New Scandinavian Series Depicts Russian Invasion of Norway

[BlueMTexpat]

9. How so?

It's a fictional series based on a crime novel and its prime goal is entertainment. Please lighten up.

Please also realize that comments such as yours are generally perceived as US-centric, as if countries other than the US are simply not capable of knowing and/or understanding their own interests.

If you read the article, you will also see this:

For many in the Nordic countries, the possibility of Russian aggression seems an all too clear and present danger. Governments are ramping up their military spending in step with their rhetoric.

Sweden’s military has been instructed to call up thousands of reservists for refresher training “to increase the operational effectiveness of our units in response to the changing security situation in Europe”, said Maj Gen Karl Engelbrektson, an army spokesman. Sweden’s home guard, which mobilises some 22,000 volunteer reservists, says it has seen a large increase in people wanting to join since the Ukraine-Russia conflict broke out.

There is certainly a difference between monsters like the Kochs who deliberately contrive crises to create paranoia (even after they themselves benefited from doing business with Stalin's Russia) and inhabitants of countries in near proximity who have actually known war and occupation within memory.

Is this series paranoid and or right-wing leaning? Perhaps. I'll know more after I've seen some of it. But it is hardly something for an American who has never been in such a situation - and certainly one who hasn't seen it - to make an informed judgment on.