Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Gotland island, strategic location in Baltic Sea, remilitarises as Sweden joins NATO • FRANCE 24" video.

  1.  @lappo2534  Let us help you with that straitjacket. We don't want you to hurt yourself.
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  2. And now Finland needs to remilitarize Åland. The islanders, being more Swedish than Finnish, could use some encouragement from Sweden.
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  3.  @_loss_  Frankly, I don't see a problem with either scenario, i.e. Åland swapping autonomy for independence or joining Sweden. From a Finnish perspective, Åland has always been the odd one out, demilitarized and detached from the mainland -- literally, figuratively, linguistically, culturally and whatnot. When Finland gained independence, Åland had to join Finland because influential Swedish-speakers in Finland wanted to see more of their kind -- and this against the islanders' express wishes. Anyhoo, the point here is that the Ålanders actively take part in defending their homeland instead of outsourcing their defence to the Finns -- or, for that matter, the Swedes.
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