Post by sevenofnine on Mar 7, 2024 13:20:59 GMT -5
Well it official Swede are in NATO LOL!
Oscar Jonsson, a researcher with the Swedish Defence University, says having declared its desire to join but being stalled by would-be allies was the "worst place" for Sweden to be stranded, even temporarily.
"If you look at just recent empirics, you can see that Russia has invaded two states that it perceived to be on the way into NATO," he told DW, referring to Georgia and Ukraine, "but zero NATO member states."
Turkish-Hungarian holdouts
It took some 20 months to gain the approval of the Turkish parliament and another few weeks for Hungary's. Each required extra diplomacy and, as it turned out in both cases, coincidental or not fighter-jet deals.
Turkey's green light for Sweden came only after it was assured of the long-stalled acquisition of F-16s from the United States — which waited to confirm until Turkey's required documents arrived in Washington, DC. For Hungary, it was four additional JAS-Gripens from Sweden before the parliament took its vote on February 26.
www.dw.com/en/with-sweden-onboard-natos-north-is-now-sealed/a-68448631
Oscar Jonsson, a researcher with the Swedish Defence University, says having declared its desire to join but being stalled by would-be allies was the "worst place" for Sweden to be stranded, even temporarily.
"If you look at just recent empirics, you can see that Russia has invaded two states that it perceived to be on the way into NATO," he told DW, referring to Georgia and Ukraine, "but zero NATO member states."
Turkish-Hungarian holdouts
It took some 20 months to gain the approval of the Turkish parliament and another few weeks for Hungary's. Each required extra diplomacy and, as it turned out in both cases, coincidental or not fighter-jet deals.
Turkey's green light for Sweden came only after it was assured of the long-stalled acquisition of F-16s from the United States — which waited to confirm until Turkey's required documents arrived in Washington, DC. For Hungary, it was four additional JAS-Gripens from Sweden before the parliament took its vote on February 26.
www.dw.com/en/with-sweden-onboard-natos-north-is-now-sealed/a-68448631
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