I'm not sure where the link went, but type it in on Google and you might find it. Why is this an issue at all?
Well let me start off by saying Sweden's military power is paranormal. That was a joke. It's pathetic. If we have some agreements with Russia or not, to be frank, Russia could probably not give less of a shit. We're a small player in a much bigger game.
Let me now tell you a bit about our history with Russia. If you ask me, we invaded Russia and got pretty damn far (doing a lot of arse kicking on the way). If you ask a Russian we managed to occupy some parts but were quickly pushed off their motherland.
Who's right? Probably both of us. We did strike a pretty hard blow to Russia, but they also pushed us back. And we were far, far, far away from taking control of the furhats.
But getting back to the point of the blog, why does it matter? Why would anyone care when a small country like Sweden cuts its' bonds with the beast called Russia?
As I said, we're a small player in a much bigger game. Note though, we're still a player in the game.
Sweden is part of the West. The West and Russia are on pretty bad terms right now. We're trying to stop them from advancing in Georgia and they're saying they are doing nothing wrong.
People aren't blind, we all now realise that a 'proxy war' is being fought between Russia and the West through Georgia. A lot of propaganda on both sides, neither really getting anywhere. I'm not here to make predictions of the future. Cold War II, World War III, No One Cares IV. I don't know, something big might be coming up, it might not.
Sweden's decision to dismantle all military agreements with Russia shows one thing. It shows how fragile the relations between Russia and the West are. When the U.S sent aid to Georgia not really anyone was baffled. America is a superpower and often the one who gets it their way. But Sweden? That they (Swedish Govt) took things into their own hands and actually did something.. Now this is baffling.
You might not even know Sweden. You might think I'm talking about Switzerland. Why? We haven't been a big player in Europe. We were, long ago. But today? No. Last century? No. The one before that? Nope. We sat through World War I, and World War II. Winston Churchill was nice enough to leave us the "Sweden? That small coward country?".
Well, we definitely haven't been the most warmongering of folks. In fact, we haven't done a thing for the last two hundred years. And now we're actually setting our foot down, against Russia?
If anything, it's an interesting advancement in this.. situation (whatever you want to call it). With Russia threatening Poland, U.S threatening Russia, Sweden diplomatically being (more or less) offensive.. This conflict is if anything escalating. More and more countries are joining in in one way or another. Is it for the better? Sweden's defence minister said it was more or less a matter of principle. Russia's acts aren't affecting Sweden, but Sweden cannot tolerate the way they're acting.
It's really not what anyone would have expected. So yes, it's not a massive, make-all-headlines, topic. But it's definitely interesting. Now we'll only have to wait and see what happens.
