MAHMOUD BENNETT:

WITH THE WAR IN UKRAINE ENTERING ITS SECOND YEAR – AND REPORTS OF RUSSIANS CONTINUING TO FLEA THE MILITARY DRAFT – NEARBY FINLAND HAS STARTED CONSTRUCTING A FENCE ALONG THE 800 PLUS MILE BORDER IT SHARES WITH RUSSIA

THE NORDIC COUNTRY IS WORRIED *THEY COULD BE NEXT* AS RUSSIA’S INVASION SHOWS LITTLE SIGN OF SLOWING DOWN

IF YOU REMEMBER SCENES LIKE *THESE* AT FINLAND’S BORDER MADE HEADLINES LAST YEAR AS PEOPLE TRIED TO ESCAPE THE KREMLIN’S MOBILIZATION EFFORTS BY DRIVING AND WALKING INTO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES – 

RIGHT NOW FINLAND’S BORDERS CONSIST MOSTLY OF LIGHT WOODEN FENCES – BUT WITH CONCERNS MASS MIGRATION COULD BE WEAPONIZED BY RUSSIA – FINLAND IS CUTTING DOWN TREES TO SET UP A 10 FOOT 124 -MILE BARBED WIRE FENCE ALONG *THIS BORDER* WHICH IS THE LONGEST BORDER BETWEEN THE EU AND RUSSIA

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg: THE TIME IS NOW TO RATIFY AND TO FULLY WELCOME FINLAND AND SWEDEN AS MEMBERS

MAHMOUD BENNETT:

MEANWHILE FINLAND AND SWEDEN ARE ACCELERATING THEIR BID TO JOIN THE NATO ALLIANCE WHICH WOULD GRANT THEM THE GUARANTEED COMMITMENT OF PROTECTION BY WESTERN MILITARY POWERS – 

OF COURSE TO *JOIN NATO*, FINLAND AND SWEDEN NEED APPROVAL FROM ALL MEMBERS OF THE DEFENSE ALLIANCE WHICH THEY MOSTLY HAVE – AS OF MARCH 2ND ONLY TURKEY AND HUNGARY ARE YET TO CALL IT A DONE DEAL

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