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Sweden allows the entirety of the Baltic sea with the exception of Kaliningrad and near St. Petersburg to be surrounded by NATO countries. That's vitally important
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan can just fuck right off. >

Hopefully he will have a big defeat in May. >

I hope so too. >

Oh look, a surprise coup! How did the intelligence services not predict this? Guess Erdogan will have to stay in power for the good of the nation. >

I would honestly be surprised if there is no "terror attack" of some kind juuuust a bit before the election >

Finnish goverment seems to have had enough of jerking around. 
I don't see Finland saying no (nor "we'll just join with Sweden later") to joining if ratified, but the constantly growing amount of hoop jumping demanded for possible ratification has become too mutch even for finnish politicans. >

I love the brotherhood of these two nations, but Sweden would be much safer if Finland went ahead and joined. >

It doesnt matter since both have security guarantees from uk and usa... We can easily wait.
And russia is in no power to attack another country anyway lol >

With an open front in Ukraine, they could never afford an other one with finland, even alone. The terrain is on Finland side, and the whole logistic to bring an army to Finland doorstep could be disrupted very easily. >

Dont forget, Finland has also been preparing for Russian invasions since the end of WWII
The amount of artillery and weapons pointed at that border is insane >

Regardless, these countries are already moving largely lockstep with NATO, moreso than certain members. Membership is ideal and should happen quickly. But if Putin decided to hit Finland, I don't see NATO shrugging, saying, "well, they aren't a member soooo..." and ignoring it. >

Honestly NATO only really needs Finland. Having the ability to move troops and equipment to such a large and important border is the most vital aspect of them joining.