19-10-2009, 08:43 AM
Sweden: From Neutrality to NATO
In his 2005 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Harold Pinter excoriated the U.S. empire and noted that it “now occupies 702 military installations throughout the world in 132 countries, with the honourable exception of Sweden, of course”.
Alas, he was misinformed about the honourable exceptionalism of Sweden. Around the same time that the mortally ill Pinter was video-recording his speech, an official of its Defence Ministry correctly observed that Sweden was already so deeply involved in USA/NATO that no one would be able to tell the difference if it were to formally become a member.
As yet, no U.S. military installation has been established within Sweden’s borders, but that is hardly necessary. The Swedish armed forces are now almost completely incorporated into the USA/NATO system; and joint military exercises are carried out in the air, on the land and in the territorial waters of Sweden with increasing frequency. This past June, for example, a huge area of northern Sweden and adjoining Baltic waters were devoted to a war game that was dubbed “Loyal Arrow” and clearly aimed at Russia.
The process by which Sweden has been transformed from a comparatively independent nation with a strong peace tradition to just another vassal-state within the U.S. empire is the subject of “From Neutrality to NATO”, a review of the various large and small steps involved during the period from World War II to the present.
Although the focus is on Sweden, the process reflects some basic trends in Norden and Europe, including the ever-deepening crisis of social democracy and of democracy in general, the furtive methods used by USA/NATO to absorb additional member-states, the complicity of mainstream media, etc.
The historical review is part of a developing movement, in which I am involved, to extricate Sweden from the claws of USA/NATO. We are eager to enlist the advice and support of knowledgeable and sympathetic souls everywhere-- for our own sake, but also because the fate of Sweden in this matter has potentially large implications for the rest of the world. Anyone who is interested in the issue and would like to learn more is urged to read the review via the links below and/or to contact me at this e-mail address: <samordna@stoppanato.se>
Best regards,
Al Burke
E-mail: samordna@stoppanato.se
>From Neutrality to NATO
The PDF document can be downloaded in its entirety or in five smaller parts via these links:
Complete document (8.2 MB)
http://www.stoppanato.se/utred/steps.pdf
Five separate documents
Part 1 (1,7 MB): http://www.stoppanato.se/utred/steps-1.pdf
Part 2 (1,6 MB): http://www.stoppanato.se/utred/steps-2.pdf
Part 3 (1,7 MB): http://www.stoppanato.se/utred/steps-3.pdf
Part 4 (1,8 MB): http://www.stoppanato.se/utred/steps-4.pdf
Part 5 (1,7 MB): http://www.stoppanato.se/utred/steps-5.pdf
[url=http://www.stoppanato.se/utred/steps-5.pdf][/url]
In his 2005 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Harold Pinter excoriated the U.S. empire and noted that it “now occupies 702 military installations throughout the world in 132 countries, with the honourable exception of Sweden, of course”.
Alas, he was misinformed about the honourable exceptionalism of Sweden. Around the same time that the mortally ill Pinter was video-recording his speech, an official of its Defence Ministry correctly observed that Sweden was already so deeply involved in USA/NATO that no one would be able to tell the difference if it were to formally become a member.
As yet, no U.S. military installation has been established within Sweden’s borders, but that is hardly necessary. The Swedish armed forces are now almost completely incorporated into the USA/NATO system; and joint military exercises are carried out in the air, on the land and in the territorial waters of Sweden with increasing frequency. This past June, for example, a huge area of northern Sweden and adjoining Baltic waters were devoted to a war game that was dubbed “Loyal Arrow” and clearly aimed at Russia.
The process by which Sweden has been transformed from a comparatively independent nation with a strong peace tradition to just another vassal-state within the U.S. empire is the subject of “From Neutrality to NATO”, a review of the various large and small steps involved during the period from World War II to the present.
Although the focus is on Sweden, the process reflects some basic trends in Norden and Europe, including the ever-deepening crisis of social democracy and of democracy in general, the furtive methods used by USA/NATO to absorb additional member-states, the complicity of mainstream media, etc.
The historical review is part of a developing movement, in which I am involved, to extricate Sweden from the claws of USA/NATO. We are eager to enlist the advice and support of knowledgeable and sympathetic souls everywhere-- for our own sake, but also because the fate of Sweden in this matter has potentially large implications for the rest of the world. Anyone who is interested in the issue and would like to learn more is urged to read the review via the links below and/or to contact me at this e-mail address: <samordna@stoppanato.se>
Best regards,
Al Burke
E-mail: samordna@stoppanato.se
>From Neutrality to NATO
The PDF document can be downloaded in its entirety or in five smaller parts via these links:
Complete document (8.2 MB)
http://www.stoppanato.se/utred/steps.pdf
Five separate documents
Part 1 (1,7 MB): http://www.stoppanato.se/utred/steps-1.pdf
Part 2 (1,6 MB): http://www.stoppanato.se/utred/steps-2.pdf
Part 3 (1,7 MB): http://www.stoppanato.se/utred/steps-3.pdf
Part 4 (1,8 MB): http://www.stoppanato.se/utred/steps-4.pdf
Part 5 (1,7 MB): http://www.stoppanato.se/utred/steps-5.pdf
[url=http://www.stoppanato.se/utred/steps-5.pdf][/url]
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"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.