They responded because Russia invaded Ukraine. If Russia hadn't done that, nobody would be applying to NATO.
Despite years of Russia violating airspace, territorial waters or other provocations(there is a famous russisn submarine violating Swedish waters recently) they were content in staying outside the alliance, but with Ukraine they saw that an alliance was needed. In fact support to join NATO increased among the Finns and Swedes when the war began.
The threats towards Finland were after they decided they wanted to join NATO.
Marin is just being the usual feminist leader, playing games with men's lives. Any number of men dying is acceptable to her.
Nah, they've been doing it for many years.
And yet they only wanted to respond after establishing a feminist leadership.
You're kind of proving my point. They are willing to gamble other people's lives because they don't fucking care.
Not quite.
They responded because Russia invaded Ukraine. If Russia hadn't done that, nobody would be applying to NATO.
Despite years of Russia violating airspace, territorial waters or other provocations(there is a famous russisn submarine violating Swedish waters recently) they were content in staying outside the alliance, but with Ukraine they saw that an alliance was needed. In fact support to join NATO increased among the Finns and Swedes when the war began.
https://www.thelocal.se/20141018/sweden-steps-up-hunt-for-suspected-submarine/
Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 to annex the Crimea.