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Lund, Sweden, March 7, 2024
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Sweden joined NATO today
Since TFF lives in Sweden, we can be self-centred today when this country confirmed its most foolish-fatal decision since 1945: becoming the 32nd member of NATO.
The two speeches illustrate how these elite representatives belong to the same marketing bubble, operating far away from what the rest of us would call reality - for instance, that crisis-ridden NATO is stronger than ever or that Sweden joined with 3/4 of its people behind membership.
Over the years, TFF has published loads of stuff about that. Ten years ago, Jan Oberg predicted that Sweden would go this way and also gave the main reasons behind in this analysis âSweden - No Longer A Force For Good.â More about Sweden and NATO can be found at these links.
There is also âIt is foolish for Finland and Sweden to join NATO and ignore both the real causes and consequencesâ, âSweden prepares for war in the hands of calm hystericsâ, and this very recent one in Global Times - âNATO will reduce Swedenâs security, peace.â
For readers of Nordic language, these are recent ones on Obergâs online home: âStatsminister Ulf Kristerssons NATO struntPRat och respekt fĂśr andras ĂĽsikter: Gud, ge mig styrka!â and âMagdalena Anderssons tragiska militarism kan bara skada Sveriges säkerhet och respektabilitet.â
Just in passing, as usual no media in Sweden or elsewhere in the Westâs mainstream press found anything worth discussing in this. However, public service Swedish Television recently used a NATO-critical comment by Jan Oberg in Chinese media as proof that China - âso typicallyâ - is critical of Swedenâs NATO membership ⌠đ
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How the CIA Destabilizes the World since 1947 â and Ukraine since 2014
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Sweden closes Nord Stream gas pipeline investigation amid political complications
The Injured Gaza Boy and His Drawing: Do Palestinians Have the Right to Self-Defense?
TFF 2 NEWS: Thought-provoking news and views from the corners of the blogosphere and side-stream newsâŚ
Flashback: âLooking ahead: Where does trust come from?â (2023)
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Forthcoming
A series of articles and videos by TFF Associate Kristin Christman on a) The US National Security Strategy and b) the consequences of Israelâs apartheid and the US governmentâs support for it.
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Bonus video
This time, a discussion of Yugoslavia and NATOâs illegal bombing of it - March 24 marking the 25th anniversary. And also why and how Jan Oberg became a peace researcher. In a couple of months, seen by more than 100,000 outside China and many more inside. Watch it on The Transnational here.
And here is the direct link with 400+ positive comments, some really touching:
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