And the entire time most of them stick their noses up at us and pretend to be better than us "silly Americans" despite us being the only reason they aren't speaking Russian or Chinese right now.
Finland's entire defense budget is mere $2 billion, not enough for buying weapons.
April 5, 2022. Finland’s five-party government agreed to add more than 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in defense spending after its neighbor Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine. The one-time boost in expenditure represents about a 70% increase from the Nordic country’s regular 2022 military budget of about 2.8 billion euros.
Visegrad24 tweeted on September 5 that Finland will raise its military spending by 20% in 2023, increasing it to 2.25% of GDP.
Looks like Finland is going to be substantially raising its defense budget, and its purchases from Raytheon can be spread out over multiple years. Finland can afford it.
The US had the chance to cut down it's commitments when the Soviet Union collapsed, it didn't and now this snowball of debt and material cost has been rolling down the hill getting bigger and bigger.
USA is a retarded empire.. usually empires get tributes and monetary benefits from protecting other nations or vassal states. Either gold, women or wheat.
What does the usa get out of this?? Keeping the dollar as the world reserve currency?? Bring able to spread rainbow propaganda?
Finland has one of the largest and strongest military forces in Europe. It just so happens that while the "active" military is small, Finland is designed around a rapid mass mobilization of force larger and better equipped than almost every other European country.
The long border with Russia is irrelevant since it's mostly impassible ice over which Russia only has 1 road. Russia is hugely vulnerable to attack in the far north, where it has stationed the bulk of its nuclear and air assets, yet it has no logistical capabilities to reinforce and defend that area if placed under threat by Finland.
As per above, the only places where there would be any real fighting would be the populated south near Saint Petersburg, and limited fighting near Murmansk only if Finland were to attack.
I'm sitting here laughing, though. Finland is joining NATO and you Russians REEEEEing about it online is just a waste of Russia's already weak finances.
The war between Russia and Finland wouldn't last longer than a few hours at max. Finland's capital would be occupied in 30 minutes from beginning of the war.
I guess they really need to join NATO and buy weapons from Raytheon then.
spending a small amount on your national defense isn't "warmongering"
invading Ukraine is literal "warmongering"
you're like a rapist who keeps threatening a woman with rape, and then when said woman decides to buy a can of pepper spray to defend herself, you respond by calling her a rapist.
lol ok buddy. maybe that works in Russia, but over here in the West all the idiots are fully programmed by the Left and there is no one else stupid enough to believe you.
29 is a lowball, we protect 25% of the world population and all major trade routes globally
And the entire time most of them stick their noses up at us and pretend to be better than us "silly Americans" despite us being the only reason they aren't speaking Russian or Chinese right now.
no, Biden approved Raytheon selling $323 worth of weapons to Finland for profit.
I've corrected you numerous times on this and you keep lying.
No, it's a private arms sale, no US taxpayers involved. The US is profiting.
April 5, 2022. Finland’s five-party government agreed to add more than 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in defense spending after its neighbor Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine. The one-time boost in expenditure represents about a 70% increase from the Nordic country’s regular 2022 military budget of about 2.8 billion euros.
Visegrad24 tweeted on September 5 that Finland will raise its military spending by 20% in 2023, increasing it to 2.25% of GDP.
Looks like Finland is going to be substantially raising its defense budget, and its purchases from Raytheon can be spread out over multiple years. Finland can afford it.
The US had the chance to cut down it's commitments when the Soviet Union collapsed, it didn't and now this snowball of debt and material cost has been rolling down the hill getting bigger and bigger.
I think the whole world trading oil in US dollars is a pretty big benefit.
Regardless, that's just life as a superpower. Its how you maintain your influence.
I agree. We should just be selling weapons to these countries to defend themselves.
Keep them out of NATO: sell Finland nukes.
So her lesbian feminist lovers can convince her to push the red button?
Absolutely not. No country led by women or their allies should be allowed nukes. Nukes should be immediately taken from countries that elect women.
And we never invaded Cuba, now did we?
Meh. Finland will be fine.
Speaking of which, we should also give nuclear weapons to Taiwan, South Korea, and Vietnam.
no warsaw pact, no nato.
USA is a retarded empire.. usually empires get tributes and monetary benefits from protecting other nations or vassal states. Either gold, women or wheat.
What does the usa get out of this?? Keeping the dollar as the world reserve currency?? Bring able to spread rainbow propaganda?
Somebody makes money. It's just not you.
I mean, if there's anything women are good at, it's being a burden on everyone else.
Nah, making NATO bigger and stronger benefits the US at the expense of Russia, which is why you are so mad about it, Russian agent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chukhna
Adding Finland and Sweden doesn't make NATO stronger though...
Finland has one of the largest and strongest military forces in Europe. It just so happens that while the "active" military is small, Finland is designed around a rapid mass mobilization of force larger and better equipped than almost every other European country.
The long border with Russia is irrelevant since it's mostly impassible ice over which Russia only has 1 road. Russia is hugely vulnerable to attack in the far north, where it has stationed the bulk of its nuclear and air assets, yet it has no logistical capabilities to reinforce and defend that area if placed under threat by Finland.
Russia has no actual capability to attack Finland over the vast length of the border, as the terrain is impassible to logistics. Russia's logistics rely on trains, and without train links, Russian logistics are basically worthless, as we can see proven in the Ukraine war. Russia only has a single railway, and it's far from the border, with no roads and other basic logistics necessities to actually support military units to attack Finland.
As per above, the only places where there would be any real fighting would be the populated south near Saint Petersburg, and limited fighting near Murmansk only if Finland were to attack.
I'm sitting here laughing, though. Finland is joining NATO and you Russians REEEEEing about it online is just a waste of Russia's already weak finances.
I guess they really need to join NATO and buy weapons from Raytheon then.
joining NATO isn't "warmongering"
spending a small amount on your national defense isn't "warmongering"
invading Ukraine is literal "warmongering"
you're like a rapist who keeps threatening a woman with rape, and then when said woman decides to buy a can of pepper spray to defend herself, you respond by calling her a rapist.
lol ok buddy. maybe that works in Russia, but over here in the West all the idiots are fully programmed by the Left and there is no one else stupid enough to believe you.