3 ms·
Geopolitical jokes are fun only if they are cleverly silly and not just uninformed. It’s open secret Sweden has had secret security guarantees from US for deca
by fsloth 3y ago
Geopolitical jokes are fun only if they are cleverly silly and not just uninformed.
It’s open secret Sweden has had secret security guarantees from US for decades (probably part of agreement that Sweden will not develop their own nuclear strike capability).
This is not something US would back out of on a whimsy.
- sakjur 3y agoAnd beyond that, the US would risk its relationship with at least the Baltics and Nordics as well, and possibly EU at large. You don’t fire off political ultimatums for a minor trade dispute if you’re not already prepared to sever relationships. It’s not that Sweden is important in itself (though I’d like to think it is, as a swede), but this is a little bit like suggesting placing a Russian army base in South Dakota. South Dakotans being pissed would barely register compared to the reactions from the US beyond that.