that when the political groups that could actually promote that alternative are schizophrenically tolerating positions such as "I'm a pacifist, so I'm advocating for my own country's disarmament despite my neighbours starting wars very recently" and "if Ukraine didn't want to get invaded, they shouldn't have sought guarantees against Russian aggression from third countries".
but due to Russia’s recent imperialism, Sweden’s and Finland’s reactions are completely reasonable.
that is, it was not NATO that staged two coups in Ukraine, put its puppet government there and began to push the country into NATO, build bases and create threats to Russia's security, but this Russia, for no reason, attacked poor Ukraine, which did not exist at all not so long ago, and it was part of Russia
Lol
Thanks
ObamaPutin!Huzzah! Welcome to the team, Sweden. We can all be self defense buddies together! =D
NATO loves to do Libya's, theyre not a self defense organization they're an imperialist alliance.
A new member of the US foreign policy enforcement gang. Who's next?
Ah yes the US foreign policy of "not being invaded by Russia"
Fuck the tankies in here and praise UN and Sweden.
Russia locked out of the Balkan Sea now?
They have Kaliningrad.
Kaliningrad's fairly strategically useless to them now that every surrounding country's NATO though. The Suwałki Gap between Kaliningrad and Belarus used to be pivotal in potentially re-taking control of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. It would have been very difficult for NATO defend them if Russia took the gap. But now those countries are protected by NATO countries all around so Kaliningrad's a lot less useful strategically. Not to mention that there's a strong Kaliningrad independence movement so they're struggling to control it internally as well.
More here.
What a lousy website they have...
It's the primary source, but I do agree...
depositing its instrument of accession
Sounds like a sov.cit.
I hate China
Irasshaimase~ er, welcome! This isn't really that big of news imo, they were pretty much already a member kinda.
Took long enough. Glad to have them finally.
