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Do you seriously expect a Russian attack on Sweden in your lifetime!?

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Feb 9th, 2010 at 05:28:17 PM EST
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When is Sweden joining NATO?
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Tue Feb 9th, 2010 at 05:38:46 PM EST
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In reality or in name? We were under the US nuclear umbrella from 1961 to the end of the cold war.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Wed Feb 10th, 2010 at 01:54:43 PM EST
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If that ended together with the cold war I guess reality would now be required. The Fins are making bigger strides than the Swedes, fwiw.
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Wed Feb 10th, 2010 at 04:17:19 PM EST
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The only chance I see of Sweden joining NATO is if Finland does it first, or if the horrible situation in our armed forces continues as a crisis arrives.

There is actually a leftist conspiracy theory that our defence has been so badly fucked up on purpose, so there will be no alternative to NATO membership when the bad times return.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Wed Feb 10th, 2010 at 06:21:38 PM EST
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I'd say the risk is about 1 % every single year.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Wed Feb 10th, 2010 at 01:51:43 PM EST
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And one must of course, as in all insurance matters multiply the risk with the expected damage. 1% is not necesarilly full scale invasion and occupation of the entire country, but conflicts are not black and white. There is a wide spectrum of scales of grey between the deepest peace and nuclear war.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Wed Feb 10th, 2010 at 01:53:44 PM EST
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Further, the risk can be both reduced or increased radically if we have a strong defence on one hand or if we are a security black hole on the other.

As the old saying goes: every country has an army - its own or somebody elses.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Wed Feb 10th, 2010 at 06:23:27 PM EST
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