As many Americans know, the recent conflict between Russia and Ukraine revolves around the latter’s intentions to join NATO. Russia will certainly be upset when they hear that Sweden and Finland have both been approved by the US Senate to join the the military alliance.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday easily passed a resolution pressing NATO to quickly admit Finland and Sweden, a sign of bipartisan agreement about pushing back on Russian aggression.
In a voice vote, the committee approved the measure supporting the two Nordic states’ entrance into the security alliance and urged other NATO members to do the same. There were no objections.
“The committee’s passage of this resolution is a testament to the bipartisan support for Finland and Sweden joining NATO, and the urgency of strengthening the alliance amidst Russia’s unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine,” panel ranking member James Risch (R-Idaho) said in a statement after the vote.
“I’ve long said that Sweden’s and Finland’s strong political and military traditions make them a perfect fit for the alliance. I hope the Senate will follow the committee’s lead and move quickly to pass this resolution.”
NATO has sought to strengthen its alliance against Russia since the Kremlin’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine began on Feb. 24, a war that has also threatened nearby member countries.
The two Nordic countries have also experienced effects from the attack, with Russian jets violating both Swedish and Finnish airspace.
The 30-member organization now hopes to send a message of unity to Russian President Vladimir Putin with the entrance of Finland and Sweden, which up until now have worked alongside NATO but remained strategically separate.
The two new bids have garnered the full support of the Biden administration and are now set to easily receive the required two-thirds Senate approval.
Could someone explain how our Senate can approve OTHER countries for anything? Does Senate own those countries? Is anyone from Senate or other parts of the USA work within the confines of NATO? So – – – how does this work? Are they criminals? Too bad none of the websites sending us emails have the guts to explain these kinds of things to us. They are cowards!
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do think anyone would realize when you are a member of any organization, and anyone new wants to join then you have a committee that says yes or no and that in this case would be the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and now the rest of the members have to have a majority vote to say that what the committee did is fine with them, and in this case it well be 67 votes in the Senate which says the USA approves of the actions.
Sure I will explain it. We, the USA is a member country of NATO. Each country must agree within its own government to admit another country to NATO. Then each country casts its NATO vote. The article is stating that the USA government has agreed on the subject of NATO admission of Sweden and Finland. Now the USA will cast its NATO vote for a “yes to admit” for each petitioning country, in this case Sweden and Finland. Now do you understand? The only thing gutless and cowardly here is not having the guts and determination to do your own research so that you will understand and not look ignorant.
So, they are just going to OVER-ride Turkey’s/Erdogan’s OBJECTION…
I do not think any country can override another country’s vote. But, they can certainly coerce if there is political leverage. Turkey’s objection may be more about obtaining concessions. It will be interesting to see what happens there.