Sweden joining NATO is like one of the smaller kids on the playground teasing the big, usually gentle, giant. One day, the giant may get just pissed off enough to do something about it. From Lucas Leiroz at strategic-culture.org:
Historically neutral, Sweden is now taking part in a possible global conflict, supporting NATO against the Russian Federation.
After almost two years, Sweden’s admission process to NATO has finally been completed. Now, the country is formally part of the Western military alliance, submitted to the bloc’s obligations and in theory protected by its defense umbrella. Some analysts mistakenly claim that Sweden’s admission was a kind of “victory” for the West against Russia, but, investigating the case in depth, it is possible to conclude that such an analysis is biased, since for Moscow this move has no relevance – in addition to looking like a true “strategic suicide” for the Swedes themselves.
Sweden’s admission had been discussed since 2022. After the start of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, Sweden and Finland, held U.S.-fomented fear and anti-Russian paranoia, requested to join the military alliance. Finland was quickly accepted, but Sweden faced several obstacles, such as Turkish and later Hungarian opposition. After several negotiations, Turkey allowed Swedish access, just as the Hungarians were forced to withdraw their objections after suffering direct economic coercion from European partners. Now, with no internal opposition in the bloc, Sweden has finally become a member of NATO – but that doesn’t seem to be any real reason to celebrate.
First of all, Sweden is joining NATO at the worst possible time. The alliance’s member countries are at their most provocative moment against Russia, with Moscow-West relations on the verge of resulting in open conflict. All experts agree that a war between NATO and Russia, if it did not result in a global nuclear conflict, would at least result in an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, with many human losses on the battlefield. In this sense, Sweden is simply voluntarily placing itself in the position of a legitimate target if such a war actually occurs – which makes the country’s decision to join NATO a true strategic suicide.
Sweden?
Allahu Ackbar.
Stans get what they deserve as they are erased from existence.