{"id":1473843,"date":"2022-05-13T07:59:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T11:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1473843"},"modified":"2022-05-13T07:59:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T11:59:45","slug":"here-we-go-finland-says-it-must-join-nato-without-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-we-go-finland-says-it-must-join-nato-without-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Here We Go: Finland Says It \u201cMust Join NATO Without Delay\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhere-we-go-finland-says-it-must-join-nato-without-delay%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1473843&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>We\u2019ve been hearing rumors of this since the beginning of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, but as of this morning, it\u2019s looking more and more like a done deal. The President of Finland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/finland-leaders-support-join-nato-russia-ukraine-invasion-putin-rcna28094\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just announced<\/a> that his nation \u201cmust join NATO without delay.\u201d There are some additional procedural steps to take care of before the application is official, but Finland\u2019s leadership doesn\u2019t appear to see any significant hurdles barring them from completing the application process in a matter of days. A separate report suggests that Sweden is preparing to make a similar announcement in a few days. There doesn\u2019t seem to be any significant resistance among the NATO member nations, so the entire process could potentially happen in a couple of months. Finland shares a border of more than 800 miles with Russia, so this would put NATO literally on Russia\u2019s doorstep on the entirety of its western flank. (NBC News)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Finland\u2019s leaders announced Thursday their intention for the country to join NATO \u201cwithout delay,\u201d a move that would bolster the Western military alliance\u2019s strength in the wake of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine and redraw Europe\u2019s security map.<\/p>\n<p>The Nordic nation, which shares an 810-mile border with Russia, is expected to be given rapid accession to join the alliance and neighboring Sweden looks set to follow with its own bid in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>President Sauli Niinist\u00f6 and Prime Minister Sanna Marin announced their support for the country\u2019s bid to join NATO in a joint statement early Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This will no doubt be viewed as a provocative move inside the Kremlin. Finnish President Niinist\u00f6 was asked about this and he said that Putin would be to blame. \u201c<em>My response would be that you caused this. Look at the mirror<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is a NATO summit coming up on June 28 in Madrid. It\u2019s expected that Finland\u2019s application will be discussed then, along with Sweden\u2019s if they follow suit. That means that it could be several months before the entire process is finalized. Finland would not be formally protected by Article 5 (\u201can attack on one is an attack on all\u201d) while the application is in process. But that may not matter all that much. Boris Johnson has already acted preemptively and said that the UK would provide \u201cmilitary support\u201d to either nation if they came under attack during the transitionary period.<\/p>\n<p>With BoJo sticking his neck out in that fashion, you can expect other NATO members to make similar pledges. Those who do not would be obligated to come to their defense after the application is approved anyway, so there will very likely be unanimous consent on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>This development demonstrates precisely how badly Putin\u2019s strategy has backfired on him, but it also puts us in a rather tense chapter of the ongoing story. Keep in mind that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov previously said that there would be \u201cserious military and political consequences\u201d if either Finland or Sweden joined NATO. I think we\u2019re past the point of anyone worrying about additional \u201cpolitical consequences\u201d because we\u2019re already in the midst of a global economic war with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>So what about the military consequences? Russia has already embarrassed itself on the global stage by managing to become bogged down and at risk of potentially losing a war that almost everyone expected would be over in a matter of days. It\u2019s no longer even clear if they\u2019ll be able to hold on to the territory they previously claimed in the eastern regions of Ukraine. Are they really going to try to launch a land war against all of Europe as well as the United States and Canada? That idea, which once sounded ominous and frightening, now seems almost laughable.<\/p>\n<p>If you take the idea of a massive land invasion off the table, all Putin is left with are his nukes. But he must surely be aware that the moment he fires one of those at a NATO member nation, his country will turn into a blossoming forest of mushroom clouds in response. Russia would effectively cease to exist as a nation, though the damage done to everyone else would be horrific as well. For the first time since this began, I\u2019m almost at the point of being hopeful that Putin may simply have to fold his tent and go home. It all comes down to a question of just how crazy Mad Vlad really is at this point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been hearing rumors of this since the beginning of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, but as of this morning, it\u2019s looking more and more like a done deal. 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