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on russia s borders. with finland joining nato, we re talking about doubling the amount of territory upon which nato is on russia s borders. you talk about sweden joining as well. these are countries that maintain neutrality through the cold war. just think about that. even in the context of that conflict, they maintained neutrality, as a core element of their foreign policy. putin s actions of brought about nato expansion. the very thing that he aimed to prevent. i m sure, as general mccaffrey knows, these are capable of militaries in sweden and finland. what he s done, he significantly strengthened nato, significantly isolated russia, while demonstrating, and ukraine, that the russian military isn t as strong as they were seeking to project before this war began. ben, is this a no-brainer for finland? what s the downside? well, i think the downside

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