Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The reason why no one has invaded Sweden in over 60 years


Lars-Olof Corneliusson, the former commander of a Swedish amphibious military unit based near Stockholm, is accused of trying to cover up an incident in which new conscripts fired shoulder mounted artillery cannons while in the nude.

The leader of the exercise, which took place in 2004 and involved soldiers from the Amf 1 amphibious unit based in Vaxholm outside of Stockholm, was told by Corneliusson to destroy a film of the shooting, according to the Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper. When the film was shown by Svergies Television’s investigative news program Uppdrag Granskning in May of 2006, it generated a great deal of controversy. The film shows a group of conscripts from Amf 1 shooting a shoulder-fired mortar wearing only helmets, and generated concern about a lack of security within the unit.

Every battle has rules of engagement, which dictates when and what force will be used. After reading this article it shows the Swedes like to fight naked. No body wants to fight men that are naked.

When I was in college my roommate was at a house party. He ended up having beef with some guy that was there over something really stupid. I think it was over because he wasn't wearing shoes. So they both agreed to go outside and fight over it. They were really civil about it, no yelling or scream before hand. They calmly walked outside and they both agreed to bring one friend to watch.

What happened next stunned my friend. This guy took off his pants and under ware. So this guy is wearing nothing but a t-shirt. Obviously my roommate didn't want to fight a half naked guy. For good reason, you don't want to be rolling around with a guy your trying to hurt and have his junk rubbing against you.

After a little pleading to put his pants back on, my roommate just gave up and knocked him out and went home. So I think the Swedes might be on to something here if they are trying to avoid future conflicts. Just be weary of big Russians.

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