Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces warns: Everyone in Sweden must be prepared for war

[Celerity]

translated, with some light editing by myself for clarity

All Swedes must mentally prepare for the possibility of war in Sweden. This is what Commander-in-Chief Micael Bydén thinks. We must have citizens who understand how serious the situation is and it can get worse for us too, says Bydén in an interview with TV4.

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/bgpee5/ob-alla-svenskar-maste-forbereda-sig-for-krig

Micael Bydén, Commander-in-Chief. Photo: Björn Lindahl

Yesterday, the Minister of Civil Defence's Carl-Oscar Bohlin spoke at the People and Defense National Conference. He stated that "there could be war in Sweden". He is concerned that the rearmament of the civil defense is not going fast enough. 'If anything keeps me awake at night, it is precisely that it is going too slowly', Bohlin said in his speech.

He urged all residents to "get started" immediately and that those who have not started are still behind. Furthermore, he mentioned a number of suggestions that you can adopt depending on whether you are the head of an authority, a municipal councillor, an employee or a private person. 'If you are a private person, great! Have you taken responsibility for your home preparedness?, have you thought about whether you have time to join a voluntary defense organization? If not, get started', advised Bohlin.

This Monday morning, Commander-in-Chief Micael Bydén spoke about the situation, he is also on site in Sälen for this year's defense conference. He shares Bohlin's stance - adding that all Swedes should prepare for a war in Sweden. 'We must understand how serious this situation really is and that, down to the individual level, you mentally prepare. Watch the news coverage from Ukraine and ask yourself the simple questions: If this is happening here, do I have things in place? What should I do? The more people who have thought, pondered and prepared, the stronger our society is', said Bydén in TV4's Nyhetsmorgon .

Bydén says the situation is not pitch black but emphasizes the importance of preparation measures and mindset. 'If you are not stationed for military action and have to report and instead you have a job to go to, then make sure that the social functions that are important work continue to function, in areas such as child care, elderly care, healthcare. etc. We have citizens who need to understand now that this is serious and it can get worse for us too, but don't give up hope', says Bydén to the channel.

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[Lovie777]

1. Human nature is first of the warning........................................

apparently, human beings are inherent, prone to hate one another and religion, $$$$, power are the key to such.

We are the "superior species" here on earth and are capable of building weapons and mass destruction.

And it lies. Seriously, our superiority might be the death of all of us.

[Buckeyeblue]

2. It's the combination of high intelligence and greed

Instead of acknowledging that we could build a weapon that could end humanity and making a collective decision to pass on it, we acknowledged such a weapon and moved forward with its assembly, because some people feel the need to have the power to end it all. The twisted logic that prevailed is that the more of these weapons that exist, the less likely we are to use them. I mean that only works until you get one individual who either feels like a cornered rat or plain doesn't give a fuck any longer.

[Easterncedar]

3. This is terrifying

Maybe that’s a good thing?

[Delphinus]

7. It is indeed terrifying.

Perhaps members of Congress should have a sit-down chat with him.

[ashredux]

4. Actually, in the end, we're doomed.... The human race will destruct itself.

Between our hubris, and Mother Earth trying to expel the virus of the human, this ain’t gonna be pretty.

[sop]

5. I imagine this was necessary after both Sweden and Finland recently became NATO members.

Putin was none too happy when Sweden and Finland officially became members of the NATO military alliance; Finland has an 830-mile border with Russia, more than doubling Russia's existing border with NATO countries. And if Trump is elected, he'll probably back Putin if Russia starts something.

[carpetbagger]

10. Sweden isn't in yet.

Hungary and Turkey are still holding out. I suspect the point of sounding the alarm is that Putin might strike before Sweden joins. I personally don't think he has the logistical ability to even take Gotland at this point, but I suggest Sweden's military not take my assessment as authoritative.

[sop]

12. During a NATO summit last July, Turkey's President Erdogan agreed to let Sweden into the alliance,

and the Turkish parliament gave its consent to Sweden's bid to join NATO a few days ago. Hungary's Orbán is still holding out, though talks are ongoing.

[Celerity]

17. The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee approved our bid, but the full assembly has yet to vote.

https://apnews.com/article/turkey-sweden-nato-explainer-a0b4b623300882146b3adcd39b7f2d66

https://www.reuters.com/world/turkey-says-it-discussed-gaza-swedens-nato-accession-with-blinken-2024-01-06/

[2naSalit]

11. No "probably" about it...

He's already planning and is already antagonizing by busing large numbers of immigrants and others to the borders, giving them bicycles and flooding the border crossings.

Sound familiar? These autocrats are often one trick ponies, pootin is one of those and I have suspected all along that he is behind the problems at our southern and, at times, northern border.

[sop]

13. Autocrats like DeSantis and Abbott are busing immigrants to blue states.

[ariadne0614]

6. It would be helpful if self-interested Americans start demanding funding for Ukraine. n/t

[oldmanlynn]

8. There is alot of rumors of similar civil war scenarios in usa

Was told today that people need to prepare. Pack a go bag is what they said. I couldn’t get more details. My guess is the fascist right is planning something

[Joinfortmill]

9. I felt this way when Trump was first elected. Developed a spreadsheet with an entire plan...

Still have it. But, honestly, I think the legal system is going to take Trump down and his minions are going to slink back into the woodwork, like the roaches they are ,because they are inherently cowards. As for Putin, his days are numbered. At some point the Russian people are going to get sick of losing. Two losers: Trump & Putin.

[Celerity]

16. Supreme Commander Byden is not speaking about civil war here in Sweden, he is taking about Russia potentially attacking.

[Ferryboat]

19. You too?

Contacted this week by a close child hood friend. We stay in contact infrequently so no surprise there. It was his message to be prepared for bad times.

He referred to power grid in general terms. Currently running around in AZ.

[BannonsLiver]

20. The chair is against the wall.

The chair is against the wall.

John has a long mustache.

=eom=

[bucolic_frolic]

14. Trump will build a Mexican-paid-for Dome over them, and a wall to protect Russia

We know Cheeto Jesus works in mysterious ways

[IronLionZion]

15. Are they expecting Russia to expand the war?

It's good to be prepared just in case. But I highly doubt Russia will come for Sweden. The former Soviet states are much more likely.

Ridin with Byden

[BannonsLiver]

18. Are you ready to muster?

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You could turn your Porsche estate car into a light APC. 😉

[Johnny2X2X]

21. Source

Military leaders, without fail, prepare for war and want more money to prepare for war. No surprise here.