[BroJoeK]

You seem to be pleading for our recognition of Sweden's heroic past, but it's not us you have to first convince, it's your fellow Swedes.

If you asked most Americans, we would say: Sweden is land of the most:

• beautiful babes,
• girly men,
• socialized everything,
• "neutral" politically,
• militarily disarmed,
• dependent on others for the self defense,
• and rapidly declining birth rate.

In other words, Sweden is now what America will become, if the Dems achieve a permanent majority.

You want us to remember Gustavus Adolfus and Charles XII?

How about YOU remember your own Viking warrior past -- see if you can find out where your ancestors kept their gonads!

[WesternCulture]

“girly men”

- Personally, I’m looking forward to the next time Sweden will take on USA in a hockey rink.

Are you?

[Mercia]

With just a cursory look at the Swedish Armed Forces, you can find some kit that is streets ahead of what we have in the UK, and the US.

Ever seen the similarities in design between the Saab Gripen and the Eurofighter Typhoon? I don’t think its a coincidence.

Working closely with BAE Systems they are producing much of their own weapons and equipment for their forces such as;

* Stridsfordon 90 IFV.
* Saab JAS 39 Gripen.
* Visby Stealth Corvette (streets ahead of what the US is trying)

And they have some hundreds of personnel deployed to Afghanistan as we speak.