Putin has more or less single-handedly been responsible for the expansion of NATO in recent years. All the former Warsaw Pact countries which used to be Russian allies have joined NATO for defense against Russia. Putin’s recent threats against Sweden will just encourage Sweden to join NATO for self-defense.
If Sweden was in NATO, and there was a Russian military incursion, there would not only be Swedes but Norwegians and Danes on the ground shooting at the Russians and sinking Russian ships and submarines at sea. The Russian airspace would be full of American, British, French, and Canadian jet fighters. Just anybody in NATO with a grudge against Russia would be shooting at Russians.
This is the whole point of NATO — to have partners who can contribute to your defense. NATO has 30 member countries with over half of the military armaments in the world, and that includes most of the nuclear weapons in the world.
--David Moe on Quora
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Aside from being the genius tRump (another imbecile) touted Putin is an absolute, clueless fool. When you rule with an iron fist you cannot expect to be connected with the real world. Of course when you attack another country the surrounding countries will seek to find ways to protect themselves. You have made the thing you fear most to actually happen!!!
JackPedigo
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Apr 13, 2022
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The thing about Russia is, it's always been a country with some really lousy rulers. Tribal with ideas of expanding using iron handed control. It can't be the climate, Sweden, Norway and Finland are cold and miserable but the people choose good leaders.
Democracy is a messy form of government but what scares me is so many Americans now seem to think an autocratic ruler is the way to go.
silverotter11
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Apr 13, 2022
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Back in 1989-1990, there was talk of RUSSIA joining NATO. When Putin was first elected in 2000, he repeatedly floated the idea, wondering why NATO wasn't inviting them.
There was a Russia-NATO Council, but it was weakened first by the Russian intervention in Georgia, then again when it annexed Crimea. Then there was NATO intervention in Serbia and bombing in Libya.
NATO responded with forward deployments into Eastern Europe, Russia by severing the Russia-NATO dialogue altogether.
Some Putin loyalists still say NOT letting Russia in set up the collision course in the Ukraine, and elsewhere.
So again, would it have been different if NATO had asked them to join, instead of laughing at them and gloating over the corpse of the USSR, like James Baker in 1989, calling it a "pipe dream."
We'll never know.
Storm1752
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Apr 12, 2022
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If Putin / Russia had been allowed into NATO, Russian expansion would have been more pronounced. NATO members are in a pact to defend each other if attacked from a non NATO member and are encouraged to stay neutral if two NATO countries go to war (think Turkey invading Cyprus and briefly fighting with some Greek military forces).
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