Sweden and Finland have broken their status of neutrality and are seeking NATO membership in response to Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. It’s the latest sign that entire countries are falling for the media’s anti-Russia spiel.
After years of relatively calm relations with Moscow, Stockholm and Helsinki have cast their neutrality aside by queuing up at the NATO window for membership in the military bloc. Now, both countries will effectively lose their safety and sovereignty, not to mention spend more money, just to become indentured servants of the US military industrial complex. And, if that was not enough of a ‘reward’ for joining NATO, they will also carry a much more conspicuous target on their backs should – heaven forbid – the proverbial sh*t hit the fan between Russia and the West.
It didn’t have to be this way, of course. Sweden has not engaged Russia on the battlefield since the so-called Finnish War (1808-09), which saw the Russian Empire annex Finland from Stockholm. Thereafter, the Scandinavian empire lost its status as a major European power. Although some history buffs may seethe at this humiliating chapter of Swedish and Finnish history, which helped put Muscovy on the path to superpower status, it hardly seems like a reason to pull the trigger on Russian relations today.
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