Turkey Withdraws Objections To NATO Expansion, Sweden & Finland Set To Join Alliance

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If this goes through, the security situation for Western Europe just got a nice boost.....

Finland and Sweden Prepare to Join NATO as Turkey's Erdogan Withdraws His Veto

I don't know how much more winning Putin can handle.

redstate.com

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has removed his objections to the applications for NATO membership submitted by Sweden and Finland, guaranteeing those two previously unaligned nations will join the West’s bulwark alliance against Russian aggression.

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The day before the NATO Summit in Madrid, Turkey said it was fine with Sweden and Finland joining the club. --- “As NATO allies, Finland and Sweden commit to fully support Turkey against threats to its national security,” NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, providing some details of the agreement. “This includes further amending their domestic legislation, cracking down on P.K.K. activities and entering into an agreement with Turkey on extradition,” he added, referring to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party which seeks an independent Kurdish state on territory partly within Turkey’s borders.

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This move creates a permanent change in European security arrangements. Sweden and Finland bring two highly regarded and well-equipped armies into NATO. Moreover, both nations are on track to reach the NATO target of spending 2% of GDP on defense by 2023, something most NATO nations fail to do.