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How so? For one thing, Swedes are less and less excited by the stream of Middle Eastern migrants caused by American adventures there.
by gdy 7y ago
How so?
For one thing, Swedes are less and less excited by the stream of Middle Eastern migrants caused by American adventures there.
- JonG123 7y agoBecause we are all part of the Western family. Kiron Skinner has put the point well > “This is a fight with a really different civilization and a different ideology and the United States hasn't had that before,” Kiron Skinner, the director of policy planning at the State Department, said Monday evening at a security forum in Washington, D.C. ... > “The Soviet Union and that competition, in a way it was a fight within the Western family,” Skinner said, noting Karl Marx’s indebtedness to Western political ideas. “It’s the first time that we will have a great power competitor that is not Caucasian.”
- T-A 7y agohttps://thediplomat.com/2019/12/china-tries-to-put-sweden-on-ice/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/12/china-tries-to-put-sweden-on...
- gdy 7y agoFascinating
- jotm 7y agoThat's the point of the EU - defend interests of the union of relatively small countries against giants like China. NATO is only suited for military action, and who knows how long it's going to last anyway. Also, probably the point of whatever the fuck Russia is doing with the EAEU (really should've picked a better name if they want it to stick).