2026 US-Denmark Tensions/End of NATO

[Halifax Tar]

Yes, possible.

I look at this and then combine it with their completely unique (and controversial) approach on how they dealt with COVID and wonder if they are just 'wired' differently.

Or perhaps we have just gone softer ?

Their geo location probably demands a more real understanding of the world and its threats.

 

[Good2Golf]

Curious that the Swedes are the outlier in being the ones (or only ones that allowed a story like this to become public), preparing for these kinds of events.

The Poles just don’t announce it.

 

[Kirkhill]

I suspect because the Swedes are serious people who are prepared to have serious conversations.

Sweden has not had the benefit of a 140 year idyll where they got to pick and choose their wars.

The guys from Sweden with whom I used to work were called back to Sweden from Canada and the US every three to five years or so to drive S-tanks, fire BILLs and practice landing Viggens on their highways. Civil servants in critical tasks were drilled in managing enemies in the parking lots. Civil Defense drills and Home Guards at the docks were daily parts of their lives.

Despite history ending in the 90s most Swedes still remember that life. It isn't much of a reset for them.