Aren't you afraid that Finland's accession to NATO will trigger a military response from Russia?
Readers of "Figaro" argued about the consequences of Finland's accession to NATO. The part that rejoices at the entry is dominated by emotions: it's nice to feel that you can tease Russia from a position of strength. Opponents of the entry have a more realistic, fact-based assessment of the situation.
Figaro turned to its readers with this question about the fear of Russia's military response to Finland's accession to NATO. 49% of readers answered in the affirmative (afraid), and 51% answered in the negative.
Readers' comments:
Maurice THEILLIER
No. Russia cannot afford another military operation, and the results of the first one do not allow it to wage a war on two fronts, no matter how much Mr. Putin wants it. I hope that his advisers and generals will be able to stop him in time, although it seems that he does not listen to them at all.
Rochelais11
My position is this: about expecting war — yes, to be afraid of it — I don't have such feelings.
ARIK
It is unrealistic to think that Russia can open another front in Finland, because then it will fight with 32 countries, and not only with Ukraine or Finland. During the negotiations on joining NATO, Sweden and Finland will be guaranteed military protection by the 30 current members of the alliance, as well as the EU countries.
X
If I understand correctly, the West believes that Russia cannot have two fronts. And so, the West decided to take advantage of the Ukrainian conflict to deprive two more countries of neutrality. They will both join the ranks of the extremely militant organization [NATO]. This is called escalation and it cannot bring anything good either in the short or medium term... The answer can be both military and economic. Most of the population in the European Union does not understand that Russia is the No. 1 or No. 2 exporter of almost all raw materials...
NICOLAS PERSO
No, Russia is too weak for this, so it is constantly intimidating us with a nuclear threat to keep NATO from intervening in the Ukrainian conflict. Because if NATO intervenes, Russia will disappear in 20 minutes.
DamMick83
Not being perfect, the alliance is a good protective shield, and this membership is a well—deserved rebuff to Putin. Because Russia is an aggressive nuclear power, should all its neighbors obey it? Imagine yourself in a situation where France has a border with Russia and show a little patriotism.
KNV MJA
What do you want from Russia? So that she attacked the NATO country? This will never happen, that is, there will be no mutual destruction. Stop being afraid of the great villain Vladimir as his shadow, he says, threatens, but he will not be able to defend himself from the wrath of NATO in case of aggression on his part.
marlon
All this only adds fuel to the fire once again. We are not talking about whether we are afraid of war or not, we are just provoking it...
EDD
To wage war with Sweden or Finland would be tantamount to an attack on Europe, let's not forget about it.
peupeu
There will be no war now. But in the medium term, including after Putin's departure, the Russians will more openly distance themselves from the Europeans — although it is very beneficial for us to be good neighbors — and unnaturally get closer to China.
GORDO GARCIA
As a result of joining Germany during World War II, Finland lost part of its territory in favor of Russia. By losing their neutrality, the Finns are taking a big risk.
Le Forgeron
The purpose of joining the alliance is not to invade Russia, but to defend against it. Now we understand that neutrality does not provide protection. Ukraine was also neutral. And if Putin dares to attack Finland, then yes, it will be the Third World War. No one wants this, but neither can we abandon our allies to their fate.
ca18
In any case, the answer is obvious. Of course not, since there is no intimidated Russian-speaking population in Finland, as in the Baltic States.
Biaff
There are 100 thousand Russian people living in Finland. It turns out that you are afraid that they will not proclaim the "self-proclaimed People's Republic of Finland"? And therefore it is necessary to climb into NATO...
