Welcome to NATO Sweden!

[FreeAndClear]

He knew his government would tell him to go pound sand. It was bluster. Nothing more

They told him no. I think unanimously.

[WuWei]

Is your island still divided?

[WuWei]

@Imel

When does Europe lecture to you.

[WuWei]

The US migrated to the planet? From where? Was it legal?

[WuWei]

Those two posts are very dangerous thinking.

[Imel]

Ooh and I wonder who should it be to take it down several hundred notches.
Let me think it over…
But you got the severity of the threat that Putin poses spot on.

[Imel]

We thought brexit would dredge up the border issue again (with Northern Ireland) but have what they call a soft border now.
Seems to be ok though TG.

[WuWei]

Is your island divided or not? Are you in control of your island?

[SixFoot]

@coolidge

When was sweden ever involved with previous wars? Sounds to me sweden is just joining so they can continue staying uninvolved. Democrats love costing american lives for foreign countries.

Let’s just take a moment to congratulate Islam on getting the proper representation in NATO.

[gooddad409]

@Gaius

Hawks like Sweden and Finland?

Wow they mudt be some realky hawkish people.
I wonder why they weren’t hawkish on 1961, and 1962 and 1951, and 1953,
but suddenly they are all Cheney-loving hawks.

Weren’t they opposed the the Iraq war?
What could have made them into Cheney-loving hawks?

The Hawks (war mongers) I was thinking of are actually the US MIC and their hawkish (never saw a war they didn’t like or want to get us involved in) supporters.

The Lindsey Graham’s of the country.

More NATO countries just means more countries we may wind up bailing out somewhere down the road.

European countries always want us to carry the load.

Look at the tons of money and equipment we have sent Ukraine.

Pissed away.

[Gaius]

So why then, did Sweden and Finland suddenly join NATO?
Why not earlier when Stalin, Khrushchev etc. were in charge of Russia?

[gooddad409]

@Gaius

So why then, did Sweden and Finland suddenly join NATO?
Why not earlier when Stalin, Khrushchev etc. were in charge of Russia?

Told you before I don’t care why.

[Gaius]

Interesting dodge.

[gooddad409]

@Imel

No training wheels needed you see we have fought for millennia and still preserve the basic principle of allowing the people to decide their fate.
And this is worth fighting for.
But MAGA has changed accepted ideology a lot.
Hence the identity crisis we are here and believe what we’ve always believed in.

If it’s worth fighting for then Ireland and the rest of Europe should get in there and fight right?

You guys (as a country) didn’t even think ww2 important enough to fight in.

Enough of insulting the US in an attempt to get us to do the fighting instead.

[gooddad409]

@Gaius

Interesting dodge.

No dodge to it.

Why they decided to join NATO now means nothing to me.

That’s 3 times now i’ve told you.

[Gaius]

@gooddad409

@Gaius

Interesting dodge.

No dodge to it.

Why they decided to join NATO now means nothing to me.

That’s 3 times now i’ve told you.

Umm,
You are posting this on a Sweden joins NATO thread.

[WuWei]

@Gaius

So why then, did Sweden and Finland suddenly join NATO?
Why not earlier when Stalin, Khrushchev etc. were in charge of Russia?

US will is declining?

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@Gaius

So why then, did Sweden and Finland suddenly join NATO?
Why not earlier when Stalin, Khrushchev etc. were in charge of Russia?

Obviously they view Putin as more of a threat than Stalin or Krushchev.

[conan]

@WuWei

US will is declining?

I don’t think it’s so much that, I think it’s more about hierarchy of EU membership. Again just thinking out loud here.

Yes America has bigger concerns elsewhere and Europeans will need to step up to plate for their own defense. So it’s more about getting there fair share of defense contracts.

[TheRedComet]

And those defense contracts are mighty lucrative.

Sig is going to make what about 150,000 M7 rifles for the US Army over the next few years.