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There was a post from a mass media site the other day saying Turkey was approving Sweden to join NATO. This turned out to be a bit of wishful thinking.

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[–] alexius@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you for a comprehensive answer, i’m a firm believer that geopolitics shouldn’t be assumed from an outsider’s perspective. I truly appreciate that you took your time to explain how this is understood by the people of Sweden instead of accusing me of things and downvoting my ass.

I agree with you in the aspect that it seems like Russia is not strong enough to pose a threat anymore, and understand how this feels like you were left out while Finland didn’t. Hopefully this decision doesn’t have a true impact in your lives and a military alliance isn’t ever needed for your safety.

[–] sjatar@sjatar.net 2 points 1 year ago

From the looks of it, Sweden will try until we get in most likely. Outside of a referendums to not join I don't see us backing down from it ^^ Not sure how a referendums would go. I'd bet on a very divided 50/50 vote.