Il presidente della Repubblica di Finlandia ha confermato il ritiro della Finlandia dalla Convenzione di Ottawa
https://www.presidentti.fi/en/statement-by-president-of-the-republic-of-finland-alexander-stubb-on-withdrawal-from-the-ottawa-convention/
di Puusilm4
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Trust Finland to keep it cool even when the world is in chaos.
Good.
Yeah… mines are horrible and place a terrible burden on a nation after the war ends but, as proven in Ukraine, they’re also one of the best way to stop an attacking force in it’s tracks.
The thing with these kinds of agreements failing is that it isn’t Finland or any of the other rich and developed countries that are going to suffer the most. Even if Finland were to mine their entire countryside i have no doubt that all the mines would be removed in record time once they’re not needed anymore.
It’s the poor countries with weak institutions that will end up with mines killing people decades after a war ended.
Why would any country bordering Russia even be part of this treaty
You gotta do what you gotta do. If we set up minefields on our own lands, we map them and plan them. They will not cause problems with Finns. The problems will be caused by the foreign powers scatter mines that can be dropped from an airplane. (Not naming any names… I’m just saying Sweden has been awfully quiet lately…)
thank the lord now we can deal with the Swedish threat! /s
Russia has shown the world they can’t be trusted and that they can’t be part of the civilised world
Finland will not lay the mines down during peace time but rather they’ll be stored safely until the need arises.
clearing a country of mines is very difficult and time consuming, but it’s still easier in comparison to cleaning it from an invasive vermin, once it settles and occupies that country.
This whole idea of getting Finland involved to Ottawa convention came 2011 from our then pacifist leftist president who was Putin’s close friend. Maybe of some of you guys remember her. She had red hair and glasses. She said even in christmas 2021 Vladimir Putin sent her postcard.
Perfectly understandable given the neighbour Finland has. Norway should follow suit. Nothing good will come from Russia.
It only makes sense. We should put mines along the entire Russian border.
Shut down the border completely.
Good. Remember when putler said “land under muscovy soldiers foot becomes russia” well, it does not apply without a foot now does it?
I feel bad because the convention was invented to protect escaping civilians. But when your neighbor want to destroy your country then you don’t have a choice.