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2007-04-23 Europe

Finland and Sweden moving towards NATO membership

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Posted by mrp 2007-04-23 07:04|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Does this mean they are going to develop their military to be used in offensive situations, even out of area (eg Iraq, Afghanistan), and of a size for their contribution to be meaningful? As compared to Germany , f'r instance, whose troops apparently are trained to shoot "die Schwarzen" in New York City who insult their mothers.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-04-23 08:01|| 2007-04-23 08:01|| Front Page Top

#2 TW, Sweden has 330 soldiers in Afghanistan, under (likely with X number of restrictions) NATO control.

Posted by mrp 2007-04-23 08:34|| 2007-04-23 08:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Note the Swedes did send a medical unit to the Coalition of the First Gulf War. First deployment outside of Sweden since the Napoleonic Wars. My guess is that they want some sort of covering, no matter how thin, to balance against the Russians once the US pulls out of Europe. Consider it far sighted or fatalistic.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-04-23 09:07|| 2007-04-23 09:07|| Front Page Top

#4 So is an attack on Helsinki to be the same as an attack on New York?

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-04-23 10:42|| 2007-04-23 10:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Correction - US, not EU solution.

Posted by anonymous2u 2007-04-23 11:08|| 2007-04-23 11:08|| Front Page Top

#6 His hands were in his pockets - as opposed to dipping deeply into somebody else's, eh?

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