So, Amnesty’s “Remove the Swedish two!” campaign looks like it’s going to be a success.
Reacting to the criticism on Monday, Swedish Defence Minister Leni Björklund wrote in an email to the paper that “the military will be charged with finding alternative solutions to the activities in Termez”.
“Using the Kabul airport could be a possibility, but I don’t know if there will be room for us there. We looked into Kabul first before turning to Termez, but now we’ll have to look into it again,” military spokesman Anders Hedgren told the paper.
You’ve got to be kidding me.
Things that are utterly silly about this story:
- That Amnesty bothered to make an issue of it.
- That Sweden’s Defense Minister bothered to give a response other than to say that Sweden’s decision will be made jointly with NATO.
- That anyone seriously thinks removing two soldiers to make a point is anything more than pissing into the wind.
You know what would be totally awesome? If fewer hollow gestures were introduced as serious responses to Andijon.
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Yeah, but remember this is SWEDEN we’re talking about here.
Ever talk politics with a Swede?
Exactly.
Well, that, and not to step on anybody’s political toes, but I think we kind of set the Gold Standard for this kind of discussion…
after all, this is just a shot in the dark, but those two soldiers are very likely Sweden’s contribution to the “coalition of the willing!”
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