Putin Vows Military Response to 'Eliminate NATO Threat' If Sweden Joins U.S.-Led Alliance

[EC]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed deep opposition to the idea of Sweden joining NATO, calling its potential membership of the U.S.-led alliance a “threat” that would need to be “eliminated.”

“If Sweden joins NATO this will affect our relations in a negative way because we will consider that the infrastructure of the military bloc now approaches us from the Swedish side,” Putin told state news agency Itar-Tass. “We will interpret that as an additional threat for Russia and we will think about how to eliminate this threat.”

Russian officials have repeatedly treated NATO expansion near or at its borders as encroachment, rather than a desire by their smaller neighbors to deter Russian military incursion as sustained by Ukraine in 2014. Currently only Montenegro is on the list of countries to be inducted into NATO, as Sweden and neighbor Finland opt to stay non-aligned. Currently, three Baltic states and Poland are members of NATO on Russia's borders.

Last year Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in Stockholm that Russia would take a military response to potential Swedish entry into NATO and on Thursday Putin elaborated on the extent of such a response.

More: http://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-vows-eliminate-nato-threat-sweden-joins-619486

[truth_seeker]

Sweden would be attacked, if they joined NATO? (I hope there is a translation problem, and I don't discount made up stories, either.)

Besides, Sweden has already invited attack by muslim invaders, with little response.

[dfwgator]

Sweden would be attacked, if they joined NATO? (I hope there is a translation problem, and I don't discount made up stories, either.)

Besides, Sweden has already invited attack by muslim invaders, with little response.

Sweden is doomed anyway because of the Muslim invasion.

[DCPatriot]

Sweden would be attacked, if they joined NATO? (I hope there is a translation problem, and I don't discount made up stories, either.)

Besides, Sweden has already invited attack by muslim invaders, with little response.

On FB.....

Some liberal/progressive lawyer from Chicago hold ups 'Sweden' as an example of successful renditions of Socialism, when it's pointed out that his ideology is responsible for ONE HUNDRED MILLION deaths over the past century, alone!

Sweden is no longer "blonde hair and blue eyes".   They got a lot going on.....

[kevindavis007]

F**k Putin...

[truth_seeker]

Sweden is no longer "blonde hair and blue eyes".   They got a lot going on.....

Not to be terribly argumentative, but many Swedes are not blond. My males going back 4 generation were 100% Swedish with DNA to prove it, and had dark hair. Just sayin'

And handsome as all get out, like me