Fewer Finns than before say they think Finland should join the NATO military alliance, according to a new survey by Taloustutkimus. The study was commissioned by the Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI), a parliamentary committee focusing on security policy.
The results of the interview-based survey were published on Wednesday. They show a dip in NATO-positive attitudes, falling from 25 percent to 22 percent from 2016.
>Fewer Finns than before say they think Finland should join the NATO military alliance, according to a new survey by Taloustutkimus. The study was commissioned by the Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI), a parliamentary committee focusing on security policy.
>The results of the interview-based survey were published on Wednesday. They show a dip in NATO-positive attitudes, falling from 25 percent to 22 percent from 2016.
Thomas Phillips
Finland will join NATO
Logan Martin
This is just stupid. We're basically part of NATO. We get the negative effects from the membership but not the benefits. Why are Finns so stupid? We arent' neutral, far from it. Why can't you see it?
Michael Garcia
We already do. Several people have died in Afghanistan
Joshua Robinson
Cuck mentality stamped hard into their minds thanks to decades of finlandization. They think they have to ask master russia permission for everything.
>"p-please master russia can i stand up to pee" >"njet" >"o-okay...."
Camden Cook
IN FINLAND WE CALL IT THE TRUMP EFFECT
Wyatt Foster
Finns are strong and the russians bow down to them.
Colton King
But it would be American soldiers who would risk their lives if something serious happened
Colton Allen
Finns should just know that russian nukes are pointed at Finland even if Finland isn't in NATO.
Juan Lee
They've been that way for 50 years and we don't care.
Alexander Anderson
>Finns are strong and the russians bow down to them.
Bentley Gutierrez
Fact(true)
Kayden Brooks
>They've been that way for 50 years and we don't care. *pretend not to care
Jayden Garcia
Daily reminder that NATO is a terrorist organization who killed more people that ISIS.
Logan Robinson
Finland is a very smart country. Joining NATO would only ruin relations with Russia for no benefit
Logan Murphy
EU ARMY NOW
The survey suggests that Finnish attitudes toward the future of the European Union haven't changed much, despite the EU's debt crisis and Brexit drama. More than half (58 percent) of the 1,001 interviewees said their faith in the EU remains unchanged. The figure from last year was just 45 percent.
The study also found that 60 percent of respondents (up from 58 percent) think the EU as an institution benefits Finnish national security.
Zachary Mitchell
This pretty much sums what people here think. As long as we don't join formally to any alliances we're immune youtube.com/watch?v=kwC_IaY3BmY . Doesn't matter that we're train with the NATO whole the time and even send troops to Afghanistan and train Kurds
Dominic Hughes
See
Nolan Nguyen
>ruin relations with Russia EU don't need any relations with terrorist state.
Tyler Smith
1. Relations are already ruined even without being a part of nato 2. No other country has ruined relationships with russia by joining nato, the relations were ruined by russia by invading ukraine
So funland is suffering all the negative effects of nato membership without any of the benefits.
I'd call that being a sucker.
Ryder Taylor
I am not an expert, but I am pretty sure that the Baltic states have a much worse Relation with Russia than Finland does
Julian Cook
What do these "worse relations" mean in practice? Baltics have more trade with Russia than we do.
Owen Baker
Can any Finbro tell me what the negative aspects of joining NATO would be? Worsening diplomatic relations with Russia, obviously, but what else?
Luis Lopez
Cyberattacks, anti-estonian propaganda, and so on.
>Baltics have more trade with Russia than we do. I find that hard to believe
Jaxon Campbell
There's very little concrete differences aside from russian diaspora since the biggest disagreement between baltics and russia comes from their treatment of their russian minority. Thank god there are very few russians in finland.
Robert Bennett
>Cyberattacks These seems to happen frequently >anti-estonian propaganda Who cares? Less Russians come here the better.
Ryder Martinez
Then why the EU has relationships with the USA and Saudi Arabia?
Parker Thompson
>Cyberattacks, anti-estonian propaganda, and so on.
Nobody cares, we can protect our computers and FUCK ESTONIA
Connor Jones
1. Putin will send a very strongly worded letter to the president 2. The already heavily militarised border will be even more militarised, if they find the money
But what is the benefit of joining NATO? Do you seriously fear Russia might invade you?
Luis Brown
>But what is the benefit of joining NATO? Have the article 5th since we're already a member without this. Why does this seem to bother Russia I wonder >Do you seriously fear Russia might invade you? No. Why do you get insurance? Just in case something happnes. Should we abolish the military while we're at it since there's no real threat from Russia?
Dominic Rodriguez
If there was a crisis in the baltic sea right now finland will be occupied by russia. It's inevitable and something that all defense strategy in finland is built around.
NATO membership would raise the threshold for a russian invasion just enough that they wouldn't invade just to secure the bothnian bay and control of waterways to stockholm for insurance or for shits and giggles.
Finns refuse to accept this fact for some reason.
Connor Sullivan
NATO isn't an insurance. Otherwise you would just pay some money to Americans and they would defend you if you are attacked. NATO means giving away some of your sovereignty, by having troops of a foreign country stationed on your territory
Eli Campbell
>NATO isn't an insurance Get the fuck out Ivan
Eli Thomas
What you don't seem to understand is that we're already doing everything a full member does without the possible benefits. We're already paying shit tons of money for nothing. And the NATO troops don't come to your country unless asked.
Josiah Reed
He's that diaspora ryssä. Should go back to his glorious motherland
Blake Ross
>What you don't seem to understand is that we're already doing everything a full member does without the possible benefits Like what? You are not bound by article 5
Parker Carter
THERE IS NO BENEFIT TO JOINING NATO
NATO IS FOR CUKHOLD COUNTRIES
Andrew Ortiz
>You are not bound by article 5 Exactly and that's the problem. >Like what? Sending troops to afghanistan, training kurds, joining nato war games, holding wargames and training with the US on our soil, military fully nato-capable list goes on. We're more precipitant than most members
Juan Martin
Nobody forces you to do that. Finland is in the privileged situation that it can play both sides (Russia and NATO) against each other. If Finland was to fully commit to only one side, it would definitly weaken their current position
Eli Davis
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Dominic Anderson
What did you think he meant by "possible benefits" you thick cunt.
William Hall
estonians became pretty smug once they joined nato so they decided to get rid of soviet ww2 memorials, they thought pissing off russians would be super funny. the result was that russian hackers literally took down estonia's internet by ddos'ung the shit out of it. eestis were shitting their pants begging their for nato master to help
Christopher Gray
>Finland is in the privileged situation that it can play both sides (Russia and NATO) against each other. Real life doesn't work like that. If there's a conflict between NATO and Russia we're bound to get involved due to our geographical position
Jason Watson
t. ryssä
Easton Cox
>Finland is in the privileged situation that it can play both sides (Russia and NATO) against each other
Bentley Rogers
>so they decided to get rid of soviet ww2 memorials Why is it any of Russia's business what they do with their statues I wonder. What do you in a NATO country? Go back to your shithole if you love it so much
Jace Sullivan
>If there's a conflict between NATO and Russia we're bound to get involved due to our geographical position Which is exactly why instead of becoming a cuck partner we should gain control of the entirety of the Baltic sea area and lock everyone else out of it. #suursuomi #marenostrum
Andrew Bailey
i'm not a russian lol. it is amusing how emotional nato shills are
Liam Lee
>cyberterrorism is fun whne we do it:^) This is why NATO is nedeed.
Jaxon Stewart
You're that diaspora ryssä who always comes defending the motherland
Logan Flores
>If there's a conflict between NATO and Russia That's a big if.
Landon Foster
>everybody who disagrees with me is a russian low IQ nato shill
Eli Allen
Indeed and a smaller conflict with Finland and Russia is much more likely to happend, It's highly unlikely that will happen, but more likely than NATO-Russia. You see where I'm going with this?
Jayden Nelson
Considering that putin was ready to tank both western relationships and russian economy just for crimea there's no telling what he'll do next. If you act like a mad dog don't be surprised if your neighbors buy guns to defend themselves with.
Blake Russell
>(((NATO)))
Really doubt Finland would send their soldiers to war because someone attacked Spain.
Evan Sanchez
You've been on Sup Forums shilling for russia for three years already, when will you go back to glorious motherland?
Luis Cooper
>öyh öyh nato >öyh öyh russia Nibbas no, Africa. Neocolonialism my dude, it's time to start exploiting some black people.
Connor Brown
russia would never dare to invade a nato country and vise versa. you have paranoia
Isaiah Harris
Funland joined nazi germany in their invasion of soviet union, we're down for everything.
Eli Wright
>Indeed and a smaller conflict with Finland and Russia is much more likely to happend About what? Russia and Finland have no disputed territories, and the relation between the two countries is cordial
>just for crimea Crimea is Russian access to the black sea and the mediterrane. With Crimea gone, Russian Navy would be useless and Russia open to NATO invasion.
Jayden Carter
>there is only one german poster on Sup Forums low IQ nato shill, you must be an estonian lobbyist
Owen Martin
>russia would never dare to invade a nato country Which is exactly why finland should join nato. I'm glad we agree on something.
Joseph Johnson
But we're not in NATO >you have paranoia Sure thing buddy why don't we just get rid of our military. Do you get incusrances? Why are you paranoid?
Carson Long
With a good reason.
We're talking about a cunt on the other side of Europe.
Henry Bell
yes, do it like japan you cuck
Adam Williams
Can you see the future? Yeah the relations might be at a decent level, but no one knows about the future. History has shown there could be swift happenings in Russia
Owen White
But Japan is remilitarizing
Nathan Gomez
Bullshit. Sevastopol is one of the major ports of russian navy but not irreplaceable, not that russia was ever in danger of losing it. Ruining western relations and tanking the russian economy for it was retarded.
Hudson Baker
bad decision for them, abe is a fascist
Zachary Morgan
Nah, you're painfully obviously a russian. Getting so defensive only proves my point. Now get the fuck out vladimir.
Camden Cooper
>Crimea is Russian access to the black sea and the mediterrane. With Crimea gone, Russian Navy would be useless and Russia open to NATO invasion. So? Does this give Russia right to annex? You just give more reasons to join NATO.
Gabriel Diaz
>not that russia was ever in danger of losing it after euromaidan it definitely was tho
Aiden Kelly
FINLAND IS FREE
FUCK NATO
Samuel Turner
But Russia is investing to its military far more. Why isnt that fascism
Benjamin Gutierrez
>fascist Пoпaлcя!
Carson Hall
what makes you so sure about it, sherlock?
Christian Torres
>shitting on based Abe Wow are you really a shill? Is China a good peaceful country according to you?
Jordan Cooper
If morocco were to invade spain finland would definitely send help since funland has spotless record for honoring treaties.
Charles White
Not really.
Levi Stewart
I hope they get invaded and russia takes back the russians that don't want to be russians exactly
Nathaniel Smith
>openly anti-russian government in power >poroshenko wants to join nato are u retarded
Joseph Sanchez
>tfw you won with this post get fucked putinbots :DDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Brody Cox
If Russian-Finnish relations become worse, that would be a good argument to join NATO.
Nobody is talking about moral right. A country that feels existential threat will do anything to defend itself
Alexander Phillips
finland doesn't have pro-russian separatist regions like ukraine or georgia so why would you be scared
Cooper Edwards
There was nothing to warrant any belief that ukraine wouldn't honor the lease on the base or was not open to renegotiating the terms or warrant russia invading ukraine and ruining russian economy for years. You sound like little sheep bleating out the official truth approved by kremlin.
Isaiah Phillips
>I hope they get invaded and russia takes back the russians that don't want to be russians Huh? Do you want people to suffer that much? This is some extreme level of russophobia
Liam Thomas
>A country that feels existential threat will do anything to defend itself Well such countries shouldn't have nukes that for sure.
Wyatt Clark
Every country reacts this way. USA was ready to start WW3 due to Cuban missile crisis
Eli Morales
>oh no russian installed leader of ukraine just got run out of the country >better invade them lol Then the retards and shills wonder loudly why finns want to join nato
Isaac Morales
>There was nothing to warrant any belief that ukraine wouldn't honor the lease on the base are you literally retarded? the whole purpose of nato is to keep keep out the russian influence in europe. there is no way that ukraine would still lease the port to russia if it joined nato
Jace Brooks
daily reminder that yanukovich's impeachment was unconstitutional by ukrainian law. you can't just kick out the president just because you don't like him anymore
Eli Peterson
>Huh? Do you want people to suffer that much? I didn't really take that into consideration