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Larissa

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12. This is huge

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Apr 11, 2022, 01:19 AM

Apr 2022

No doubt the horrifying images of the slaughter/torture of Ukrainians and the wholesale physical destruction of the country, has had enormous impact. This is one reason why the free press is so crucial. Sweden was becoming increasingly rattled by recent episodes of Russia flying war planes in their airspace without permission.

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Finland and Sweden Set to Join NATO This Summer [View all] applegrove Apr 2022 OP

Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2022 #1

+1...that's gonna piss the little ruskie off...HA!..nt mitch96 Apr 2022 #14

Yeah, I'm getting tired of that asshole screaming and trying to threaten the world. And RKP5637 Apr 2022 #15

HAHA! FoxNewsSucks Apr 2022 #2

Welcome aboard! Takket Apr 2022 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Apr 2022 #4

"We simply don't want to be left alone again" dalton99a Apr 2022 #5

Wow...Putler killed Swedish neutrality. roamer65 Apr 2022 #6

Switzerland's neutrality was it not? applegrove Apr 2022 #7

Switzerland is still neutral. How long that lasts is anybody's guess. TreasonousBastard Apr 2022 #10

Switzerland is still taking money from all sides of the moral compass... Wounded Bear Apr 2022 #18

Good! Finland already responded to Russia with their vailed threat telling them ...bring it! PortTack Apr 2022 #8

"Veiled" Wounded Bear Apr 2022 #19

Autocorrected ...please stop PortTack Apr 2022 #25

Putin is the reason for this move LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2022 #9

Wonderful news! nt 😃👍 Raine Apr 2022 #11

This is huge Larissa Apr 2022 #12

I don't think Sweden is rattled. EndlessWire Apr 2022 #13

Yeah, Putin is a throwback to a time not many want to repeat. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2022 #16

incursion Slammer Apr 2022 #20

Too bad Ukraine wasn't given the same fast track n/t ripcord Apr 2022 #17

I agree with this. EndlessWire Apr 2022 #21

No. There are strict interoperability requirements. Igel Apr 2022 #23

And yet EndlessWire Apr 2022 #24

Hardly original, Igel Apr 2022 #22