Why Finland Joining NATO Checkmates Russia

I like how Russia threatening other European countries to not join nato can be responded with "What are you gonna do? Invade me?"

I heard a saying once; "While countries have their own armed forces, Finnish Defense Forces have a country of their own." As a Finn, i like this proverb.

All of Finlands main roadways, tunnels, bridges, etc. have detonation points so that they can be strategically blown up. Also, almost every roadway system also has walkways or paths for troops/small arms. I have lived in Finland for a year and know they don’t fuck around. Good luck Russia

As a Dane, I do feel safer having Finland in the Alliance. Finns embody the "Hope for the best, prepare for the worst" mentality.

Man. I love the “do no harm but take no shit” attitude of Finland and the Finns.

Russia:threats countries to not join NATO Other countries: reacts by joining NATO Russia: no this isn't how you're supposed to play the game

It's probably an apocryphal story, but a Finnish soldier was alleged to have said in 1939, "So many Soviets, where will we bury them all?!"

As a Finn, this is an excellent video that summarizes our situation extremely well. Good work! Here's a fun fact about the Russian invasion of Sweden back in 1808: The Russians had such an extensive network of spies operating in Finland that they had more accurate maps of the country than the Swedes, who'd ruled Finland for 600+ years 😆

The Finnish application to NATO is why I've been saying that Russia lost the war in Ukraine on day one. Even if Russia managed to completely defeat Ukraine (which they haven't), this strategic loss is so dramatic and stands in stark contrast to what Putin actually wanted. I think it is totally fair to say that Russia lost by failing to uphold their strategic goals.

I respect Finland’s policies and how they waited and did not provoke and just wanted to live in peace.

A large group of Russian soldiers in the border area in 1939 are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a small hill: "One Finnish soldier is better than ten Russian". The Russian commander quickly orders 10 of his best men over the hill where Upon a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice once again calls out: "One Finn is better than one hundred Russian." Furious, the Russian commander sends his next best 100 troops over the hill and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again Silence. The calm Finnish voice calls out again: "One Finn is better than one thousand Russians from: The enraged Russian commander musters 1000 fighters and sends them to the other side of the hill. Rifle fire, machine guns, grenades, rockets and cannon fire ring out as a terrible battle is fought... Then silence. Eventually one badly wounded Russian fighter crawls back over the hill and with his dying words tells his commander, "Don't send any more men!!! It's a TRAP! There are TWO of them!"

"They thought they were moving chess pieces but they were actually throwing dice"– Cuban crisis

Finland is now, officially, the 31st member of the NATO Alliance. This video is now even more relevant, a handful of months after it was posted.

What you miss in this video, is that you should clarify some things. Mainly the fact that even when Finland was a part of Russian empire 1809-1917, the Russian laws were not valid in Finland because Finland´s legal system from Swedish rule was still kept in use. Also during the time Finland was officially known as Grand Duchy of Finland which legally an autonomous area and was ruled by Finnish nobility but it had a governor-general appointed by the Russian Czar. In short: Finland was part of Russian empire but not part of Russia. Edit: Added a word "area" which was missing

I don’t think most people understand just how insane Finland is. Sure it’s a small country, sure there aren’t a lot of people, but Finland and it’s military are known for being fierce fighters. The only reason it collaborated with Russia was because they didn’t want to lose their borders, but they still inflicted heavy casualties on Russia when they last fought. The Finnish people are also very proud of being Finnish, I happened to know a Finnish guy who is traditionally from Finland who said he would go back and defend his country no matter what. Moral of the story is don’t fuck with Finland unless you want the smoke.

Sweden really only stayed out of NATO due to Finland's position. It was an open secret that we'd join if they joined. In a very real way the decision was made in Helsinki for both countries.

In advance of NATO membership, the UK entered a mutual defence pact with Finland and Sweden providing them with a nuclear umbrella.

I think this can be greatly described with "But everything changed when the Russian Federation attacked." Ed: Wtf is this comment section.

Fun fact Geography Now tried to explain Finland and got their video age restricted

As a finn I can confidentaly speak for most of finns when I say that we are tired of Russia's shit and super happy that we joined NATO