German was pacifist? I thought they were the most nationalist country in the world

Biden ended Swedens neutrality by expanding to Russias boarders 😢

@@FootballWarld That's, pretty famously, the US *now.* Them and countries run by dictators like Russia, China, etc.

Why would it matter? Russia tried for years to get along, years telling the west that NATO on their borders is a non starter and even tried to join NATO. Russia simply gave up on trying and moved their interest east as a lot of other countries have as well. Russia's economy is booming because of it. Looks like now Russia is just going to turn Ukraine into a DMZ demarcation line between us and the East. I dont think its a positive thing for any of us like your comment appears to suggest. And yes, the Germans sat there twiddling their thumbs after Biden blew up their gas and now their industry is moving operation east to China, Korea and India. If the US convinces all the allies to seize Russia's foreign currency reserves in their Vostro accounts. When that happens, and it likely will, there will be an exodus from the US reserve currency plummeting the US into a financial firestorm taking Canada and others down with it. You enjoyed your 10 minutes of victory, but its a sly move by Putin, a poison pill that will boomerang with devastating effects. Geesh. Should have adhered to the peace deal in 2015 that you cant mention or your comment gets vanished just like Russian TV is banned in the US. Because thats what you do on the verge of WWll, ignore diplomacy. Get your Faraday cage out.

More like NATO forced these countries to Join to end the "Boogeyman" and own Ukraine

Yes especially to provide security for the baltic countries. And we have a strong military industry that will benefit NATO. Both air force as the aircraft SAAB JAS 39 Gripen and submarines as the Gotland class.

we're never gonna get invaded since being part of NATO means we're untouchable, so yeah, we're good on that

Thank you, brothers and sisters of Sweden!

@user-ianachimoePutin bot 😂

I am as a swede very satisfied to finally join NATO.@user-ianachimoe

In Sweden we call this "Östersjön" which in English translates the Eastern Sea. In my opionon is should be called "The Swedish Sea" since Sweden has the longest coastal strip :)

Take a page from China, call it the NATO sea. Or lake NATO.

@@perry3556 sweeden has the meatballs. A sea on top of that would be a lagombreach. Request denied.

Because he’s not an expert, he’s a propagandist

​@@fireofhislove3395You should show some understanding when not everyone has English as their first language and it can be easy to slip, especially when the spelling is almost the same (e.g geografi = geography) Using two different auto correct could also mess it up sometimes

@@fireofhislove3395 I bet this guy knows. It got wrong. No biggie and no reason to point it out. It doesn't make you look smarter

@@fireofhislove3395 Everybody understood what he wrote. You're the one with an attitude.

Actually, a portion of western Sweden is technically on the North Sea.

Hey, don't forget badass Dolph Lundgren

IKEA, Volvo, SAAB, ABB, Bofors, BAE Hāggjunds, Scania, Mora kniv, SKF and much more….

​@@petter5721Håggjunds are news to me xD

Time for fermented herring, you will eat it and you will like it my friend 🙂

@petter5721, Volvo is owned by Geely and SAAB is owned by Evergrande, both being companies of CPC China. Modern Volvos are complete 🐼 🍪 and well unfortunately for Saab fans Evergrande appears to be going down the 🚽 along with the rest of the CPC China 🏘️🏗️ 🏭.

Heja Sverige 💙💛

Tack så mycket ☺️// Swedish infantry soldier

Technically he’s not wrong. We all live on the same planet lol 😂

yes maybe the Swedish army can train for urban combat in Malmo. Try liberating their own country and Europe from Islamists before attacking Russia hey.

@@theendmyfriend nobody wants to attack Russia. So go back to sleep.

Turkiye isn't part of Europe and has issues that you expect, but the nerve of Hungary to hold up Swedish membership is beyond the pale... In a way I hope US estrangement from NATO makes NATO more of a European alliance, but where does that leave Canada? We love Sweden and Finland, except when fighting for a gold medal on the ice 😊😊

​@@theendmyfriendyou jest, but that is one of the options they are debating

And cool looking uniforms and hardware. The Swedish army is the most stylish army nowadays.

That would explain the destruction of Nordstream.

Probably because they are not nuclear subs which are noisy. Electric is always going to be quiet.

@@seanhiggins2740 probably not.

@@seanhiggins2740 Sweden has a long-standing tradition of neutrality and transparency in its foreign policy. Historically, Sweden has been known for its diplomacy and avoidance of involvement in covert military operations. This is rooted in Swedish cultural values and historical experiences. Therefore, your idea of Sweden engaging in covert activities seems very unlikely.

Well then Sweden has changed. This isn't traditional Sweden, but as it is now, it didn't become this way over night. If that government was so honest, neutral and pacifistic, they wouldn't be in NATO.@@jonasrohdin8856

thank you

"Sweden"? Not the people, at least. We didn't vote for this, we were forced into NATO.

​@@mattiasfaldt1725same ,from Canada .. Welcome friends ❤

West: welcome! Russia: Welcome to the map of nuclear weapons strikes

@@kostik26 Nato has as many nukes as russia , so russia would be destroyed too

and so does Finland make great weapons

They were the first to be able to shoot an aircraft carrier from the us in a training simulation. The smal diesel submarine proved a real challenge for us radar and so ar systems. The us is still amazed how swedens navy pulled that one off.

Didn't we fail in Afghanistan? 😢

@@j.barren3738 was it not America that withdrew ??

@@j.barren3738 human rights didn't advance in the world in a linear path. Always two steps ahead and one step back. The Taliban today on TikTok and Instagram aren't the same Taliban slaughtering Afghanis 25 years ago.

@user-ianachimoe Other than getting vital combat experience for swedish officers to prepare Sweden for what was to come? Yes other than achieving an effective and up to date defense....we had no reason for being in Afghanistan...a country whose refugees we've then taken care of.

@@j.barren3738 strategically yes but not the combat itself

and we have lost most of them...

Yes but we have had more wars against Denmark. Sweden and Denmark are the two countries in the world that have had most wars and conflicts against each other. But that were long ago.

No... We won (some were even status quo) 11 of those 14, however none of those 11 wars could be comparable to the losses we suffered in the last three wars@@nissafors

@@nissafors No, we won far more than we lost. Just google any source about the wars between Sweden and Russia. Out of the 14 wars, Sweden won 6 and Russia 3, 5 were "Status Quo" that led to peace treaties.

@@74Darkman Maybe we did, but I guess its the last ones that counts and they didnt go very well...

Canada seem to be bringing more then America at the moment when Ukraine need support the most

@@katknights2819 You mean squandering tax payers money?

In other words Sweden doesn’t need to be supplied, they are self sufficient. I’m proud to be half Swede

@@fireofhislove3395 My father was an American English Scott. My mother was the Swed

Are you a bot? Cause this reads like a bot.

ALL speak English. Rather fluently too. And I would argue that an air force with close to 100 operative Gripen fighter jets for a population of around 10m citizens isn’t small compared to the average first world nation. Canada, with a population of approximately 40m has around 80 operative F-18 fighter jets.

Not educated enough to avoid joining NATO.

Both nations are official members now, not because Russia, but because they need resources like Gas and Oil to their industries. Industries that were beaten hard thanks to US sanctions to try to buy anything to Russia and the tariff increase to try to sell they products/sercices to others nations and industries under US watch (example the European Union). Now they are labors strikes on Finland and for some reason nobody talk anymore about the "Sweden Gang* Wars". * Gangs that looks more paramilitary groups than armed foreign civilians.

I have no idea what are you talking about? It seems you’re blind

Well, bye!

​@@shahporeazizi8167 weather in moscow, comrade?

NATO is committed to all those things ... except for when NATO itself exemplifies it is not.

Human Rights? Really?

Russians submarines are invisible to radar. Good luck with that 😅

@@j.barren3738They aren't to sonar and Sweden has the quietest diesel electric subs in the world. In a shooting war the first sign a Russian sub crew in the Baltic would have that a Swedish sub was hunting them would be the incoming homing torpedo.

​@@dougcoombes8497Electric subs can't last long underwater. Very short range. That's why most countries won't invest in them. They have to surface frequently.

@@j.barren3738Thanks for chiming in 1945. Today's diesel electric subs can stay submerged almost indefinitely recharging their batteries with snorkels. They are also far quieter than nuclear submarines.

@@j.barren3738invisible 😂 😂

This is more important than most people realize. Putin has his eye on the Arctic regions.

Its bigger than the Russian GDP actually.....

GDP - That's what I keep saying!! People give Russia superpower respect that it doesn't deserve! "NATO is encroaching on its borders." So what???! It's like a big North Korea!

Russiaa TOS-2 Thermobaric missiles are wicked.

@@frutbum I think you mean barbaric.... like everything else about Putin's Russia.

@@frutbum The word you are looking for is barbaric, like Putin's Russia.

@@dougcoombes8497 Don't forget to mention the Azov Nazis.

@@frutbum So a battalion of 600 people is who we should judge a country of 40 million people by?

He must be thinking of Norway ;)

Complete ignorance

NATO didn't realize a strong Russia was. It's now the strongest military in the world. The U.S. has fallen behind. Putin warned NATO not to expand to it's broaders. But NATO tore up the treaty and ignored them.😢

@@j.barren3738LMAO Russia can barely advance West from their starting points. They’re stuck in Eastern Ukraine and they’ve lost a substantial amount of their military for those meager gains

Ukraine on 🔥 Oliver Stone. RT International Africa Summit-SPIEF 2023-BRF, Russia's economy is booming. CGTN The Point-Hub-Heat, Reporterfy Media-Cyrus Janssen

@@matthewb.7172 You are not smart.

@@j.barren3738LOL. Vatnik.

Their lack of Viking stock IS the difference that has ended their neutrality. How many *new Swedish families will be sending their children to military service?

@@1247.cccccc honestly, probably not that many. The majority of Swedens personnel is Swedish. Obviously because of patriotism etc

@@temesiadam Diversity=/= Patriotism*(SAD)

Please enlighten me what conflicts are those? That Sweden have sent troops into US conflicts and not UN lead operations. Afghan conflict was maybe dominated by US presence but many nations took part and as with Sweden they were more often a peacekeeping force.

Myths.

Aka you’re bored and wanna participate in drama that you’re not prepared for

Yeah, putin sad he dont get swedish meatballs no more.🤣

Pretty blonde woman

''What can Sweden bring to NATO now that it's joining?'' IKEA and Meatballs!

Yummy love swedish meatballs..

@@maritaolsson7356 mums

I believe the official ceremony is yet to come, should be soon.

The Hungarian President must sign Hungary’s “yes”. But they have just elected a new one. So likely it will be in a few weeks.

Iirc the Hungarian Speaker signed since they’re between presidents atm. The document then goes to Sweden and the Swedish foreign secretary will fly over to Washington to hand it over to the US Sec Defense. Then it’s formally done. Estimates say about two weeks from now.

TDS

Fascism is left

It’s always fun and games until it affects you or someone you love. War isn’t a boost for any business. And it’s not a sport. It’s mothers sons being killed at a young age

This is the beginning of the end for your country.

They’re too close to Russia to be a passenger.

Ouch, our men and women of the CAF are not passengers and have proven to punch above their weight class. Are we under funded and undermanned, yes but that's the fault of every government since we joined and every Canadian that doesn't.

Actually and this despite Canada not meeting the 2% of GDP standard ,on defense spending , Canada has increased its spending a continuing tremdline up , now spemding on defense approximately as much as Italy. in the last year Canada bought the F 35s,P8s ,MQ 9s , the new Type 26 frigates ordered a couple years back , as wwll as both anti air and anto tank missile systems for Canadas troops in Latvia ,as part of the Nato mission there. so while Canada can and should be doing more it isnt nothing either ,the Arctic patrol ships coming in and with surface navy almost as large as russias northern fleet ,about as big as Spains, Canada alao expandimg both its troop size ,to brigade strength in and continuing the leadership of the Nato battlegroup in Latvia , having done so since that was put in in 2017

​​actually Canada does front against russia across the Arctic ocean ,the worlds 2 largest countries ,russian aircraft probing Canadas airspace at times in the far north

Canada really needs to reach 2% as do a lot of other countries in NATO.

Yes… But I assure you, replacing the jet engine on a SAAB Gripen is less complicated than assembling Haga and Nissafors.

just buy only one of the twin engines from a US Navy Super Hornet nearby.@@abrakkehakka1357

Actually, your hockey team plays some impressive hockey. Well done. Welcome to NATO, having your country join NATO is significant as it is to have Finland too. Personally, I couldn't be happier.

​ @livelife4471 haha :) love the good vibes man! we really feel we are welcome to the Club i have to say! we make gripens figters in my home town are they are working late nights i can tell ya. we are gearing up

no we are not..

In my opinion, it is a step in the right direction for sure and both Finland and Sweden have a solid reputation militarily. I welcome both countries to the alliance.@@AXXeYY

We let you win to make you happy.

If Sweden is such a military powerhouse then why join NATO after all these years !!!

Well, unfortunately not. We have good tech but in (too) small numbers. And the conscript army has not been around since 30 years, only a small professional army.

It's a mistake to think Putin will lay back as NATO increases pressure.

We all took out the peace dividend, and basically we all disarmed to a minimum 15 years ago. Putin made us rearm, the nearest neighbours first, and the rest later. Canada has just felt more protected by the oceans than the Europeans, but Russia is a threat to Canada as well.

A Quick Look at what each military has in assets, and it’s clear Sweden is still a significantly smaller military. Even with our cuts, our military budget is $26 billion, compared to their $11 billion.

That budget is dubbeling for Sweden now and Sweden has a smaller population then Canada also. ​@@smokynagata88

Living just to the north of the US has made us complacent, with some of the crap going on there we might want to rethink that. My grandad served in the Canadian army in both world wars, we really don't want to go unprepared into another major conflict.

@@jaxvoice718Canada feels protected because it’s got big daddy ‘Murica down south

Canada is no country that anyone counts with in a war their military war presence makes no difference @ all.

And the largest fleet in the Baltic Sea, by a wide margin

Sweden was never really neutral. Switzerland stays real to who they are

Exactly. Sweden meddled very significantly during WW2 (above all supported Finland), and carried out missions for NATO in the years following. Not exactly neutral. That word is never used in Swedish. It's non-alignment (alliansfrihet).

Crickets

Just land. Land where to put missile launching plataforms under surveillance of "US troops" (actually mercs). Speaking of Sweden. How is going the so called "gang wars"?

@@hernanreipp3321 It's going great, thank you very much for asking. So far in 2024: 31 shootings, 6 dead, 9 wounded, 141hours maximum inbetween shootings and 20 hours since last shooting and also: 31 detonations, 26 stopped preperations, and 12 attempts. But we have a very steady import (around 150k every year) so number is most likely going to increase.