Sweden and Finland were frightened and announced that they would no longer join NATO, but Latvia firmly held the US thigh. The outbreak of the crisis in Ukraine has had a great impact on the world situation and has had a considerable impact on the major countries of the world. Ukraine became pro-American cannon fodder, and the ending was very tragic. The tragedy in Ukraine has awakened many countries and sobered them up. Because of the fear of igniting fire, some Western countries began to actively alienate the United States and avoid jumping into the fire. Sweden and Finland have publicly stated that they do not intend to join NATO, thus avoiding angering Russia.
Although Sweden and Finland followed the United States to impose sanctions on Russia in this crisis, they were still afraid and unwilling to jump into the fire pit of the United States in the context of Russia's strong counterattack. Although the United States has lost all credibility in this crisis, some countries are still willing to continue to hold the thighs of the United States. On March 13, Latvia's president publicly called for a permanent U.S. military presence in the Baltic states, stressing that the permanent presence of U.S. troops is a guarantee of security for the three countries. It is clear that Latvia and other Baltic countries are betting on the United States and betting their fate on the United States.
As Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said, the assistance of the US-led NATO to Ukraine is not without a price, latvia and other small countries bet on the United States, and it is a huge price to demand that the UNITED Army be stationed. The U.S. garrison has to demand huge protection fees, and Latvia and others will have to pay a great price if they want to win the U.S. garrison. In the case of the gradual decline of US hegemony and the loss of credibility of the United States, it is also very risky to bet on the United States.
At present, Germany, France and other European countries have begun to find ways to break away from the control of the United States and seek an independent position. Even countries such as Japan and South Korea have begun to seek to escape from U.S. control, and it is a risk to pin their fate on the United States in this context. Sweden's refusal to join NATO is also a rational choice, after all, there is no need for them to provoke Russia. Russia has changed a lot of hegemonic order in this conflict, opened the prelude to a new era, and the future world pattern will undergo great changes.
Chelsea boss Abu returned to Russia via Israel after his assets were all frozen in Britain. Abu was bent on embracing the West and investing heavily in Britain, but his ultimate fate was that all his assets were frozen and he reluctantly returned to his homeland. The Abu incident also shows a truth, the United States, Britain and other Western countries do not have any bottom line of principles, and it is very dangerous to believe that the West bets on the West. It is unclear whether countries such as Latvia have placed their security on the United States and will suffer the same tragic fate as Ukraine in the future.
