Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "REPLAY: Turkey's president says he will back Finland's NATO bid • FRANCE 24 English" video.

  1. There's no genetic commonality between the Finns and the Hungarians. Just a faint linguistic connection.
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  2. Your understanding of military affairs is nothing to write home about. Finland and Sweden, together with Norway, form the northern flank of Fortress Europe. With both in NATO, it's now sealed against Russian incursions that would destabilise the whole of Europe, plus some. The Norwegians are rejoicing, and so are the Balts, but what do they know -- you're the military genius here. Even without NATO in the picture, Finland is Sweden's shield, but Sweden is Finland's strategic depth. Sweden has formidable aerial and naval assets that can swiftly be brought to bear on a Russian invasion force as long as Finland's equally formidable land army first delays and then traps the Russian invaders. However, if Russia were to attack a non-NATO Sweden only, for example by launching an amphibious attack against Gotland, Sweden would struggle to withstand it. With both countries in NATO, Russia's amphibious assault force would face strong resistance and counterattacks from three directions. Russia's attempt would be doomed from the start.
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  3.  @gavs06714  Erdogan singled out Sweden for extra punishment, since Sweden hosts more Kurds than Finland. Besides, Erdogan knows only too well that half of NATO harbours Kurdish dissidents, but he can't touch them. Bullies always like to single out one victim at a time.
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  4.  @suicidalbanananana  It's a public secret already. In exchange, Erdogan gets to buy long-in-the-tooth, but sorely needed F-16s and F-16 upgrade kits. In the mean time, Finland gets state-of-art F-35s, which are a no-no to Turkey after Erdogan's ill-considered S-400 purchase. How the seemingly intelligent Turks abide by Erdogan is a complete mystery to me.
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  5.  @adrianawest846  The Finns are genetically distinct from the Swedes and the Scandinavians in general. You can't make stuff up as you see fit.
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