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© 2023 AFPTurkey unblocks Sweden NATO bid, setting stage for summit
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TaiwanIsNotChina
Well there you have it. NATO +2 for the war. Would Putin care to make it +3?
sf2k
Thanks to Putin making everyone feel unsafe, NATO will keep increasing.
EFD
Good news indeed.
Next up: Ukraine.
And before the fans boos start their reactionary howling, Mini-me did it to himself.
Jorge
Good. Now let’s get Ukraine into NATO and the EU.
Michael Machida
America welcomes Sweden into the fray. I can understand why putin is angry at NATO, however what puntin wanted to feel safe was and is ridiculous. You cannot have it all putin. You are to blame. Not NATO.
Yrral
EPD,one trillion to one it will not happen in the US,if so why has introduced a resolution for Ukrainain ratification to NATO, Ukraine cannot pay it basic bills
englisc aspyrgend
Good, though it should have happened earlier, Turkey has behaved despicably and it’s whole attitude has been at variance to the whole concept of NATO.
ukraine undoubtedly must be a member of NATO, whether dropping the MAP or not is the appropriate route I don’t know enough about it to say.
FizzBit
Good. Now let’s get Ukraine into NATO and the EU so we can get this WW III party started!
2020hindsights
Yrral
That's why we need to send them aid.
Yrral
Fizzbit,that why the US Senate would never ratifiy Ukraine,they are a liability
2020hindsights
englisc aspyrgend
Agreed. Sweden making it a crime to burn the Koran was probably one of the requirements that Turkey gave to get their vote.
EFD
Ukraine will be a member of NATO and Putin is going the way of Adolf.
lincolnman
Another key foreign policy win for Biden - he and his State Dept team have shown real expertise and diplomatic skill - as compared to the chaos, incompetence, and dictator "love-letter" exchanges of his predecessor...
So Putin's 500-day war in Ukraine has re-energized NATO, brought Germany out of its long sleep, and added over 2 million new troops to the Alliance...
Someone needs to ask someone on the debate stage next month if they still think Putin is a "genius"...
Yrral
wtfjapan
wtfjapan
However none can deny the NATO alliance slowly backed Russia into a corner.
So the whole situation isn't totally because of putin.
wrong Finland and Sweden populations had no desire to join NATO, Putin invading Ukraine changed all that, effectively he back Finland and Sweden into a corner and clearly flipped their populations neutral status
wtfjapan
Meanwhile have some cluster bombs and join the war crimes.
when your enemy attacks your civilians on a daily basis, kidnaps your children, you really dont have a say in the morality of it all
Yrral
WTF,as long as Putin gas is shipping through Ukraine,he will fight on
1glenn
Putin's plans to reestablish the Russian empire seem to have imploded, but he is still in power at the Kremlin, and still capable of causing a lot of mischief, mayhem, and murder.
Blacklabel
guess that wire transfer to the right people went through.
2020hindsights
What ol' Jack Burton always says
America welcomes Sweden into the fray. I can understand why putin is angry at NATO, however what puntin wanted to feel safe was and is ridiculous. You cannot have it all putin. You are to blame. Not NATO
Not at all. NATO is a defensive treaty that countries afraid of Putin requested to join. Turns out a good move for all who joined NATO. Putin can ascribe the existence of NATO to himself. If he hadn't constantly meddled with his ex-Soviet and Warsaw pact neighbours, NATO would probably not exist anymore.
Actually, it is. 100%.
Yrral
Putin just incompetent,only thing Russian have to do is destroy the Central Bank headquarters,and this would send Ukraine into a depression,with no central banking system
2020hindsights
La vie douce
Another key foreign policy win for Biden - he and his State Dept team have shown real expertise and diplomatic skill - as compared to the chaos, incompetence, and dictator "love-letter" exchanges of his predecessor..."
Except for the fact that we would not have this result if Orange man won the previous election. He was looking to disband NATO - what a disaster that would have been.
Jimizo
Many of our Putin apologists and conspiracy theorists told us Sweden would never join NATO, citing dodgy opinion polls and the like.
What a waste of time they are.
wallace
Putin went to war against Ukraine to prevent the spread of NATO and has already failed on that point and has made NATO even stronger.
Jimizo
I think the walls have closed in on Putin apologists and conspiracy theorists making predictions.
They are absolutely useless. They started off telling us the very idea of an invasion was just MSM fear mongering and they just went downhill from there.
Stunningly awful.
Alfie Noakes
Kurds thrown under the bus by Sweden in return for NATO membership. Brutal.
Strangerland
Sounds like an extremist view of the agreement.
Fredrik
Indeed, Sweden gave in for all demands of this dictator. We even changed the laws, as Erdogan had demanded:
https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/4074740fc0d240b6b5080ecb24c4c5d0/viktigare-lagar-och-forordningar-infor-halvarsskiftet-2023.pdf
Since when did Northerners bend their knees to Turkish dictators?
Fredrik
That is a general view both in Finland and in my country Sweden. If you read Finish or Swedish media, you'll understand our view of this so called "agreement".
Strangerland
Why is agreement in quotes? Did they not actually agree to it? Is it a conspiracy?
Also, both of these countries have many English speakers who put out well written English content. So I'm sure you can provide some links in English if you really want to.
Paustovsky
I am sympathetic to your extreme left-wing take on topics here Alfie but unfortunately the more extreme left-wing often go full circle and end up sharing a toilet cubicle with the extreme right-wing.
In this situation, both the Kurds and an international agreement on the Armenian Genocide are deeply regrettable collateral from the greater threat.
UChosePoorly
Congrats, Sweden! Who's next?
Alfie Noakes
Hey, I'm a moderate - you should see some of the old lads back in the UK!
The endless betrayals of the Kurds over the past 100 years are truly abysmal - they seem to have been on the wrong end of every sheety stick that's been handed out. Still, if the price to be paid for Turkey defending Sweden is giving up some anti-Turkish terrorists/freedom fighters then it has to be paid....
TaiwanIsNotChina
What's it say? Last I heard Sweden was "considering" banning burning the Koran. That's not exactly bending the knee yet. Also even if they did, this could be reversed overnight whereas NATO membership is permanent.