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The useful idiocy of Vladimir Putin

The Russian president's inept war has done more to empower NATO than Ukraine ever could.

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Carl Beijer
Apr 07, 2022
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Finnish newspaper Iltalehti reports that Sanna Marin’s government is preparing to apply for membership in NATO. If true, this will mark one of the most dramatic expansions in the alliance’s history, and certainly since its admission of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic in 1999. It may also very well precipitate NATO’s further expansion into Sweden…

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