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Europe
Sweden approves NATO membership bid
2022-05-16
[RT] Sweden’s ruling Social Democratic Party has announced its support for the country’s NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure....
membership bid, following a similar move by the Finnish government.

In a statement published on Sunday, the Social Democrats pledged "to work for Sweden to apply for membership in NATO." However,
there's more than one way to skin a cat...
the party leadership stressed that if the application were successful, Sweden would stand "against the deployment of nuclear weapons and permanent bases on Swedish territory."
So, call us back when you're serious
Finland and Sweden decided to reconsider their long-standing policy of non-alignment following a major change in public opinion after the launch of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. According to recent polls, a majority in both countries now support membership of NATO. Moscow has warned Helsinki and Stockholm against joining the bloc and promised an appropriate response should they make such a move.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
had earlier expressed its objections to Finland and Sweden’s NATO bids, with President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
calling the two Nordic countries "guesthouses for terrorist organizations." He was referring to the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Front (DHKP/C), which have been outlawed in his country.

Posted by:Fred

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