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Looks like Finland will apply for NATO membership.

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  • RenaudaR Renauda

    @George-K

    Erdogan may yet change his mind, again. Curious though that he waited this long to express his concerns. More baksheesh might calm his mind.

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    George K
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    #38

    @Renauda said in Looks like Finland will apply for NATO membership.:

    Erdogan may yet change his mind, again.

    He's been quite the wild card, hasn't he? Even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • jon-nycJ Offline
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      jon-nyc
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      #39

      So hint that we might kick Turkey out of NATO.

      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
      -Cormac McCarthy

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        Axtremus
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        #40

        “Can Turkey be Expelled from NATO?”

        https://www.justsecurity.org/66574/can-turkey-be-expelled-from-nato/

        That’s from 2019. As it is, NATO currently does not have a procedure to expel a member state.

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
          #41

          Easy. All the other countries leave NATO and join SCHNATO, but don’t let Turkey join. SCHNATO has all the same characteristics of NATO except the Turks and maybe the Hungarians aren’t allowed to join. Finit.

          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
          -Cormac McCarthy

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            jon-nyc
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            #42

            Might also allow Russia to declare victory saying they destroyed NATO!

            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
            -Cormac McCarthy

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            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

              Might also allow Russia to declare victory saying they destroyed NATO!

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              Renauda
              wrote on last edited by Renauda
              #43

              @jon-nyc

              Well now, that solves everything.

              Elbows up!

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              • George KG Offline
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                George K
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                #44

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • MikM Offline
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                  #45

                  I love the idiots who are saying to kick Turkey out. I'm not sure there's a more geographically strategic country in the whole group.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  • George KG George K

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                    Renauda
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #46

                    @George-K

                    Putin smiled.

                    Elbows up!

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                    • RenaudaR Renauda

                      @George-K

                      Putin smiled.

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                      George K
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #47

                      @Renauda said in Looks like Finland will apply for NATO membership.:

                      @George-K

                      Putin smiled.

                      Ayup...

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                      I'm sure that Erdogan understands his strategic significance, and he'll leverage that to the best of his ability.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • George KG George K

                        @Renauda said in Looks like Finland will apply for NATO membership.:

                        @George-K

                        Putin smiled.

                        Ayup...

                        alt text

                        I'm sure that Erdogan understands his strategic significance, and he'll leverage that to the best of his ability.

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                        Renauda
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #48

                        @George-K

                        I think Putin has at least twenty-seven 8 x 10 coloured glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one one explaining what Erdogan is doing on that frame.

                        Elbows up!

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                        • jon-nycJ Offline
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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                          #49

                          Prediction: Sweden and Finland will end their sanctions on Turkey, Turkey will end its objections, and SE and FI join NATO.

                          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                          -Cormac McCarthy

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                          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                            Prediction: Sweden and Finland will end their sanctions on Turkey, Turkey will end its objections, and SE and FI join NATO.

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                            George K
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #50

                            @jon-nyc said in Looks like Finland will apply for NATO membership.:

                            Prediction: Sweden and Finland will end their sanctions on Turkey and join NATO.

                            Please elaborate. I was not aware that these countries had sanctions against Turkey.

                            Or, send me a google link if you're feeling lazy, of course.

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #51

                              https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61472021.amp

                              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                              -Cormac McCarthy

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                                jon-nyc
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                                #52

                                Best comment yet:

                                In this regard, the Turkish authoritarian and kleptocrat seems to resemble no one more than former Illinois governor and convicted felon Rod Blagojevich who, when he found out he could appoint Barack Obama's successor to the U.S. Senate, famously said, “I've got this thing and it's f---ing golden. I'm not just giving it up for f---ing nothing.”

                                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                -Cormac McCarthy

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                                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                  Best comment yet:

                                  In this regard, the Turkish authoritarian and kleptocrat seems to resemble no one more than former Illinois governor and convicted felon Rod Blagojevich who, when he found out he could appoint Barack Obama's successor to the U.S. Senate, famously said, “I've got this thing and it's f---ing golden. I'm not just giving it up for f---ing nothing.”

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                                  George K
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #53

                                  @jon-nyc said in Looks like Finland will apply for NATO membership.:

                                  Best comment yet:

                                  In this regard, the Turkish authoritarian and kleptocrat seems to resemble no one more than former Illinois governor and convicted felon Rod Blagojevich who, when he found out he could appoint Barack Obama's successor to the U.S. Senate, famously said, “I've got this thing and it's f---ing golden. I'm not just giving it up for f---ing nothing.”

                                  LOL.

                                  Illinois, where our governors not only issue license plates, they actually fucking make them.

                                  I worked with a nurse who went to school with Blago: "He was a punk then, and he's a punk now."

                                  Sorry for the diversion...continue.

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  • RenaudaR Renauda

                                    @George-K

                                    I think Putin has at least twenty-seven 8 x 10 coloured glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one one explaining what Erdogan is doing on that frame.

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                                    Mik
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #54

                                    @Renauda said in Looks like Finland will apply for NATO membership.:

                                    @George-K

                                    I think Putin has at least twenty-seven 8 x 10 coloured glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one one explaining what Erdogan is doing on that frame.

                                    Cultural reference of the day.

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #55

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        89th
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                                        #56

                                        I wouldn't mind violating FInland's airspace too, ifyouknowwhatimean.

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                                        • 89th8 89th

                                          I wouldn't mind violating FInland's airspace too, ifyouknowwhatimean.

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                                          George K
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                                          @89th

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                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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