▲ 110 ▼ Finland quietly extends defence partnership with Israel (yle.fi) submitted 2 months ago by QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to c/finland@sopuli.xyz 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments Good that this article got also published in English. Really shameful.
[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 20 points 2 months ago (7 children) What's up with the western politicians' love for genocide? permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] tuukkah@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 months ago (1 child) In Finland, the fear of Russia can override anything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DKKHGGGj@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago Also likely some parties in the current government really liked this and the others didn't mind too much. So it was fairly cheap political capital to use in getting something or other also passed. This is how coalition government work, stuff that is important to some gets done when most don't seem to mind permalink fedilink source parent [–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago $ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sektor@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago It aligns with their love for money and lack of morals. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) because israel has thier hooks in most of the west. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] quakki@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 months ago controls* permalink fedilink source parent [–] story@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago Finland is partially idgaf about injustice permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tuukkah@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 months ago (1 child) In Finland, the fear of Russia can override anything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DKKHGGGj@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago Also likely some parties in the current government really liked this and the others didn't mind too much. So it was fairly cheap political capital to use in getting something or other also passed. This is how coalition government work, stuff that is important to some gets done when most don't seem to mind permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DKKHGGGj@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago Also likely some parties in the current government really liked this and the others didn't mind too much. So it was fairly cheap political capital to use in getting something or other also passed. This is how coalition government work, stuff that is important to some gets done when most don't seem to mind permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sektor@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago It aligns with their love for money and lack of morals. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) because israel has thier hooks in most of the west. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] quakki@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 months ago controls* permalink fedilink source parent
[–] story@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago Finland is partially idgaf about injustice permalink fedilink source parent