[…] It’s hard to blame the average Finn for wanting NATO membership. For now, it comes at zero cost to them. Given that most European NATO members, happy to free-ride on the United States, are still failing to meet NATO defense spending obligations even after the war in Ukraine broke out, Finland can continue devoting less than 2 percent of its GDP to defense. Why shouldn’t Finland also seek to bask under the shade of the American nuclear umbrella? […]
Ukraine, sometimes with the encouragement of the United States, has rebuffed all calls for peace, repeatedly making unrealistic demands of Russia, such as a total withdrawal from Crimea, to even start the peace process. As Ukraine publicly plans to use American and other NATO-supplied weapons to attempt to invade Crimea, there has not been a peep of protest from the Biden administration, except for the occasional confirmation that the U.S. does not recognize Crimea as Russian territory. But there should be an uproar—a NATO-backed invasion of Russia by proxy will almost guarantee the outbreak of a wider war.
Congrats, Finland on becoming the thirty-first member of NATO. Imagine their shock when they realize being a member of NATO means fighting. Läs artikel