Sweden distributes 'be prepared for war' leaflet to all 4.8m homes

Re:Sweden distributes 'be prepared for war' leaflet to all 4... by dragonwriter on Monday May 21, 2018 @05:04PM (#17121816)

> That seems like a rather dangerous philosophy.

Well, it's dangerous to your population once you are attacked, especially by a superior enemy, but it's also a deterrent to attack in the first place. The net cost or benefit depends on a fairly complex balancing of concerns.

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Re:Sweden distributes 'be prepared for war' leaflet to all 4... by chrisbennet on Monday May 21, 2018 @06:03PM (#17122243)

"In World War II, the Swiss had defenses no other country had. Let's begin with the rifle in every home combined with the Alpine terrain. When the German Kaiser asked in 1912 what the quarter of a million Swiss militiamen would do if invaded by a half million German soldiers, a Swiss replied: shoot twice and go home." http://davekopel.org/2A/OthWr/Target_Switzerland.htm

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Re:Sweden distributes 'be prepared for war' leaflet to all 4... by asdsa5325 on Monday May 21, 2018 @09:06PM (#17123084)

And do you think that the Swiss' view on being invaded hasn't changed over the last 106 years?

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Re:Sweden distributes 'be prepared for war' leaflet to all 4... by mkempe on Monday May 21, 2018 @09:32PM (#17123169)

It has not. Switzerland maintains a very strongly, openly armed neutrality.

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Re:Sweden distributes 'be prepared for war' leaflet to all 4... by asdsa5325 on Monday May 21, 2018 @09:43PM (#17123205)

Well, you are wrong.

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