Olivier wrote:Dakkus wrote:
"Otan" is Finnish for "I will take". Sounds like a good slogan for NATO, I guess ;)
Just had to mention :P
Yes you're right! :-)
BTW, is Finland inside of NATO?
Finland is not a NATO country, but instead it's "peace-companion" or something. Don't know what that's in English. It means NATO won't attack us and we won't attack NATO, but we don't have to commit ourselves into NATO.
Paavo Lipponen, our Prime Minister during 1999-2003 put us in the coalition for war on Iraq, though. But it was a secret, because he didn't have a permission from Finnish people, parliament or probabably not even of government. Telling that on public (and lying about the papers, which was a stupid thing to do) was why Anneli Jäätteenmäki had to resign from her job as the PM of Finland.
But what can you suppose from a country where bribing politicians is still completely legal (that's why we don't have scandals like Italy.. If it's not illegal, doing it isn't breaking a law..)...