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2008-09-09 Europe

Georgia conflict delays Swedish defence plan

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Posted by mrp 2008-09-09 11:21|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 "it would currently take one year to mobilize 10,000 Swedish ground troops"

I'd like to take a 1/2 dozen english soccer players with me, declare war on sweden first, before the rush starts.

Posted by flash91 2008-09-09 14:16|| 2008-09-09 14:16|| Front Page Top

#2 As I remember, isn't their army on an eight hour day?

Posted by tu3031 2008-09-09 16:00|| 2008-09-09 16:00|| Front Page Top

#3 This is a joke right? Sweden has an army? I thought that was just something like their version of boy scouts.

Hard to believe these people were vikings.

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2008-09-09 17:24|| 2008-09-09 17:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes. From 2001:

Then there's the Swedish Navy, which announced in May that because of spending cutbacks, it would scale back its operations from around-the-clock to nine to five, Monday through Friday. Anyone wanting to invade will just have to wait.

I recall their navy having to break off a hot sonar pursuit because it was 'five o' clock'.

Posted by Pappy 2008-09-09 17:51|| 2008-09-09 17:51|| Front Page Top

#5 One year to mobilize 10,000 men? I remember a Swiss (not Swedish) Army guy telling me they could mobilize 1 million men in two weeks.

Posted by Ulusoling Hatfield4645 2008-09-09 18:23|| 2008-09-09 18:23|| Front Page Top

#6
Ten thousand Swedes ran through the weeds
Chased by one Norwegian;
Ten thousand more ran to the shore,
In the Battle of Copenhagen.

Posted by mrp 2008-09-09 18:37|| 2008-09-09 18:37|| Front Page Top

#7 I used to hear it this way:

Ten thousand Swedes ran through the weeds
Chased by a lone Norwegian;
The dust from the weeds made snuff for the Swedes
In the Battle of Copenhagen.

Posted by 3dc 2008-09-09 19:30|| 2008-09-09 19:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Compare iwd TOPIX > INSIDE THE UK'S TERRITORIAL ARMY. Taken collectively, THE UK IS ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER OFF THAN SWEDEN IN ITS POST-COLD WAR/9-11 ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF.

+ GUAM PDN > THE USA IS "DANGEROUSLY VULNERABLE".

* ION REDDIT [paraph]> FIGHTING LUCIFER WITH BEELZEBUB: NY POST WRITER RALPH PETERS CALLS FOR US TO FUND AND ARM MUSLIM SEPARATIST/MILITIA GROUPS AGZ RESURGENT RUSSIA. Argued USA should dust off its successful 1980's anti-Soviet Afghanistan Strategy for use AGZ RUSSIA, INSIDE RUSSIA???

* Also, INTERFAX > CAUCASUS SITUATION SHOULD NOT AFFECT CENTRAL ASIAN STABILITY.

Yeeeeaaahhh Riiiiggghhhhtttt .........

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-09-09 22:19|| 2008-09-09 22:19|| Front Page Top

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