Finland announces ‘historic’ decision to join Nato

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin confirmed the country’s decision to join Nato in a historic announcement on Sunday.

Finland announced on Thursday it was going to apply for Nato membership, while Sweden is expected to follow suit.

The move arrives in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

[Symmetry]

Finland will be stronger going forward. There is nothing to gain by appeasing Russia. Good decision

[HectorDomino.]

Off Topic, that's one Glamourous Prime Minister! 🤍😊

[BlackHawkArmamentUSA]

❤️❤️❤️🇫🇮🇫🇮 I love Finland Welcome brothers & sisters from America 🇺🇸

[RaviKumar.]

Can anyone please tell me who's the
sculpture is that in the background???

[DavidGetling]

All decent people in NATO look forward to welcoming our Scandinavian friends into a family of nations that values freedom and democracy.

[RGNSS-hnew]

[#]WeAreNATO

Sláva Ukrayíni! 🇺🇦🇫🇮🇸🇪

[Sannosuke]

Good stuff. Putting this in a #NATOWAVE Clip. God Bless.

[Lara__]

What an incredible day for us all, and for the united west against Russian nazis :)

[probablynotanagent]

Well, here we go boyz. Ww3 has started, we just expected pomp and circumstance in a true declaration but there's no place for either in war, only victory day parades

[eroennes]

Well I welcome Finland and Sweden in NATO. Finland the most. But I am actually surprised that Sweden goes active like this. As long as they are surrounded by NATO allies they are unlikely to get invaded, but still they want a membership..

[mchkijapakyana]

It's perfect you decide it's your country if you want to protect your country it's all excellent business honor for Finland Thank you, President, of Finland and Sweden, 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[morbidangel]

Putin, salesman of the year for NATO memberships!

[TonyTouch]

Don’t do it my finnish friends, you only serve the Nulands and cohorts if you do…

[DardaniaLion]

Finland or Sweden and Ukraine are far better NATO members than for example Hungary, Greece or Turkey. I have no idea why these 3 nations have not been in NATO from the 90s when Soviet Union went down.

[Polar-Bloop]

2022 : Finland is the happiest country
2023 : Finland was the happiest country

[jussihursti]

Questions Not Asked:

1. Why now and not last year, 5 years ago or ANY of the dozens of years that NATO has practically begged Finland to join them.?

In times of conflict and potential conflict having a ready and willing people whose patriotism would let them, despite their small population become cannon fodder in a proxy war would be priceless, as Finland's long border with Russia could now be filed with nuclear weapons and tanks far away from such inconvenient places as Germany or the United States. To what extent was this discussed at all or seen as making Finland less secure, instead of more secure when rushing towards a speedy membership in NATO? If seen as irrelevant, why would something so far reaching for Finland's future be not discussed in detail as to every possible consequence like being used as cannon fodder before the decision ti joun was made?

2. Why is there no countrywide referendum on this subject which will henceforth affect every Finn citizen for generations to come or until NATO disbands to be replaced with somthing else in 100 years, if ever at all?

Don't the Finnish people need to have a direct say and open debate about something this critically important whether pro or con?

Is the present leadership afraid that when 24/7 coverage of Russian brutality in Ukraine is inevitably ended that Finnish people will go back to supporting oneutrality and overwhelmingly ( like a few months ago ) reject NATO membership?

3. How long has the EU supporting leadership of Finland agreed with Brussels that Finland should join NATO?

How long was this wanted by the present leaders of Finland and politicians generally, before the Russian invasion of the formerly called Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( until 1991) occurred?

Is this not a case of "not letting a bad crisis go to waste "? Opportunism or a cold, hard analysis of all the facts? Which is it?

4. By joining now what is the"opt out clause " in case a future Finnish government would ever want out of this agreement that was made as quickly as possible, with the least amount of debate possible when fear of Russia peaked because of nonstop news coverage of their invasion of a former republuc of the USSR?

5. With less countries now willing to sit on their hands and cheer on Finland from the sidelines (as they did in 1939 and 1941) isn't Finland already " not alone"if there would be an unnecessary and illogical unprovoked invasion by Russia?

How exactly does NATO protect Finland by the military might of Germany and USA while altruistically seeking to not provoke Russia ?
Are there guarantees that no nuclear weapons will be stationed in Finland? Ever?

6. Why are members of the Media acting like the best and perhaps most enduring neutrality established between former belligerents that has lasted through the darkest times of the Cold War is now suddenly useless? Are they scared to speak out? Done no research? Or simply don't care?

Just saying ...

Peace.

[bharatjobanputra]

I am with all to Putin threatened them.

[ABC-bangkok]

Finns feel that joining NATO will have security guarantees, not to mention when NATO will be rescued after the war, the war is fought on their own land, and more of their own people are killed. Decades of development are destroyed in one go, Is this something meaningful? ? !

[clo]

Finland is the fourth most overall prosperous country since 2011 and is among the best country in the world.
How Finnish people are being envied and are being encouraged by warmonger strategists or counter strategists to join NATO to create instability and nuclear war in Europe and their downfalls!!!
Joining NATO would turn Finland into a war zone one day or other and that would lead to WW III a massive setback to Europe and other parts of the world.
There are only loosers in a nuke war, far more atrocious than that suffered by Japanese in WWII.
The new world powers may be in ASIA.
阿門

[sd]

👏👏👏👏👏 bravo Finland!! 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮 Let the pariah russia boil in anger huhuhu 😛🤭 Slava Ukraine ❤️💪🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦