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Which brings us to the Finland of today, which we can all agree is in pretty decent shape, with excellent education, health care, social safety net, several internationally successful companies, I could go on. Very little of this would have been even remotely possible had Finland been annexed by the Soviet Union in the aftermath of World War II

Pointed question: would this have been possible if Finland joined the West(NATO/US sphere of influence)?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Jun 28th, 2007 at 06:35:21 AM EST

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(NATO countries) Norway and Denmark are in pretty decent shape as well, so possibly.
I'd say it's a moot question, though, given that that wouldn't have been possible at any rate.
Why there are certain politicians hellbent on having us join NATO now beats the hell out of me...

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Jun 28th, 2007 at 06:53:35 AM EST
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