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As a Pole living in Poland and very much not a fan of the current government, I still greatly appreciate the preparations, regardless of the obvious propaganda value.

Looks like the Finns and the Swedes are thinking along the same lines. Si vis pacem, para bellum.

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Finland was not a member of NATO and was previously viewed as a neutral country during cold war. Their prioritisation of territorial defence went hand in hand with this and was in context of having fought wars with Russia in modern period. It's not really comparable to Poland's situation which was already in NATO prior to this. A nuclear war is more likely than a territorial invasion of Poland. If they want to prepare for war they should base their planning on likely scenarios. Unless it's just politics.

Finland and Sweden are not yet part of NATO. The risk is far more for them than Poland.

Probably now it is the same given the security assurances provided to Finland/Sweden by US/UK during NATO accession process.

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