Sweden Clear To Join Nato

[ichkeria]

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/26/europe/sweden-nato-accession-hungary-intl/index.html

Another triumph for Putin.

As long as Ukraine gets more Gripen fighters than Hungary 😀

I believe Hungary is also set to vote out its president after she was involved in a controversial legal ruling.

[Old_Geezer]

Putin will not be happy with Hungary.

[ichkeria]

Maybe not, but it was pretty clear Hungary couldn't hold out indefinitely as the only objector. I doubt the 4 Gripens was the only price exacted mind you.

Will Putin be that bothered? Arguably it suits him to have Nato expansion, because he can pretend it's a threat. And he likes false threats as he can sell them to his people as real ones.

[Khandro]

 

“And he likes false threats as he can sell them to his people as real ones. "

As Abraham Lincoln said:

"You can fool all of the people some of time; you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time.”  

[Old_Geezer]

Might there not be a delay getting the Hungarian president's signature ?

[DTCwordfan]

well that means plenty of meatballs to load up those bazookas. However, a little TNT in the core may make for an interesting Swedish variant on a Maccy-D's burger.

Mind you, the Russian troops would probably eat them what with the reported hunger levels in their front-line forces. Just to add to the product appeal, add some Nemiroff vodka and Absolut decimation would result.

[ichkeria]

"Might there not be a delay getting the Hungarian president's signature ?"

I don't know if it needs that, but it seems the new guy is already in place.

[ichkeria]

Actually the "new" guy is the current speaker.

[tomus42]

Good news