By publicly countenancing the scenario of decoupling his country’s NATO bid from Sweden’s despite backtracking under pressure just a day later, Finland’s top diplomat was very strongly signaling that he doesn’t expect the Swedish-Turkish deadlock to be resolved anytime soon. The cat is already out of the bag and Finland probably does indeed have this “plan B”, however, the strategic motivation and soft power consequences of which will now be analyzed.
"Rather, it’s simply to point out that Finland could hoard whatever economic-military benefits its leadership envisages..."
IMHO having one's rulling elite fully bribed/ co-opted by Washington/London is an econmic benefit, but only for them, the rulers. It's having the normal "slow boiling of the toad" sucking sound of the vampire squids being turbocharged and jammed into high gear for the rest of the nation. Sweden will watch Finland's remaining industry quickly disappear.
"Rather, it’s simply to point out that Finland could hoard whatever economic-military benefits its leadership envisages..."
IMHO having one's rulling elite fully bribed/ co-opted by Washington/London is an econmic benefit, but only for them, the rulers. It's having the normal "slow boiling of the toad" sucking sound of the vampire squids being turbocharged and jammed into high gear for the rest of the nation. Sweden will watch Finland's remaining industry quickly disappear.