Okay, some more and the iron ore is an example.
Again, why should a neutral country starve itself, alternatively carry the blame, because of conflicts they didn't start?
Because it's contributed to conflict's passage.
Some people drink and drive - yeah, let's sue the automotive industry!
It's not equalent to the Swedish WWII policy. More accurate one would be serving booze to a seeably drunk driver who stopped for a minute at a gas station.
My (paternal) grandmother who fled Finland and her brother (who got shot by a Soviet sniper, but survived) are examples of such people.
If you wanted help the Nazi back then why not signing an official alliance with them openly joining the WWII as a belligerent? It's the honest way to demand blood for blood.
between real leaders like Charles XII of Sweden and Mannerheim, a great son of Finland and poor leaders like Peter the Great and Stalin.
This requires historical knowledge and thought. Mine tend me to disagree with you on Stalin, Peter I and Charles I.
- Back then, the Nazis were in more desperate need of oil than iron ore, especially as they already controlled the French sources of iron ore. But again, we Swedes reserve the right to do foreign trade.
Today, Germany could turn coal into diesel oil, but as far as I've understood things, they were unable of mastering such a process at a grand scale in the 1940s.
“If you wanted help the Nazi back then why not signing an official alliance with them openly joining the WWII as a belligerent? It's the honest way to demand blood for blood.”
- Mannerheim has stated that out of two bad allies he felt Finland had to choose the Nazis.
Mannerheim might sound very much like a German name, but few people in Finland, Sweden or other Nordic countries ever have shared Hitler's notion that Russia belongs to German or Austrian megalomaniacs.
“This requires historical knowledge and thought.”
- It's a good thing you nurture this philosophy.
But let's have a look at today as well.
Today's Russia is not like Somalia, but on the other hand, it's not exactly like Sweden either.
Russia has extreme amounts of natural resources and houses a population that, in large, is patriotic (probably more patriotic than its Swedish counterpart) and would work hard for money if given a proper chance.
So why is Russia still comparatively backwards?
IMO, it is very much because of the inability of a good nation to choose good leaders.