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putting american bases in your country is already capitulation. you can never kick them out. they will be there 50 years from now when who knows how US will act
by supergirl 6y ago
putting american bases in your country is already capitulation. you can never kick them out. they will be there 50 years from now when who knows how US will act towards Sweden. see Turkey's case. not to mention that Sweden's defense industry will likely collapse since they will be forced to buy NATO equipment; goodbye Gripen. high price to pay for preempting a hypothetical attack from Russia.
- alkonaut 6y agoThe collaboration is much deeper than that already. The Gripen is built using a NATO engine (modified F404/414). The T-7 Red Hawk trainer will be the trainer in many NATO countries and one of the most numerous aircraft in NATO for years to come, and it’ll be built partially by Saab too. The successor to Gripen won’t be a solo project, it’ll be built in collaborations like with BAE in the Tempest program. NATO is more than the US, so buying Dassault/EADS/Airbus is “Just as NATO” as buying Lockheed and Boeing. I doubt there would be many permanent US forces in Sweden considering the Norwegian forces are now being cut.
- kofejnik 6y ago> putting american bases in your country is already capitulation. NOT putting American bases in your country is capitulation as history shows that Russia is bound to attack sooner or later. Ukraine is currently partly occupied, after many years of 'friendship'
- Giorgi 6y agoThere are dozens of countries who's people would be happy to see US bases to somehow stand a chance against shitty neighbor that are Russians. Sweden is already NATO compliant and does not buy junk from Russia Not so hypothetical when we remember what Russia did in Georgia, then Ukraine, then Syria etc, etc...