On the People and the Defense played a tragedy

"The People and the Defense played a tragedy"

"the Upgrading is necessary."

"Aftonbladet's leader board is the independent social democrat."

"the SEAL. A murmur went through the room when Martha Althaus opened up the window wide open."

"”Down with weapons” she said out into the darkness."

"It's a little unclear if the participants in the People and defence national conference in Sälen högfjällshotell heard her. But the Swedish Peace theatre was one of the best programme items, in addition to then that it was not in the program but was held in a hotel room. The stage was literally a stool."

"It's Stina Oscarsson, who has written the monologue and the actor Robert Chestnut was utterly magnificent as officersdottern Marta. He also played all the other roles in the Bertha von Suttners these masterpiece ”Down with weapons” from 1889. The book contributed to the von Suttner was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1905 and follows Marta through two marriages, three wars and a cholera epidemic. She brought up according to the austrian empire, and Austria-Hungary's militaristic traditions and marries a husarlöjtnant in the hope that he'll make a career in the military. But he is killed and as the tragedy deepens, she starts to question both the war and of the male ideal."

"”Down with weapons” was one of the books that Adolf Hitler burn in public in Germany in 1933."

"More than ministers and acting -"

"What you usually see in the media from the People and defence ministers, opposition politicians and members of the military make moves for more money, but the Swedish security policy debate is much broader than that."

"Sweden will be forced to continue to upgrade as long as Vladimir Putin pursues his aggressive policy."

"We let Sweden be at peace. So that life can continue as usual.”, says the armed Forces in its latest promotional campaign. It is no longer just our territory to be defended, it is our way of life, our folkrörelsedemokrati, our freedom to love and believe as we want and our right to disagree and debate with each other."

"the Autumn formation of governments has demonstrated both the vulnerability and strength of our society. Sweden continues to operate despite the fact that we have no regular government, at the same time, there is a clear risk to all the strange trips can put a strain on the trust. Would Sweden go to extra options, it can benefit anti-democratic forces that he had."

"In the global conflict between authoritarian nationalism and liberal democracy is Sweden just a small player, but as subjects of concern is the towering need of our ability to manage crises, and war, to be improved."

"the Renovation is moving too slowly."

"the security service and the Military intelligence service, Must, pointing out Russia, China and international terrorism, as a threat. But also climate change, refugee flows and political extremism can have major consequences for our security."

"Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2014, and the occupation of the Crimea as Sweden has begun work to improve our military and civilian capabilities in order to meet today's threats. But it is a moving target, in particular the Russian federation is evolving quickly in the wrong direction."

"On the People and the defense, it became painfully clear how far it has to go. Both the Army and the Navy is currently too small to meet a qualified opponent. And even if the supreme COMMANDER's speech on the cybersoldater and "

"the peace movement in the headwind"

"Slowly increase the number of conscripts and volunteer soldiers admitted but it is, after all, only about a few thousand per year. In the future, it may increase to 20 000 - 30 000 conscripts in each cohort. A more stable försvarsekonomi will require around two per cent of GDP in annual expenditure and it's a long way to go."

"Sweden will be forced to continue to upgrade as long as Vladimir Putin pursues his aggressive policy. Not because we really want to, but it is not we who wrote the rulebook. We have both the right and obligation to defend our way of life and our democracy."

"But it is still our time of tragedy that nothing goes the way right now. "