NATO wants to change its strategy, not to expand east and expand to north? More than 50,000 Finnish people voted to join NATO, and the Russian side immediately warned both sides: you try!
At the time of the fierce war between Russia and Ukraine, Finland clearly came up with a poll: more than 50,000 people petitioned to join NATO, and this is the first time that half of the Finnish people have a positive attitude towards their country's accession to NATO.
According to the Observer Network, recently, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin posted on her social media account that she will attend a meeting on the situation in Ukraine in the near future. At recent meetings, the question of whether Finland will join NATO will also be discussed.
It is reported that at this meeting, there will be no discussion about whether Finland will be allied militarily. As we all know, NATO is a military organization, why not add military alliances? Finland now pays lip service to not talking about military alliances, presumably to lower the danger level.
Finland is a member of the European Union but is not a member of NATO. Like Sweden, Finland has always been militarily neutral and has always maintained a neutral image.
Once, Finland's neutral attitude was called the "Finnish model", and once in the Situation between Russia and Ukraine, many people shouted that Ukraine should learn the "Finnish model", that is, to safeguard its national sovereignty without challenging the decisions of more powerful countries, and to use more intelligent ways to ensure the corresponding sovereignty of its own country.
Why did Finland jump out at this time? The reason is simple: from its own point of view, the escalation of the situation in Russia and Ukraine has made Finland feel the horror of this neighbor. For this reason, it is necessary to seek protection. Economically, it has joined the European Union and enjoyed the corresponding guarantees, and at this time, if there are more military guarantees, it will be more conducive to the development of its own country.
Russia's forced counterattack, a war against the whole of Europe on its own, to tell the truth, without the means, the courage and the strength, would never dare to do so. As the saying goes, it is easy to fall into a well, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow. It is clear that Finland and Sweden, the two closest countries to Russia, have chosen the former.
They seem to feel that "the wall is pushed down by everyone", and this is the right time to join NATO, but it seems that their prediction is not correct. No, Russia quickly came out to take a stand! The Russian Foreign Ministry has spoken that if Sweden and Finland join NATO, what awaits them will be retaliatory measures.
It is difficult to imagine how terrible the retaliatory measures in Russia's mouth are, but it is not simple from the point of view of Putin's recovery of Chechnya and the transformation of Chechnya into a little fan. Moreover, Russia is one of the countries that legitimately possess nuclear weapons. Therefore, Finland and Sweden still have to be leisurely.
So why did you choose to join NATO at this time? In fact, Russia and these two countries have always had disputes.
First of all, Finland, which had a territorial dispute with Russia before, and Sweden also looked at Russia unfavorably, but it could only look unpleasant and dry eyes.
Second, although the military strength of the United States is very strong, as the strength of the US military continues to decline, Russia's strength continues to increase. If war breaks out between the United States and Russia, the Russian side will still be able to fight a war with the US military. The two Nordic countries are so anxious to join NATO, and Finland is even more anxious to start polling in February.
Given the current situation in Ukraine, a piece of advice for countries such as Finland that are eager to join NATO: think twice. (Qiyue)