Jussi Halla-aho @Halla_aho@respublicae.eu
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2/8 New visas issued by Finland itself are not a big problem. Applying for them has been made difficult and expensive. A bigger question are the 100 000 or so current visa holders who come and go as they wish, and the people who have been issued visas by other member states.
1/8 Since September 19, Finland is the only Schengen country bordering Russia that allows Russian tourists in, and the only border state that continues to issue tourist visas to Russian citizens.
@takapirulainen Hesari tanssi Kremlin pillin tahdissa kunnes alkoi huolestua siitä, että saattaa päätyä häviäjän puolelle.
@takapirulainen Onko siellä Hesarin toimittaja nimimerkin takana?
10/10 Mr Putin and his useful idiots in the West say that aid to Ukraine prolongs the conflict. In reality, too little aid does that. This war ends when the Russians are defeated on the ground. Until then, it will continue.
9/10 The US has given Ukraine more than $15 billion worth of military aid, more than Europe combined. Given that this is a European war, and that we are the primary stakeholders, it should not be like this. Especially the big European countries could and should do much more.
8/10 European countries do not need their weapons right now because the Russian military is bogged down in Ukraine. The more material we send to Ukraine, the less likely we are to need it any time soon.
7/10 Thus, in Ukraine, the Western equipment and material is doing the very thing it has been manufactured or purchased for. Every Russian tank or helicopter destroyed in Ukraine is one less on our borders. In a very literal sense, we are helping ourselves by helping Ukraine.
6/10 One may ask, however, what the threat is that we have that material for.
At least for European countries it is Russia. There is no other military threat for European countries. Russia is the reason for European countries to have armies.
5/10 Another reason is that Western countries are depleting their existing stocks. They are sending to Ukraine weapons and material they have stored for their own defense. Getting new stuff from manufacturers takes time because the industry is in a peacetime mood.
4/10 As said before, Mr Putin (or the people in control of the military) will not risk a direct confrontation with NATO. Russia is losing a war against Ukraine; how could it hope to survive a war with NATO. In February, such fears were reasonable, but now we know better.
3/10 There are two (expressed) reasons why the West is reluctant to send more material and more advanced weapons. The first one is the fear that providing modern tanks or very long-range missiles might escalate the war beyond the borders of Ukraine.
2/10 Most understand that the only way to peace is a Russian defeat on the ground, and - by now - most accept that this is a realistic scenario. Whether and when Russia is defeated, depends on the quantity and quality of the military aid that is sent to Ukraine.
1/10 By now, most (if not all) in the West have mentally adapted to the fact that Russia is ruled by a genocidal and fascist regime with whom no negotiated settlement is likely. Any truce or ceasefire would be abused by Russia to regroup and prepare for a new onslaught.
@hsfi Mikä on HS:n motiivi rummuttaa asiaa aina, kun Ukrainassa nähdään materiaalia, joka voisi olla Suomesta peräisin?
On tehty selväksi, että:
a) Suomi toimittaa aseita Ukrainalle.
b) Suomi ei julkista avun tarkkaa sisältöä.
Kohtaan b) on syynsä sekä Suomen että Ukrainan kannalta.
@mtrantalainen Residents of the Schengen area are not "holders of Schengen visas". It is obvious I am talking about Russian citizens.
9/9 This is one of the reasons the West should provide advanced long-range weapons to Ukraine and stop being worried about the inviolability of the Russian territory. Russians use their territory for state terrorism of an unprecedented magnitude.
8/9 Even if Russians are thrown out of Ukraine, they retain the capability to continue the bombardment indefinitely from their own territory, with total impunity. I have no doubt that they plan to do that. For them, killing and destruction means success and face-saving.
7/9 So, the problem is: While the allies in 1945 knew that the V2 attacks on London will stop when the German launch facilities are overrun, no such scenario is available now.
6/9 This is how Russians think. For them, the war is total. Any target is a valid target. Death and destruction are not a necessary evil but an aim in its own right. A loss on the battlefield can be satisfactorily compensated by killing some more civilians.
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