.. which has had the effect of forcing formerly neutral Finland, which shares a border with Russia, to join NATO.

The claim that Russia has a right to dictate the alliances of other countries simply because they border it is ludicrous and violates international law.

(Simo Häyhä had something to say about last time Russia invaded Finland)

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4gotunameagain a day ago | parent [-]

The same way the US has left all the countries around it alone ? Are you joking ?

The list of US backed military coups in the Americas does not fit on an A4 page with a font size small enough to be unreadable.

	▲	pjc50 a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Easy response: those were also wrong. As was the invasion of Iraq, which arguably ended up being used as a justification in the opposite direction.
	▲	ben_w a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Another easy response to go with pjc50's: why do you think Cuba was so eager to get some Soviet nuclear missiles?