▲ 1222 ▼ Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 334 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) That was a very long time ago unless I've missed something more recent? (Genuine question) Personally think it's time to re-examine our neutrality It feels wrong not to support Ukraine militarily. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] taanegl@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Hi-dilly-hi....hi-dilly-ho.....over the side of the boat you go! Nah we're all friendly now for the most part. Sporting events excluded naturally where fervent, screaming nationalism from the Irish comes in and the English wonder why we are so angry at them. :D permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kentaree@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago There was a lot of backlash in the last few months when Leo Varadkar attended a defense conference which was mostly NATO members. He was forced to state that Ireland will not join any military alliance whatsoever. I do agree that it feels wrong to not support countries that realistically we're aligned with but the Irish military is in such a state that if we tried I'd expect Ukraine to actually donate equipment to us instead permalink fedilink source parent
[+] taanegl@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Hi-dilly-hi....hi-dilly-ho.....over the side of the boat you go! Nah we're all friendly now for the most part. Sporting events excluded naturally where fervent, screaming nationalism from the Irish comes in and the English wonder why we are so angry at them. :D permalink fedilink source parent
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Hi-dilly-hi....hi-dilly-ho.....over the side of the boat you go! Nah we're all friendly now for the most part. Sporting events excluded naturally where fervent, screaming nationalism from the Irish comes in and the English wonder why we are so angry at them. :D permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kentaree@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago There was a lot of backlash in the last few months when Leo Varadkar attended a defense conference which was mostly NATO members. He was forced to state that Ireland will not join any military alliance whatsoever. I do agree that it feels wrong to not support countries that realistically we're aligned with but the Irish military is in such a state that if we tried I'd expect Ukraine to actually donate equipment to us instead permalink fedilink source parent