comes from a new political generation and is not bound by the same U.S.-critical traditions
| 2007 - Sweden / US Cable 5. (c) Sweden's official security policy is non-participation in military alliances during peacetime and neutrality during wartime. Its active participation in the NATO Partnership for Peace and its role in leading the European Union's 1,500 troops-strong Nordic Battle group give the lie to the official policy. Sweden has opted out of buying two C-17s and has subsequently joined and made the second-highest contribution to the NATO-sponsored Strategic Airlift Capability. This will, in the long run, support of the Nordic Battle group and other strategic lift requirements. Sweden also plays an important role in Darfur, where former Swedish Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson is the UN Special Envoy and Sweden supports democratization and humanitarian relief. Within the EU, Sweden often takes positions that coincide with our own on issues as diverse as the DOHA round, EU enlargement and Turkey, Swift banking data privacy, and the EU's relationship with Cuba. 6. (s) Swedish military and civilian intelligence organizations are strong and reliable partners on a range of key issues, particularly making a significant contribution to our understanding of events inside the Russian military and STOCKHOLM 00000506 002 OF 003 in Iran's nuclear ambitions. The good cooperation on counterterrorism, both domestically and internationally, has helped Swedish authorities carry out their mandate to protect Swedish citizens and national interests. Due to domestic political considerations, the extent of this cooperation in not widely known within the Swedish government and it would be useful to acknowledge this cooperation privately, as public mention of the cooperation would open up the government to domestic criticism.[OMG! They are not accountable to their own government?!!] ...extract only...rest @... SOURCE - WikiLeaks - here. |
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New to observing politics, so I'm not entirely clear on significance.
It looks like Sweden would have us believe it is neutral, but in fact it is not maintaining neutrality.
Looks like they have vested interests all over.
Looks like Sweden likes to snoop. And they're really big on snooping on their own.
AND - this is unbelievable - it looks like the Swedish government doesn't know what the Swedish government is doing. WTF?
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