SWEDEN - Nordic Battle Group 15 - Carl Bildt Blog

CARL BILDT BLOG [GOOGLE TRANSLATION - Original Swedish] What happens to NBG15? Is our preparedness enough? [Referring to Nordic Battle Group 15] ROM: Since the beginning again stand a Nordic Battlegroup under Swedish leadership ready for the efforts that the EU could decide as part of its common foreign and security policy. [Take this says:  a Nordic Battle Group is on standby, under Swedish leadership or command, waiting for the EU say-so, to take part in 'foreign & security policy.'] It was in 1999, after the Kosovo war experiences, as the EU summit in Helsinki decided to extend its also military facilities, and in June 2004 there were more officially precisely these battle groups of battalion size that should be in constant readiness.  [By 2004, battalion sized battle groups were on constant readiness, I gather.] As the EU had already in June 2003 in the so-called Operation Artemis conducted a successful military operation in the Congo to assist the UN in conjunction with the world organization with its little slower way of working would strengthen its peace efforts in the country. And Operation Artemis was also something of a baptism of fire for the Swedish Special Forces who participated in it, and whose efforts came to be valued significantly high. The idea has since been to the ever shall be two battle groups ready for action at short notice. And we had a Nordic battle deployable later than 2011. However, it is so stridssgrupperna as such never been deployed, and therefore has doubts about the concept has gradually increased. Not inconsiderable resources are used to equip, train and keep them in readiness in the various countries. Opportunities to use them has not been lacking. In the last year, suddenly became current with an EU military operation in the Central African Republic to prevent what very well could have led to an outright genocide, I belonged to those who argued that the EU's battle group would be deployed. That did not work. The reasons were a bit mixed. The main responsibility for the battle which then stood in readiness low of Greece, and Athens was the interest to say the least weak. But equally important was that the man in Paris clearly preferred to put together something that was indeed the EU, but that clearly was under French command.  [  (1) Greece not on-board; (2) general lack of enthusiasm (3) Frenchies wanted to be commanders of forces.] And the reason for that was that the course was about to reinforce and complement the French national strength which of course made the first rapid intervention in the country. [Maybe this says, French wanted to take the lead b/c the French  previously led a rapid response intervention in the African country in question.] For me - then foreign minister, and fairly active in the discussion on the issue of ministerial circuit - this was unfortunately a sign that the battle groups of days maybe numbered.  [No idea.  Rotation based leadership of these groups was discussed?] The situation in the Central African Republic was so close to the situations battle groups had been set up for that one could imagine:-threatening genocide, appeal from the UN, the need for rapid and limited effort. But that did not happen. After considerable difficulties did you design the much more limited strength EUFOR RCA which now has a mandate that extends until March of this year.  [EUFOR RCA -- ie European Union Force Republic of Central Africa -- the weaker force was deployed.  Fully operational @ 700 troops in mid 2014.  Bet CB was spewing it wasn't something more grand, with him at the helm?] Now, as our well trained and well equipped Nordic Battle Group in readiness for the next six months - 2,400 people from seven different countries.  [Now they've got the NBG @ 2,400 on standby & CB is just hanging for them to be deployed somewhere.] If it will be deployed, I think the concept of EU battlegroups survive. If it does not, I think it will fade away.  [Ooh, if there isn't a deployment, EU battle groups are kaput.] The speculation in the Irish press - Ireland is also part of the workforce - is spoken about possible interventions in Southern Sudan and Mali. I have not always easy to see, although nothing can be ruled out. The situation in Southern Sudan is catastrophic, and the characters right now tends to indicate that it will be worse, but a large UN force is already in place. [Must have resources.] And if the UN force in Mali suffer from challenges it fails, I think rather in other efforts to deal with the situation. Personally, I would probably rather see an option for operation in Libya. The situation there deteriorates continuously, and although the United Nations through its special envoy Bernardino Leon makes meritorious efforts to reach a political solution success has so far been limited.  Would begin to achieve success, it is well not entirely inconceivable that there could be a need for a force that can quickly secure some key installations or functions. Such a task would battle to have the potential to solve. Obviously there are also other situations that could arise - including a new collapse in the Central African Republic. To secure parts of the "line of contact" between the separatist Russian groups in eastern Ukraine and the rest of the Ukraine would be such, but the likelihood that the EU could collect himself to such a decision, I believe can best be described as non-existent.  [If sh*t hits the fan in Ukraine, CB doesn't think the EU will have its sh*t together so as to reach an immediate/quick enough decision to deploy the rapid response play-group.  Or so it would appear.  But it could be a trick.  Maybe they're ready to pounce.  ] In an effort is necessary decision by EU foreign ministers, and it requires no object. Thereafter, rapid decisions of the respective countries, and in Sweden, it is then that the government proposes the parliament a decision by a rapid procedure which it developed a model. How the Swedish government would react in a situation where the EU wanted a stake of battle, no one knows today, but first, we know that the Greens are almost always been opposed to thoughts like these, and secondly, we know that the money that was previously reserved for a possible effort is disappearing in other directions. In some places there are those who say that the investment in battle taking resources and energy from the work of national defense, and that it is now high time to saddle up on. I do not agree with. Let us not forget that the defense resolutions 2000 and 2004 were written off almost entirely on national defense task. The work of the battle groups was then an important way to ensure quality development in the Defence Forces in association with international collaboration. Without this work, we had been in a significantly worse position today. [Purpose of battle groups ('quality developement' & 'collaboration' ... sold as a domestic defence force investment (how clever); how financial sleight of hand, of sorts, does the trick -- ie a question of allocation, I guess.] And although the national defense tasks now - and rightly so! - Come into sharper focus, Sweden should not abdicate when it comes to international peace and stabilitertsinsatser.  [Hahaha ... it's not about peace & stability; it's about neo-con agenda on a global scale.] We are left with a small part in NATO's training mission in Afghanistan, are included in the EU's training efforts in Somalia and Mali, is now entering the demanding UN mission in Mali and will now once again be featured in the EU naval mission in the Indian Ocean. And the world around Europe's borders have hardly been peaceful and stable in recent years. That the EU would dispose of the instrument battle groups IS would hardly responsibly. But the coming months may become decisive. Source:  https://carlbildt.wordpress.com/2015/01/04/vad-hander-med-nbg15-ar-var-beredskap-nog/ -------------------------------------------------- COMMENT Pressed for time.  No sleep.  Massive on-line binge. Might come back to this.  Been good reading and seeing CB's views, although a pain having to make out the wonky Google translation. Some good information there about Swedish domestic scenario and the EU nations relations, I guess. Will come back to this.  Excuse any typos.  Rushed.

UKRAINE - NATION SCREWED & ABOUT TO BE SOLD

UKRAINE Foreign Bankers Rape Ukraine by F. William Engdahl The US-picked Ukraine President, billionaire oligarch Petro Poroshenko called “snap” elections at the end of August for October 26. He did so to make sure genuine opposition to his regime of murderers, gangsters and in some cases outright Nazis would be able to push an unprepared genuine opposition out of the Verkhovna Rada or Parliament. Because the parliament had significant opposition parties to the US-engineered February 22 coup d’Etat, they had blocked many key pieces of legislation that the Western vultures were demanding, from changing key land ownership laws to privatization of precious state assets. By law, the old parliament would have sat until its five year term ended in October, 2017. That was clearly too long for State Department neo-con Ukraine puppet-mistress Victoria Nuland and her backers in Washington. EXTRACT ONLY - SOURCE:  http://www.voltairenet.org/article186276.html Anyone interested in Ukraine really ought to have a read of this article.  Some good background information on the newly appointed foreigners in government:  Natalie Jaresko, Aivaras Abromavicius and Alexander Kvitashvili. Personal highlights: "blatant foreign takeover that followed, like a Wall Street vulture fund raid on a distressed debtor country of the Third World" "the age of no nation state, of private capital taking over the world for sake of profit. Looting über alles is the motto." "nation of Ukraine is being put on the auction bloc to be privatized anyway, so it makes sense that the auctioneers at the US State Department head-hunt the ones to do the inside job of preparing that auction" "What [Natalie] Jaresko did not say was that she had been sent to Ukraine 22 years before as a member of the US State Department." "former CIA spokeswoman Marie Harf has already denied Washington had any hand in her appointment. Of course she would never lie." "According to the official US Government propaganda site, Radio Free Europe—the old CIA Cold War propaganda news service still exists, with its old name as kind of a sick joke—" Another good article to check out is: Is Soros Paying the Salaries of Ukraine’s Foreigners-Ministers? If he isn't, his Renaissance Foundation found them and faciliated their hiring Not only did the Renaissance Foundation take on the head hunting and hiring activities, sources in the region are saying that the foundation is being kind enough to also take on the salaries of the newly minted Ukrainian Ministers. It is noteworthy in this context that the ministers will be paid their wages not from the Ukrainian budget but from a certain Western foundation (according to some reports, George Soros’ Renaissance foundation). It gets better. Not only is George Soros acting as head hunter, hiring manager, and apparently paymaster to the new ministers, but Soros foundation grants also helped the new Public Health Minister get his degree. EXTRACTS ONLY - SOURCE:  here. Foreign Hires don't stop with the abovementioned trio.  Ukraine's government has also appointed these foreigners: Catherine Zghuladze from Georgia - job as deputy Interior Minister. [here] Ronald W. Glensor (retired assist. chief of Reno Police Dept Nevada) to train patrol & traffic police. [here] Thought it was cool how there's a strong link between Aivaras Abromavicius (newly minted Economy Minister) and Sweden, which is at the forefront of the neo-con lobbying for European integration: Aivaras Abromavicius based in Kyiv Estonia + US educ. East Capital (investment management co), partner EC = 6 owners HQ Stockholm East Capital manages abt 31 billion in total of 21 funds. Carl Bildt served as an advisor to the East Capital to 2006 East Capital  award for the best Russian fund during 2000-2010  with a total return of 1261 percent (USD) Yes, it's a tenuous link.  But it is nontheless a link that I find quite interesting.   And would you check out the return on the Russian fund.  If Ukraine is getting raped, the return figure looks like Russia's been g*ng b*nged.

In Summary: RUSSIA, FRANCE, UKRAINE

RUSSIA #Russia - x6 Rus. fighter jets intercepted near #Alaska - in Air Defence Identification Zone (not airspace) http://goo.gl/aWTtgZ ADIZ - no treaty, no reg. body etc - just 'buffer' space 2 prepare 4 foreign aircraft - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Defense_Identification_Zone … “The ADIZ is a zone of airspace which extends out approximately 200 miles from the coastline and is mainly within international airspace.” FOX NEWS SPINNING CRAP - "US fighter jets intercept #Russian military planes off Alaskan coast" - sound serious. but Rus. not in airspace. -----------------------------------------------------    FRANCE   #France - Marine Le Pen's anti-imm/ National Front party won abt 14 % of Calais vote in town hall elections in March [WorldBulletin]  Calais a prob 4  UK | ($6.4 million) annually over 3 years contribution to border control @ Calais - deal done [WorldBulletin] http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/144794/britain-france-agree-to-tackle-illegal-immigrants -----------------------------------------------------  UKRAINE RT >> "#Ukraine’s parliament agreed to give more autonomy to eastern parts" Economist >> #Novorossiya, that doesn't sound like independence -----------------------------------------------------  Watch #CarlBildt talk a heap of crap about #Russia 'smash & grab' & threat to World Order >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sT0ITOYLjyE … Global Strategic Review >> 'Democracy' in #Ukraine 'threat' to Russia ... Carl & co need for find a new schtick. Nobody's buying democracy for Ukr. Carl's prescription: 'help' Ukr. REFORM ECON/ end 'insane' dependence subsid. GAS 'preserve' + strengthen DEMOCR. pol system >> This will line pockets of West ... er, save Ukr, THWART Kremlin 'ambitions' & FEARS of LARGE PARTS EU will subside! LOL >>> Once that's sorted, everyone can get on with real agenda ... COLONISATION .. er, 'integration' ... hahahah >Resort to 'decade ago' nostalgia crap .. prosperity, security, freedom, peace & stability ... NOW 'exposed', 'vulnerable' LOL >>> Cool ... Carl says #Putin could well be in power in #Russia a decade from now! Maybe Carl can get anor job in Georgia? > Well, well ... Carl did say 'IF' they succeed (referring 2 Ukr/ 'project') .. so Carl & co ain't so sure of themselves. LOL  Postscript Carl Bildt is honoured to be invited to become a member of the Council of IISS COMMENT Bildt's heading for the IISS. Probably his reward.  Looks like it's where all the establishment types go when they've served their purposes in government etc. Fox News media distortion spotted.  With the picture of the US jet fighter and the headline, you'd think this 'interception' of Russian jet-fighters was some big deal.  Nope, it's not.  Weren't even in US airspace.  Furthermore, this sort of thing is a common occurrence ... someone quoted as saying 'about 10 times a year' (paraphrasing). That's about it from yesterday's travels.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

Tobias Billström (Moderate Party) - calls Feminists 'a dark force'

Migration minister calls Feminists 'a dark force' Published: 17 Sep 2014 08:49 GMT+02:00 Updated: 17 Sep 2014 09:11 GMT+02:00 Sweden's Migration Minister has said in a Facebook post that both the Sweden Democrats and the Feminist Initiative parties were "dark, gloomy, and destructive forces". In a four-point Facebook status update, Sweden's Migration Minister Tobias Billström of the Moderate Party shared his thoughts about Sunday's election result. "This election has no winners - except for the extremists," he wrote. SD and F! both represent dark, gloomy, and destructive forces that divide the people. They must be fought and met with a discussion of values." Billström's press secretary said the minister was refusing interviews on the matter, but released a statement explaining that the post was on his private Facebook and represented his "reflections on the election loss". http://www.thelocal.se/20140917/migration-minister-feminists-a-dark-force

Tobias Billström = sore loser ... Sweden Democrats hardly 'forces of darkness' -- looks like globalism has outlawed nationalism - #svpol

Billström >> longest-serving Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy in Sweden

Member of the Moderate Party

Billström became Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy on 6 October 2006.

Billström was stationed in the Ministry of Justice, unlike his immediate predecessors, who had been stationed in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

The Reinfeldt cabinet set a new target for the Swedish migration policy after it took office in October 2006, which was to increase the opportunities for labour immigration.

Tobias Billström has promoted that countries in Europe and the world should help refugees from Iraq.  He has emphasized the need for a very strong common asylum and migration policy, and that this could give more Iraqis in need of protection to access this.

In classified documents revealed by wikileaks, Tobias Billström together with Carl Bildt mentioned in their 2007 visit to Baghdad for the American Ambassador Ryan Crocker the Iraqi refugee situation in Sweden, in specific the reports entail the ministers mentioning honor killings and the Swedish opinion of restricting immigration.^.

 ^[Wikipedia]

That wasn't the feminist take-down I'd gleefully anticipated when I saw the headline!

Still good for a laugh.

Billstrom's ridiculous.

Now being anti-immigration is equated with being a 'dark force'?

Billstrom's problem is that he's still pushing the agenda of capitalism & globalism on Sweden and on Europe, on behalf of his imperialist buddies.

That's my take at this point.

Bear in mind, I have only just begun to look at Swedish politics -- so my knowledge at this point is limited.

In Brief

Got the worst pain -- ever.  Out of nowhere.  Think it's my stomach, but it's quite high up under my rib cage.  Hope I'm not having a heart attack.  If there's no further posts, I'm dead.  LOL Novorossiya are steaming-rolling head, judging by the reports.  But we'll see. Can't sit still.  Sort of squirming in my seat, huffing & puffing to take the edge off whatever's wrong. Hoping couple of pain killers kick in and take the edge off this soon. Poland/Tusk is lobbying for the NATO-Ukraine incursion.  Guessing Tusk is either (a) ultra conservative or (b) from the US/NGO 'sausage factory'. Same old anti Russian articles around the traps.  Get ridiculously worked up about it, like I'm taking it personally or something.  Too bad I don't have a chilled, sarcastic take on it like some of the Twitter dudes do -- they're so funny.  Anyway, it's not like the Russians care.  Rogozin, Putin and Lavrov have all been going about their business -- and working the Russian crowds.  Lavrov seems to have a few fans.  Take it he's a popular figure.  Getting worked up about the bad press Russia gets is rather embarrassing:  nobody's worried and tomorrow's another news day.  That's just how it works -- there's a 'villain' who gets a daily beat-up and Russia is that 'villain'. Anyway, there's no holding back the tidal wave of nasty, underhand poison-pen persuasion pieces from assorted lobbyists. Someone pointed out that the propaganda's dished out in a stop-start fashion and it's true.  Every so often there's a crescendo of official 'condemning' statements, combined with an avalanche of press vilification ... followed by a lull. Not sure how it works.  I've only started to watch politics.  Never had an interest before.  Might have already mentioned, Italy's Federica Mogherini's been appointed the UN High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Policy of the Economic Union, which I'm quite pleased about.  Better than Bildt and Tusk.  And better looking. Unfortunately, Tusk's got himself the President of the European Council job, but in a toss up between creepy Carl Bildt or Tusk being appointed, Tusk suddenly shines. LOL Tusk/Poland and the Baltic states sound like they've joined forces to bitch about the Mogherini appointment.  It was reported that they weren't pleased with her appointment because she's too 'close' and too 'soft' on Russia, or something like that.  Everyone's whispering about the lack of experience, as well.  But it's probably not a real job, so who cares.  She's kinda hot in a milfy way, so what's the problem?  And it's not like Ashton's some Wonder Woman:  those nuclear talks are ongoing. The EU alliances and back-room lobbying probably matter far more than the actual positions.  But that's just a guess. Speaking of Ashton, she met with the Iranian foreign minister (I think it was) for another round of EU nuclear talks. Russia's up for another round of sanctions from the US puppets and Australia's Prime Minister also joined in bleating about sanctions to be taken against Russia. What is utterly appalling is that NO SANCTIONS are to be taken against the US puppet government in Ukraine and that all these representatives of 'truth', 'justice', 'peace', 'democracy' - and other fanciful crap we're supposed to believe - meekly adopt US policy and support the shelling of civilians by the Ukraine government.  Not a word of condemnation.  So what does that tell you? New Zealand has its own suppression order and spy scandal, under the John Key government.  Also, his Justice Minister resigned over some very unsavoury allegations.  But that's not all, folks ... NZ's law prohibits spying on citizens of NZ, but that hasn't stopped the government spying -- AND they've executed illegal warrants (re Kim Dotcom raid) AND they've refused to answer questions about funding from their US equivalent, so there's obviously some murky stuff going on in NZ government and intelligence -- and it has USA and NSA fingerprints all over it.  Hollywood's a player in this as well ... but I'm not entirely clear on the ins and outs of the Dotcom scandal, because I've been flitting from one thing to another that happens to take my interest. Facebook are censoring the Novorossiya supporters' posts by the look of things.  I've hooked them up with a Ukraine article that appears to indicate that the Ukraine government is having social media stuff censored.  Translation kind of garbled, but I think that's the gist of it -- and if that's the case, it's outrageous.  But I don't know who to complain to. "Facebook removed our post about the abominable declarations of neonazi Battalion Azov leader, Andriy Biletsky,..." >> Porkkky has done a deal w/ -- blocking social media for Ukraine government - http://www.president.gov.ua/news/31108.html  Anyway, that's some of the stuff that caught my attention.  Disappointed that I don't cover more ground.  No idea what's happening in France, apart from new cabinet having been formed after the economy minister bitched about not-so-socialist policy. The Labor government in Australia has sprung to mind, but they're not socialists, although they're supposed to be the 'left'.  Not sure what they are.  Sound like they're just another bunch of conservatives -- or they're happy to make the sift wherever necessary (if it means gaining power).   Worse, they appear to be US-Israel dominated.  Check out the WikiLeaks cable regarding Julia Gillard's determined climb to the top ... over Rudd's 'dead' body, so to speak.    ---------------------------------------------  PS Geez, it's annoying pressing 'publish' and finding typos. What's with the 'drafting blindness', I wonder?  As in, why are typos easier to see once you've published?  A rather boring post, as well.   Sounds like it's been written by a robot.  Don't see that improving any time soon.  Boring writing comes naturally.    :) If I've repeated any info, my apologies.  I've not been focused on the blog, so I'm just rambling.