Gotland island, strategic location in Baltic Sea, remilitarises as Sweden joins NATO • FRANCE 24
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- Sweden joined NATO earlier this month, becoming the 32nd member of the military alliance. Around the Baltic Sea, nations are worried about what Russian President Vladimir Putin could do next after he showed he was capable of invading neighbour Ukraine. Sweden has officially put an end to its traditional neutrality and its prime minister has even told his people they need to be prepared for war. Military service was already reintroduced back in 2018. Our reporters Clovis Casali and Julien Sauvaget went to the Swedish island of Gotland, deemed the most strategic location in the Baltic Sea.
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Putin wins best NATO recruiter award.
The arctic ice is melting and then will soon use warm ports in the north. sweden is small country and baltic will soon no longer be of strategic importance
@@Alastair_Adana - turns out the warming of Arctic is greatly exaggerated. There is no real change in sea ice extent.
@@Alastair_Adana I have to wonder about the value of the nothern route. Sea ice will still be a problem in the winter for a long time to come. And there is nothing and nobody there along the route, really. Ships that leave China/SE Asia go past Singapore, India, Middle-east and the med where they can deliver and pick up goods. Not so in Siberia.
Sweden is one of the best Armys in Europe
@@Mosern1977exactly, even with climate change it only means the ports are ice free in the summer
Along with military assets, sweden also provides NATO with easy to read instructions.
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lmaoooo
Нет войне!
Boy are we in trouble.
Sweden began to remilitarize Gotland from the end of 2017. That is, long before Sweden and Finland had even applied for membership in NATO.
And now Finland needs to remilitarize Åland. The islanders, being more Swedish than Finnish, could use some encouragement from Sweden.
They had self defence plans long before NATO existed .
Because the politicians had sold out to the US before then and started to prepare for the American war against Russia by then. For example, they formed the new "espionage" law that puts journalists and whistleblowers in prison for up to 8 years if they tell the truth about war crimes committed by Sweden's "partners". They did this to protect the US, to make them untouchable by law and media.
It's all a plan, the US has been planning this war for decades, and the Nordic countries will be annihilated because of it. The Swedish politicians have been bought and are sacrificing their country and people for the USA's megalomania. The US will fake an attack in the Nordic countries and blame it on Russia, so they can attack Russia from Nordic territory. RIP Nordic countries. All for the USA's insatiable greed and hunger for world domination...
@@peabase No. If Finland militarizes the islands, they've signed away their right to it and it either becomes independent or Swedish.
@@_loss_ Frankly, I don't see a problem with either scenario, i.e. Åland swapping autonomy for independence or joining Sweden. From a Finnish perspective, Åland has always been the odd one out, demilitarized and detached from the mainland -- literally, figuratively, linguistically, culturally and whatnot. When Finland gained independence, Åland had to join Finland because influential Swedish-speakers in Finland wanted to see more of their kind -- and this against the islanders' express wishes.
Anyhoo, the point here is that the Ålanders actively take part in defending their homeland instead of outsourcing their defence to the Finns -- or, for that matter, the Swedes.
Precaution is far better than taking the risk
This mindset is both a curse and a blessing. A blessing for security, but a curse for progression.
This idea is turned inside out, since it is NATO that is constantly moving towards the borders of Russia.
@@ettoreatalan8303 while these young soldiers play at being soldiers baby gangs are raging in stockholm. What precaution are you talking about? Stop letting the television reassure you. You will drag us to hell with you
Unfortunately sometimes it can be seen as provocation
The Russian bots are going insane here, as usual with anything even remotely related to Sweden here on youtube
They've pretty much embedded themselves in this comment section. Ready to write their inane nonsense as soon as the channel mentions anything related to russia and the war.
They're from Putin's troll farms. They're on every platform using fake western names, but they're easily spotted because they praise Putin and Russia while rubbishing western countries, NATO and Ukraine.
yes i noticed that. its funny noone metiones the coutless times they have violated or borders with russian fighter/bomber planes and ships and subs, and it seems many "swedes" have forgot that and think putin is a good to us xD
I don't know if they are actual bots or believers like some NAFO guys. There are people who think different, you realise that? If they all post comments from the same office in Moscow, then yes, but UA-cam would block them, right? Report accounts if you think they are bots.
@@DR_1_1😂😂😂
I can't understand the one peace activist who says he doesn't want to live with US/NATO nukes in the region yet would he prefer to live under Russian rule and have nukes placed inside Sweden like Belarus??? Peace activists need to understand that dictators do not play by peaceful means or rules... And they do often invade and take Nations from free peoples... Vigilance is key to remaining free... Vigilance and preparedness is what maintains peace... [Via deterrence...] Vigilance even during times of peace... See??? It's a forever and a day commitment... It's 'an EVERY DAY commitment...
You have to understand that most (and less so now) Swedes are very naive people that believe just because Sweden and their local areas are very safe that the world is just the same, they are the type of people that believe you can just talk mass murderers into peace with some coffee and cookies.
A lot of peace activists are idealists have a naive or unrealistic view on conflicts and aggression. The old lady had a more sober view.
USA started a war with Russia after 3 decades of provocations and broken promises. NOT a single politician in the west is talking about peace! These are the last normal individuals that want to live in peace
@@Alex-oc2vi i agree, many i have heard have no idea of geopoltics or warhistory or the future geopoltics, they only think -peace is good, war is bad when its way moore complicataed than that
Nukes would make them a target for nukes from Russia. Also, Swedes and Finns were reluctant to become part of NATO for a variety of reasons. One is as a NATO member your responsible to respond to attacks on other far flung NATO countries. After 9-11 NATO countries responded and helped the US in Afghanistan. Their citizens died there. American's don't even show appreciation. You don't have to lecture Sweden, or Finland, on preparedness. As a society Finland is better prepared than Americans. Sweden is not close behind. They have centuries of dealing with Russia and maintaining their freedom. I'm happy they are both part of NATO now.
Charming and erudite conscripted youngsters…..well done Sweden…🇬🇧
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@@mryandao53 What part of the English I’ve employed are you too inner city, tattooed and fat to understand? I write in plain English to help ghetto things like you.
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RusFed
Sweden rocks! Long live Sweden!
What you know about it?
They gave us Opeth.
Though, I'm more of a Katatonia fan, so Norway is cooler. Jk
They both Rock.
Katatonia are from Sweden aswell.@@deadwingdomain
You mean the rocks being thrown at ambulances?
Sweden is on their way to being a middle eastern nation lmao
Did my conscript here in 1986. When we had a military here.
To the guy who said he doesn't want his kids to become NATO soldiers. Your kids are at risk to become Putin's soldiers. And nobody going to ask what is your opinion about that .
The globo banksters welcome your drooling servility.
That’s a false dichotomy. You can reject both sides. Both sides are filled with warmongers who don’t care about their soldiers just their thirst for money and power.
Are they though? Really?
@@RV56 Yes
@@Coyannn
So it wouldn’t be difficult to explain for you with proofs, if you have such a strong opinion, right ?
Meanwhile in Finland there's Åland island in as strategic location but with zero NATO troops or weapons. Funnily enough there's probably more Russian weapons and surveillance equipment on that island in their "embassy".
Time to finally end demilitarization of Åland.
And you know this how exactly? Have you been there?
Lol wrong. The Finnish will take care of it. The Russians are just smart enough to be afraid of Finland.
Why would Ruzzia have an embassy on a tiny island? That doesn't make any sense. Plus that island isnt near as important as Gotland.
Åland isn't that strategically important, compared to Gotland
@-R-o-k why dont you go and try to demilitarize it mr. tough boy.
Propaganda as well
If Sweden is making Russian bots go crazy in the comments that means Sweden is on the right track.
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the main thing is that american bots with multiple genders are happy
On the right track to hell.
Своему сыну это скажешь, наивный!
It will be clear when the path has been completed whether it was right track. 😊
Germany needs the Swedish mentality when it comes to defense as a task for the whole nation
You Germans must therefor first stop with the selfhate, and I say that as a Belgian.
You mean our 30% migrant population who doesent want anything to do with germany except money and women? Okay. Im not gonna defend our refugeecamp calling itself a country
9/10 Swedes dont want to defend their own country, and therefor they had to bring back forced conscription just to fill the minimum personel qoutas
@@allannakhle8555 Reintroducing conscription is complicated and takes many years of growing year groups. The number of instructors and housing and training units will have to increase as well.
We need some, but not too much, of that Prussian spirit
I really like the Swedish uniforms!
The M90 camouflage pattern is quite unique. But it will be replaced with a new one in a year or two.
@@scepticalwalker3984The camouflage must reflect the local environment and be universal. I like Swedish CP and I like our new Lithuanian UCP. 🇱🇹🇸🇪 .
@@scepticalwalker3984 There will be new uniforms yes, but from what I've heard we will still use the same M90-style camouflage pattern, just a tiny bit updated because they did not copyright the old M90 camouflage pattern until 2020. It will most likely look extremely similar.
@@KazathSwedish woodland is Swedish woodland after all...
@@scepticalwalker3984 The new one looks almost exactly the same. It's a little darker and has small 3 crowns on it.
Gotland is the unsinkable aircraft carrier, yet they have one really tiny airport. They have a few straight sections of roads for Grippens to take off and land on
Our Gripens can take off from regular roads😊👍🏼🇸🇪
Maybe. unsinkable, but I doubt if it can resist an incoming 1MT warhead.
@@EarthWatcher736 Kaliningrad will be removed from the map if that happens.
@@mistressofthewoods5333 And so would the whole of Europe too. Enjoy !
@@EarthWatcher736 Did the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remove all of Japan? No.
The remilitarization is connected to the occupation of Crimea in 2014
@ulfpe You misspelled 'liberation'.
@@mitchyoung93 lol, no its an clear occupation, putin wanted his naval base back, he didnt care about the people.
Liberation of Crimea, not occupation. The RUSSIAN people of Crimea voted to leave Nazi Ukraine after Nazi Ukraine started cracking down on Russian peoples living under Ukraine dictatorship.
@@user-hd4bm4ry9v what internationally recognised vote are you referring to?
@@nic.h
What internationally recognized vote was in Kosovo ?
I am sure they are breathing a bit easier in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania when they see this.
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
@@lappo2534 Let us help you with that straitjacket. We don't want you to hurt yourself.
@@lappo2534 Your comment proves just how low value Russian people are, instead of creating a new business or working in advanced industry Russian Government pays you to write comments on social media, that is how backwards Russia really is.
@@peabase😂😂😂
Yes they will get 2 more Eurovision points this year
Huge respect too these brave young Swedish men and woman! Love from UK!
I'm half British half Swedish :)
@@Mattilainen45 Cool. What side?
@@Mattilainen45 Cool. What side? Mother Swedish? Father British? Or the other way around?
Of course they are brave, knowing that they will never be anywhere near frontline.
As a russian I can say only 1 thing - i came down to this comments only to witness insanity. Yall have no idea what ur talking about
“It’s a Swedish island”
Russia: I want that
You covidiot
Sweden: "Not bloody likely, Russia."
@STdoubleDs Ever heard of Poltava?
@@mitchyoung93does the battle of narva ring any bells?
@@ZXV_XXX or perhaps Fraustadt!!
I was in that age (of the conscripts) when Soviet Union had collapsed. I never got to do military service. It’s something that I always been missing.
Military is for gays
никогда не поздно начать, если чувствуете потребность
😂😂😂😂 trolls
Why was a referendum never called in Sweden on the country's entry into NATO ?
Because if they did we would have voted no.
Good question. Probably because the Swedish leadership was instructed by some other power what to do, so it never really concerned the Swedish population whether or if Sweden should join the NATO.
Same thing in Finland. We also made a deal with USA that allows them to use Finland air, land and sea space freely. We get no compensation for this.
Because Swedish politicians sold Sweden to US?
Sweden has become a vassal state of the US, it's just sad...
Really cute sweedy teens in uniform, makes you think of anime warriors. But Russian/Chechen solders seem kind of rude and may misgender them accidently, will they handle that?
The Muscovite will never come close enough to see any Swedes.
@@alicelund147 lmao nato soyboys could not handle being a russian soldier or a ukrainian soldier
@@alicelund147 You're joking right? The Swedish army is a joke. It's tiny, and NATO would abandon Sweden immediately. There's nothing to defend, Sweden has nothing.
@@alicelund147 Believe it Pokemon.
@alicelund147 that's why all these trainings are useless like chiwawa barking at big dog being in the hands of big man
"peace activist" right. They dont speak for us Swedes
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The anti-war movement in the west are pro-Kremlin even if they don't know it.
I mean even that woman had her doubts
Knut is living in the land of make-believe! Wake up son!
A nation that’s very well aware of the theat and doing something about it👍
To the person who quoted Julian Assange. Let me correct you
"Populations don't like wars, and Populations have to be fooled into wars. Populations don't willingly and with open eyes go into a war"
Just like Russia!
Account created 3 weeks ago 😅
If the West wants to live a normal life, focus on helping Ukraine bc if Putin wins the war he will be motivated to involve other countries
@@mryandao53 nope, he's right.
@@kimwit1307no, it isn't
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Georgia is swallowed next, and rapidly. Then where though?
Зачем России вовлекать другие страны. Это самоубийственно для России. Вы там совсем глупые?
Russians should ask themselves why does every country near Russia want to join NATO?
Thank you mister Putin for making our sea the internal sea of NATO.
I think they know why.
They say because they are all manipulated by muh usa
They know it for 30 years - since the Baltic states joined NATO.
Because they're ran by zog
8000 conscripts in 2024
and 25,000 active personnel, and 11,000 reservists, and 22,200 national guard.
When you have a big bully around that threatens the other kids in the schoolyard, is it more moral to stand up for the ones being bullied and stand by their side and have them stand by yours?, or stand on the sideline and hope the bully dont go for you next?
Great analogy, Johan.🇺🇸
Israel?
Absolutly agree, NATO is a big bully!
You talking about America obviously.
Russia is bankrupt:
- morally
- financially
- strategically
Russians never had morals.
You forgot "politically" bankrupt too.
You believe that or you just kidding? 😂
@@Buppasiri1 Believe that??? There is so much overwhelming evidence for this that even a stupid person would not have the slightesr doubt on this one.
nonsense, ukraine and nato are bankrupt.
This is a good documentary 🇺🇸
Peace is nice... when you can afford it.
Putin is a strategic genius. Scaring all his neighbors into joining NATO.
Wer steht hinter ihm? Hast du die Antwort?
Most Russians didn't even know that Sweden was not in NATO
@@RusRecon007 Because it De facto was...
@@CA-jz9bm Yes I agree
Sweden invaded Great Novgorod and Russia many times since XII century. Did Russia EVER invade Sweden?
They started a few wars so yes
The Swedes are getting ready for a visit from Putin! 😃 "We got a room for ya!"
This is timely - I just finished reading a book where the author visited Gotland, and spoke of this renewed interest in the island by the authorities in Stockholm.
There’s the world that you wish existed .. and then there’s the real world… welcome to the real world
….said Morpheus to Neo…
Welcome
I really like the Swedish camouflage. It looks very effective!
I read this comment on another website this morning: In my native Bulgaria, there is an expression dating back in the soviet era that "Russian" is moreover a diagnosis rather than a nationality.
Так это нормально
так же это выражение применимо и к евреям
@@ecclesiastes_In The Netherlands we also use " jew" as a diagnosis and a religion.
If such an expression was popular in Bulgaria, and considering the huge amount of snichers during that time, how come we didn't all get in jail ??? Or do you suggest there was, after all, freedom of speech ? You just shot yourself in the foot. Пълно е с руснаци в България, я го кажи на чичо ми да видим дали ще ти остане поне един зъб в устата, боклук.
These funny Scandinavian boys and girls think their war with the Russians would look like a paint ball game.
They were left with no choice anyway. Let them remain naive.
Их даже не жалко , они сами выбирают свою жизнь, а смерть получат от русских в подарок
Says the youtube rando who likely knows nothing about military or warfare
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Never seen a tank with a BFA (Blank Firing Attachment) before. Must be conserving ammo.
That should be mandatory for all nations.
legend has it that the muppets provide all their units with a swedish chef
The battle is actually brtween british-americans from one side and russia from the other,all others inqluding france an germany are defeated states and someones property and the battle is mainly for europe and rich asian states and belive or not russia will win with god help
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@@DieNWOsiehtalles if you knew the frog is a simbol of the satan,change it if you are wise.....in the bible is mentioned that three evil spirits like frogs will unite the kings against the lord for a war
@@babiyarnazarismaily6207what an insane comment
1:46 The stronkest tenk gun of them all
I think I’m gonna join the Swedish Army if Tuva is a typical recruit.
Pathetic boomer
Australia and Sweden are great partners. Greetings from the land of Sunshine.
"Without a word, the brave man's sword he draws; and asks no omen but his country's cause" - Homer, The Iliad.
When I die I want to come back as a Swedish man
The Rus, a group of Swedish vikings that gave Russia it's name. Beautiful country, great people, very cool camouflage.🇸🇪🇬🇧😊
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Yeah so we have no reason to fight them
@@mryandao53 Sure we do. Russians go on raping and pillaging sprees. They're objectively horrible people. I never saw NATO troops doing that in Afghanistan.
I believe this tale is made by sweds😂
@@salsahunger no its actually true
Ample PATRIOT based underground missile emplacements, shore protection, rapid mine deployment logistics, Air power... thats whats needed here .not 200 conscripts and bloody tanks.
In the 80s Sweden had a big army at its peak of up to 180,000 battle-ready men. A country with 9 millions citizens.
Putin really loves NATO and wants them to be strong, it seems like. Who would have thought.....
Lots of other channels talk about Macron sending French troops to Ukraine. But very little on that on France 24.
The Baltic Sea is now a NATO Lake and Russia's Navy proved to be a joke even against Ukraine that has no Navy and a small air force.
Russia will never change. No matter who rules in Russia, they will always favor expansion
Yes, they are not like the United States bringing peace and prosperity around the world, as well as exporting 'healthy' culture to Europe.
@eriklarsson3188 United States violently annexed 55 percent of Mexico.
Texas, California, Nevada, Utah were all Mexico and were taken by force.
Don't tell me America are peaceful because they're not
Se nao fosse os EUA vocês fariam parte do reich alemão 😅@@eriklarsson3188
And steal the oil
@@eriklarsson3188 cope retard
An island within what now is called NATO- lake thnx to Putin
Kanker kaaskop
The activist are very good of saying what they don't want but not a word or idea how to enforce peace. (And I'm not for war).
Good to see young and healthy conscripts getting a taste of military life.
Yeah more meat for the meatgrinders 300 dollar drones
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti Well, that is the idea of the military. Did you think wars don't have causalties? Sweden have drones like any other military.
@@AbuHajarAlBugattithis is the swedish military, not russian tanks 😂
I like how angry Russia lovers are about Europe not making things easy for the Orcs...
I find it interesting a staunch peace activist in the 80s is now " not sure" because she has seen what war has done to her friends in Ukraine. The point stands that peace is the goal but war is necessary.
Yes, people who want wars to stop, help victims. Those that blame them, want wars to continue, because agressor won’t stop invading other countries if victims stop resisting. Exactly the opposite - it will invade even more countries.
War is not necessary, but defence is.
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The only they have to learn 🎉
As a Swede,that have been on this gorgerous island several times,and as a careful observer of whats happening in the world, Im very grateful that we now are in the NATO..and that Gotland is being remilitirized...its absolutely necessary for the interest of Sweden ,Gotland,our entire people,even though fewer and fewer of us that still doesnt understand this,that we have a military presence in this very strategic island...even if it wasnt as stratetic located as it is,I would still be pro militarizing the island...its swedish territory not too far from russian kaliningrad and we all know what Russia has been doing in Ukraine..the terroristic war they unleashed on Ukraine..we better be ready to defend our land.
Very natural comment from a very real person
If you swedish you wouldn't be this restared. Sverige ska kunna försvara sig själv mot Ryssland utan att ha jänkarnas jävla kuk upp i våra arslen. Vi hade bara behövt mer brigader och så har vi kunnat försvarat oss fint. Men nej riksdagen ska dra linjer och suka amerikansk kuk istället för att skydda Sverige.
Starts by describing himself as a careful observer of geopolitics, ends by proving that its a miracle that he can tie his shoes by himself every morning. Well done.
I think you area bot
Да... Вздох... Вот у вас пропаганда. Вы правда думаете что нам нужны земли? Что мы будем куда вторгаться? Нам бы со своей бескрайней землей справиться. Нам бы выжить. Не дать развернуть базы надо прям у наших границ. Не более!!
Hope this Swedish young men and women never will get into a real combat situation,but with “neighbor” like russia it’s better be prepared for everything.
well all these countries had better enlarge their airforces alot
*200 Conscripts?* 🤨
If/when RU comes, they will come with alot more than 200 troops.
the animals won't make it across the water
200 conscripts at the regiment... that is, there are professionals on the Island(with e.g Leopard 2 and CV90)+200 conscripts next year. First responders in case of a surprise attack would likely be Home Guard units though, international media seems to think this is a reserve force, it's not, it's local defense forces, 40 Battalions of what one could call light infantry across the country, made up of volunteers(former pros and/or conscripts), and Gotland got theirs as well. The Home Guard could use a bit more capabilities though, e.g now they got assault rifles and support weapons, e.g Carl Gustaf, FN MAG(GPMG), sniper rifles, 120 mm Mortars, AT4, NLAW, they are getting new drones now which is a start(only for recce though, Parrot ANAFI USA GOV), but they still lack air defense, to take one obvious thing, should have e.g RBS 70 available in The Home Guard, but thats just my opinion.
@@fkoffrtrd Imagine believing this
With love from Sweden. 💛💙
Gotta love swedes.. they're almost a cool as Norwegians 😊
Great news! Can the US please withdraw from NATO now?
5:32 "I don't want my kids to become NATO soldiers". Neither do we Americans, nor do the British, The Polish, and I'm sure the people fighting to defend and restore Ukraine whole don't want to be soldiers either.
The problem with selfish and naive people like this father is if you aren't willing to fight to defend what's yours someone will take it from you. It's not that to must fight, it's that you must be ready to fight. The weaker the target the more risk you invite to your home, your children, and your nation. Sweden has been made safer by joining the NATO alliance. Russia is looking for neighbors to conquer.
So my question is, would you rather your son be READY to fight for his homeland, or would you rather you all be enslaved and wiped out by the genocidal Russian regime. All across eastern and central europe the USSR induced famines to starve out the non-russian ethnic groups, all the while moving their Russians in. Sweden has been lucky to avoid the same fate so it seems some naive people in Sweden think they're safer then countries like Ukraine going it alone. That is foolishness.
The problem is that the whole narrative about the possible attack is fictional. Nobody is going to attack the mentioned father (only local gangs could possibly do that, I guess). The only winners in this hyped story are the military complex and its private contractors who will make some additional billions.
Oh I didn't know they will enslave everyone - that's very insightful. I guess I'd rather fight for my homeland and probably die 😂 but better than being a slave lmao 😂 hahaha let's go glhf
Какие же вы все таки п..сы и лицемеры, даже спорить с вами не охота, вы просто тв...и
Most of the Swedish peace activists have historically and still to this day been far left, many of them supported the Soviet Union's militaristic dictatorship while at the same time arguing for Sweden to demilitarize. In that light it is very clear (although this is still speculation on my part) why the old lady in the clip changed her mind after Ukraine, she probably was and still is very far left and when the great threat was the Soviet Union she wanted Sweden to get taken over by the communists. However now when Russia no longer is a communist nation she changed her mind. She always knew peace worship leads to subjugation but back then it brought her closer to her ideological goal while now it will bring her further away. That is a teleological fallacy that might seem well-meaning and accidental but is rather more nefarious and intentional.
In her individual case I might be be wrong ofc but looking at the broader peace movement in Sweden and also in the West in general this is a pretty common occurrence, a definitive pattern that is quite revealing.
Neutrality is all well and good, but when you have Putin as a neighbor, thats not possible.
you don’t want NATO as your friend either
@@falconheavy595 NATO is the best ally to have in such situation
Not possible based on what exactly ?
@@toxa35 Well they have a bad habit of invading their neighboring countries. These much smaller countries need to work together in order to prevent such actions.
@@toxa35 history
Another piece of canon fodder of american imperialists
Keep those Ivan tears flowing
MG42 in 1941 were there before
Just one thing... we could not vote! =)
Yes, we could, assuming "we" were Swedish and not Russian. There was an elction in Sweden months after the application to join NATO was filed.
Normalna
@@jaxvoice718 Where literally every single party except the communists supported joining, true freedom of choice.
@@jaxvoice718 Where literally every single party except the commies supported joining, true freedom of choice
@@jaxvoice718 Where literally every single party except for the communists supported joining, truly a lot of choice
Glad to see that swedes still wear our m91 fieldpolo....from finnish army sergeant reservist
In the bible in book of jeramia is written "if they say to you that there is peace,dont belive ,cause there is no peace"
Britain needs to follow with mandatory national service
The soldiers look like excited teenage scouts. As a Russian soldier, I am sure that there is no army in Sweden and there never will be.
Putin will be saying "These are just children playing in the backyard,come evening they all go to sleep,,,"
Then he has to de-tox his troops before any action.
“her views have slightly changed “ 😂🤣😂🤣. Welcome to Reality!
I hope swedish military equipment is easier to assemble than swedish furniture assembly instructions. 😂
So tell us Knut Stahle do you want to be ruled by Russia then?
I believe that the suggestion that Sweden become a N.A.T.O member nation is a very bad idea. Sweden is bigger than what most maps show and that Sweden shares a frontier with Russia. I would veto any measure to accept Sweden as a N.A.T.O member. History speaks to us all that any military incursion by Russia and Sweden into one anothers land has always ended badly for both Russia and Sweden but that is where that bloodshed began and ended; such military conflict did not in the past compel others, N.A.T.O members, to join in and worsen, expand, that violence into an uncontained nightmare. Sweden not being a N.A.T.O member has been an excuse for many within Russia not to placate the instigators within Russia whom want conflict, those whom want a return to overt authoritarianism. My Regards Mr. Dominic James Austin. P.S. It is nice to know that there remain such pretty girls within Sweden.
As a swede I am ashamed of us leaving military precence in Gotland six moths after the Baltics joining NATO. But you are wrong abut the reestambishment of Swedish forces in Gotland. It happened in 2014 after the occupation of Crimea. Still - not our proudest moment
that reminded me of jr. rotc in the 80s.Lol.We were more soldiers than they were.
hi is she single
2:48 Margot Robbie?
Помоему, такие вопросы надо на референдуме решать, а не опросы проводить.
Imagine a major league baseball team vs a co-ed softball team.
Gotland... spanish people come from there...
Prepair yourself,they are coming
I bean dere, very rocky from what I remember
Russia: Nato and Soviet had a make believe deal we need Nato to follow.
Also Russia: Breaks every deal it had that kept Finland and Sweden out of Nato.
what deals ?
@@robstewich Budapest Memorandum for one.
The USA should not have invaded Ukraine in 2014.
It's amazing how American-European bots defend NATO, making it a saint. Forgetting how NATO bombed Yugoslavia, Libya, Syria, Iraq, unleashing several oil wars in the Middle East
Yugoslavia - Dictattorship oppressing multiple of the peoples of its nation, kind of like Austria Hungary. the very thing they swore to destroy. Libya, dictatorship donating weapons and money to terrorist organizations. Syria was to fight off ISIS mainly, but also to stop the dictatorship. Iraq, dictatorship.
@@PenguitoTheMonkey Excuses excuses excuses.
Why am I not seeing immigrant faces amongst these soldiers
Good, they have no loyalty to Sweden. Only real swedes have that
Try to put your 3 brain cells together and you will understand, instead of throwing around some narrative
Only swedes are loyal to Sweden. Thats why
Because most Swedes are ethnic Swedes. But when I served in the Norwegian army as a conscript, we had several immigrant soldiers in our platoon. But origin from some nations can be an issue, as the military won't give them security clearance, even if they really want to serve.
@@rowaystarcoyour so right, its p my social media that spreading false narrative about Sweden beeing more immigrants, no we are still alot more Swedes