On Aug 13, 2:06=A0pm, Anton <anton.use...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Andrzej Adam Filip kirjoitti:
>
> > martin <marti...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> You better be seriously thinking about it before Russia sends in the
> >> peace keepers:
>
>>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-gardels/brzezinski-russias-invas..=
..
> > Joining NATO takes "some" time for all procedures and all
"consultation=
s".
> > As you can see it can be very risky period.
> > The real question is: Is it the risk *worth* to be taken?
> > If you give advises then feel responsible for consequences of them
bein=
g
> > followed. I do not give Finns advises in the issue beyond "be sure you
> > want it". They should decide *themselves*.
>
> I believe the threshold for military action against Finland is
> significantly higher for a number of reasons:
>
> 1) Unlike Georgia or Ukraine Finland is also a member of the EU and
> never was a Soviet republic or Warsaw-pact satellite, hence we are not
> in their "sphere of interest" in a similar way, and in case of crisis
> odds are higher that EU would be forced to intervene if it wants to
> avoid to be seen as an organization that turns its back on it's members
>
> 2) Our military is significantly stronger than the Georgian army.
>
> 3)We also have very few residents here with a Russian pass****t. Most of
> our Russian speakers (50 000 or so) are descendants from old, pre-Soviet
> era, Russians or "Ingrian"=B9 returnees from late 1980s to present.
>
> 4) Much of Russia's im****ts go through Finland. The alternative routes
> are less appealing to them: Estonia or Poland.
>
> 5)Last but not least: we have no territorial claims or border disputes
> whatsoever.
>
> =B9Ingrian =3D one of your grandparents once was Ingrian, so they are
> Ingrians de jure, de facto Russkies)
>
> --
> Anton
Don't hope too much on 5). If needed, some Kuusinen will appear and
declare that part of Karelian nation is still slavered fy Fascist
Finland :-)
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