France will defend Finland and Sweden in case of Russian attacks

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France is not the only country that pledged to defend the 2 new potential NATO members, as they also signed a signed a mutual defense treaty with the UK.

 

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[PartySick 104,667]

Since Turkey won't let them come to NATO, NATO will go to them

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48 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Since Turkey won't let them come to NATO, NATO will go to them

In theory they should also have the support of Germany, Italy etc because EU states should protect each other. But it remains unclear to what extend mutual military support in EU is actually binding. If Iam not mistaken, UK and US gave Ukraine security guarantees after it gave up its nukes and looks how that played out. 

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[Magic Mike 1,864]

2 hours ago, PartySick said:

Since Turkey won't let them come to NATO, NATO will go to them

I guess Erdogan is selling high the key to enter NATO, but I think it might still be possible.

[Debithius 4,069]

You forgot the US, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Iceland too.

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42 minutes ago, Debithius said:

You forgot the US, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Iceland too.

The Germanic/Anglo-Saxon word united.

Are these actual treaties/ statements though? I am unfamiliar with them. Also Iceland doesn't basically even have an army. 

[Neroneau 667]

6 minutes ago, FfFfFfFF said:

The Germanic/Anglo-Saxon word united.

Are these actual treaties/ statements though? I am unfamiliar with them. Also Iceland doesn't basically even have an army. 

I think Iceland does have a coast guard 🧍🏻

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Just now, Neroneau said:

I think Iceland does have a coast guard 🧍🏻

It does! But stil not an army itself.

Something interesting from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_of_Iceland Iceland has never participated in a full-scale war or invasion. Furthermore, the constitution of Iceland has no mechanism to declare war. Iceland is traditionally not bothered by military threats, kind of similar to Switzerland.

[Benji 17,531]

I’m very glad to see the west rallying around our friends in east Europe.  Putin found rotting 

[AnnaNicoleSmith 29,341]

So a world war? Thanks for letting us know

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[andreas85 347]

On 5/18/2022 at 3:09 PM, Benji said:

I’m very glad to see the west rallying around our friends in east Europe.  Putin found rotting 

Finland and Sweden aren't Eastern European countries.