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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's not just the whataboutism. It's the deliberate mischaracterization of Finnish involvement in WW2. But the fact that Finland did fight alongside Nazi Germany against the USSR, even if for very different objectives, is enough to form an effective propaganda bludgeon.