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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (187212)	5/13/2022 8:10:17 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217713

Back to the drawing board ? bloomberg.com Turkey Dashes Hopes of NATO Membership of Sweden, Finland Selcan Hacaoglu May 13, 2022, 7:50 PM GMT+8 Sign up for our Middle East newsletter and follow us @middleeast for news on the region. Turkey doesn’t favor Sweden and Finland joining NATO, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Istanbul on Friday, dashing the two countries’ hopes of easy accession to the military alliance. Erdogan cited concerns over the presence of “terrorists” in both countries. Turkey has previously complained that supporters of separatist Kurdish militants fighting for autonomy in Turkey’s southeast have been freely roaming in Europe. Any enlargement of NATO requires unanimous approval of the alliance’s members. Turkey’s been a NATO member since 1952. “We are following developments regarding Sweden and Finland, but we are not in a positive mindset,” Erdogan said in televised remarks after Friday prayers in Istanbul. “Scandinavian countries are like guest houses of terrorist organizations. They even take part in their parliaments. At this point, it is not possible for us to look at it positively.” Some alleged supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based cleric who Erdogan says masterminded a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, have also fled to Europe including some Scandinavian countries. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has repeatedly said he expects all allies to welcome the countries’ prospective membership and that the accession process would be swift. Spokespeople for the alliance didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The Finnish Foreign Ministry had no immediate comment. Despite their orientation toward the US and western Europe, Finland and Sweden had bet since the Cold War that their national security was best protected by staying out of NATO. They aimed to avoid disturbing the military balance in the Baltic Sea region and provoking Russia. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked a rethinking in both countries. Turkey has sought a middle ground over the war in Ukraine. The government in Ankara has been reluctant to burn its bridges with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in part fearing a rupture would put Turkish forces deployed in Syria at risk of attack by Russian-backed Syrian government troops. But it has supplied Kyiv with lethal Turkish-made drones and shut its straits and air space to Russian military ships and aircraft. — With assistance by Firat Kozok Sent from my iPad

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (187212)	5/13/2022 8:17:54 AM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Recommended By marcher Respond to of 217713

Yeup, back to the drawing board, but after new board made No Nato, no gas, and pssed-off big nasty neighbor. zerohedge.com Russia Prepares To Cut Gas Supplies To Finland On Friday: Local Media* Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, Hours after Moscow warned there would be retaliation for Helsinki’s announcement that it is applying for NATO membership, Finnish media reports that the Kremlin threatened to cut the country off from Russian gas by Friday. Citing unnamed sources, Finland’s Iltalehti reported the Russian warning to politicians, who refrained from specific comment. Prior to this warning, the local media outlet noted expectations that Finland would be cut off from Russian gas after May 23rd, when its next contract payment with Gazprom comes due and the country refuses to pay in rubles. In late April, Russia cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria for refusing to pay in accordance with the Kremlin’s ruble scheme. AFP via Getty images Speaking to Iltalehti on Thursday, Finnish Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen said he could not confirm the warning. Parliamentary group chairman Ville Tavio told Iltalehti that working groups had been informed of “various scenarios of Russia’s retaliation”, noting that preparations have already been made. Between 60% and 70% of Finland’s natural gas comes from Russia, though the country’s main sources of energy are oil, biomass and nuclear power, with natural gas representing only 5% of the total consumption. According to the Finnish government, renewable energy surpassed fossil fuels and peat in total energy consumption in 2020, leaving the country less dependent on Russian energy sources. On Thursday, Finland announced their intention to apply for fast-tracked NATO membership due to Russian aggression in Ukraine. Sweden is expected to make its announcement in the coming days, according to the Associated Press. “Finland must apply for NATO membership without delay,” President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said. “We hope that the national steps still needed to make this decision will be taken rapidly within the next few days.” Russia has also threatened “military-technical” retaliation against Finland if it joins NATO. “Russia will be forced to take retaliatory steps, both of a military-technical and other nature, in order to stop the threats to its national security that arise in this regard,” the Russian foreign ministry said. Sent from my iPad

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (187212)	5/18/2022 8:44:58 PM
From: TobagoJack	5 Recommendations Recommended By fred woodall marcher pak73 Roads End SirWalterRalegh Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217713

Mr Roy needs to be cancelled "I'm wondering when we voted to go to war?” “If we're gonna have a proxy war, and we're gonna give $40 billion to Ukraine, because we want to look all fancy with our blue and yellow ribbons and feel good about ourselves, maybe we should actually have a debate in this chamber.” pic.twitter.com/ShJ8Ltcf5m — Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) May 18, 2022