jmcgit t1_jec48gk wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:49 PM

Reply to comment by ZrvaDetector in Turkey ratifies Finland’s NATO membership by For_All_Humanity

Russia issued some empty threats and the Finnish decided it’d be cool to have backup if Russia ever decides they want to take Finland too.

Those empty threats were mostly just bluster and attempting to keep their story straight on Ukraine, but it was still enough to get Finland to move off the fence.

Singer211 t1_jecoynx wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:21 AM

The Soviet Union attacked Finland during the Winter War. It’s not like there isn’t precedent here.

OkSatisfaction9850 t1_jege839 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 8:40 PM

Historical fact: Turkey also sought NATO membership after the soviets made threats to invade…

ZrvaDetector t1_jec5jjh wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:58 PM

No, I know about this. It's just that the other guy was so pissed that this process took time, I was sarcastially asking him why. It had no negative effects.

[deleted] t1_jeca8k1 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:32 PM

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ChrisBabaganoosh t1_jecg5ne wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:15 AM

Sweden is harboring Kurdish refugees that the Turkish government has branded terrorists (aka political dissidents that escaped a genocide Turkey took part in).

ZrvaDetector t1_jecbvgj wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:44 PM

It won't be ratified anytime soon. Sweden is actually bit unpopular in Turkey. Finland was not. They applied together so Finland got some collateral until they seperated their application process.