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Russia does not give a damn about Sweden and Finland joining and the Russians did not make any threats towards Sweden and Finland, please do not make stuff up.
The entire EU is a vassal of the US and its geopolitical irrelevance is under everybody eyes and nobody respects them...the shrill furious ones are the Europeans (look at the von der Leyen and all the other Europeans nullities in tow from Macron to the brainless German minister of Foreign affairs and so on) they make laughable, preposterous declarations every other day definitely not Putin.
The sharing of resources and intelligence has been happening for decades, again, these two countries were already de facto NATO members.
What changes is that if a NATO-Russia clash does come, Russia will be fully justified in kicking their butt if there is any threat to Baltic access...they brought mayhem to themselves. Actually this clarify things for Russia removing any ambiguity.
Well, well...
Being a full-fledged member is different than being an allied.
A few examples of Russian threats and paranoia. It is sad that Western European countries have to share a border with such POS countries.
Good for them, problem are the defensive launchers that can be quickly converted in offensive launchers.
You can't convert something that isn't there in the first place.
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There are no assurance whatsoever, actually good hints of the contrary that the next leader will be more pliable to western interests compared to Putin......western leaders may end up wishing they dealt with Putin instead of rebuffing him.
If that's the case Russia will remain an international pariah.
I really like Macron's speech on how the EU should stand up to the dictator Putin. What a complete turn around for him. In the beginning of the invasion, Macron tried diplomacy with Putin. He met with the dictator and talked with him several times on the phone. His efforts for peace were wasted though. Putin didn't want peace. If he did, he wouldn't have invaded Ukraine in the first place.
Now Macron finally sees Putin for what he is: a brutal dictator who is a wanted war criminal.
I really like Macron's speech on how the EU should stand up to the dictator Putin. What a complete turn around for him. In the beginning of the invasion, Macron tried diplomacy with Putin. He met with the dictator and talked with him several times on the phone. His efforts for peace were wasted though. Putin didn't want peace. If he did, he wouldn't have invaded Ukraine in the first place.
Now Macron finally sees Putin for what he is: a brutal dictator who is a wanted war criminal.
Lol, you fell for his phoney speech. Macron is actually on Putin's side, he wanted to know how Putin will be able to handle the US's sanctions and asked him how long he plans to occupy Ukraine in the beginning. Putin's only blunder was that he underestimated what it will cost Russia to counter the US support of Ukraine. He didn't anticipated the US would keep sending resources to help Ukraine. And his other mistake was he should've attacked Ukraine back in 2014 instead of waiting. At the time, Obama wasn't going to anything to stop it.
You can't convert something that isn't there in the first place.
Let's wait to see what kind of hardware is placed there
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If that's the case Russia will remain an international pariah.
That is a tired line that has been absolutely proved be false. Russia is not a pariah at all, the so called west is not the world. Wake Up. The West loss of credibility has been massive.
These are not examples of anything. Read the actual communique rather than the silly headline.
Moscow has, reasonably, said that joining NATO makes these countries legitimate target in case of a NATO-Russia confrontation. You join an alliance, you accept the consequences and get the good and the bad.
Russia is a paper tiger holding some nuclear weapons that keep them relevant. Ukraine has exposed that and any posturing toward Sweden and Finland (or even Poland) of border incursion by traditional methods laughable given the elite military hardware at their disposal, something Ukraine has not possessed since day one. Putin's posturing has become eye-rolling and now has to resort to under-handed espionage tactics such as cyberattacks and cyber propaganda to advance "Russian aggression".
Russia is a paper tiger holding some nuclear weapons that keep them relevant. Ukraine has exposed that and any posturing toward Sweden and Finland (or even Poland) of border incursion by traditional methods laughable given the elite military hardware at their disposal, something Ukraine has not possessed since day one. Putin's posturing has become eye-rolling and now has to resort to under-handed espionage tactics such as cyberattacks and cyber propaganda to advance "Russian aggression".
It's nice to live in an alternative reality.
Russia is winning decisively in Ukraine, a turned fascist state armed to the teeth, the second largest military in Europe after Turkey and with the full weight of NATO ISR capabilities behind.....and they are being torn to shred.
I suggest you to actually start learning something rather than regurgitating useless blabber from western media.
You can start here with professor James K Galbraith, son of the great John Kenneth Galbraith about Russia, the capabilities of the Russian economic system and Russian power.
Russia is a paper tiger holding some nuclear weapons that keep them relevant. Ukraine has exposed that and any posturing toward Sweden and Finland (or even Poland) of border incursion by traditional methods laughable given the elite military hardware at their disposal, something Ukraine has not possessed since day one. Putin's posturing has become eye-rolling and now has to resort to under-handed espionage tactics such as cyberattacks and cyber propaganda to advance "Russian aggression".
True.
John McCain once said: "...Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country..."
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