will likely go first, today the prime minister and then lend says she expects the decision to be made in her country quote, within weeks, not within months. her government presented it security review of the issue to their parliament today. their parliament is expected to vote soon to make the nato ask. i mean, bottom line here, if putin started this were to try to push nato back from russia s border, he is accomplishing exactly the opposite. he is going to have a lot more nato on the borders when this is all over. unless of course we decide to screw things up. the other nato countries actually have to vote to allow any new members to join the alliance. aaron blake writes in the washington post today about the possibility that the country that is perhaps most likely to block that possibility might be us. because of our senate, and the republicans within it. quote, joining nato isn t just a matter of finland and sweden deciding to become members, it is also about whether current members
as we talked about here last night on the show, one of the things quickly coming down the pipe on how the war in ukraine is progressing, and how it is changing the world, is that finland and sweden are moving quickly towards potentially joining nato. two new countries dotted to the nato alliance. now, finland has an 800 mile long land border with russia. they have been invaded by the soviet union in the posh. finland had previously wanted to stay on the line, to stay out of nato. but, putin waging war on ukraine has changed that in both countries. it looks like finland and sweden both might ask, then one will likely go first, today the prime minister and then lend says she expects the decision to be made in her country quote, within weeks, not within months. her government presented it security review of the issue to their parliament today. their parliament is expected to vote soon to make the nato ask. i mean, bottom line here, if putin started this were to try to push nato back fro