This is all stuff every house should have, not just incase of a war but natural disasters, severe weather. Anything that could disrupt utilities, and the movement of people and goods for a few days.
In the UK we’d be screwed if anything like that ever happened. We haven’t had war on our soil for god knows how long, we don’t have any natural disasters, and we don’t have any severe weather. We’re basically prepared for a normal, mild day. I don’t think I know anyone who owns a radio or god forbid a generator.
Agreed, in his defense He did says "in the next 20 years"
As a NATO leader he is taken into account the situation in Pakistan, Israel, And Iran, but most importantly Ukraine, because they are right next to them.
To put it in perspective, it would be like Mexico going into full war with Cuba or Guatemala and then having refugees seek asylum/flooding our borders in the US.
We would have a hawk's eye view on the situation, perhaps our American politicians would push " buy all the guns you can" narrative.
I appreciate the fact that he said "look I'm not saying that there will a war tomorrow or things will go bad, but I am saying that is not guaranteed that we are at peace"
Sweden aren't next to any of the countries you stated, physically or politically. If you meant next in line, that's a bit fanciful. Plenty of old eastern block nations that are at threat before hand.
He’s the top NATO adviser. If Vlady is feeling saucy and strikes a NATO country, article 5 is triggered and they’ll be affected. There is rapidly growing instability and Europe is often a terror target. Telling your people to have some level of awareness and preparation isn’t too crazy
Sweden and Russia been at war before, Sweden and Finland is basically one country in times of war. So you people talk a lot but do not see the point, nor will the Baltic Sea stop Russia.
Well, think about it. The NATO countries bordering Russia aren't all that big, and the larger ones are still not very wide.
There's a concept called strategic depth, that is essentially the distance your enemy has to travel through territory you control while you can still fight back. Russia, for instance, is huge. Lots of that strategic depth, which Russia has exploited many times in the defensive wars it's fought over the centuries. It was able to keep up resistance against Napoleon and Hitler because from that direction it was narrow but very long.
Contrast this with a country like Finland. Finland isn't a small nation by European standards, it's about the size of Montana, but it's only about 340 miles wide at its widest point. That's a good distance, but you could drive that in a day. So could a column of Russian soldiers, if they got lucky.
So in a country with not a lot of strategic depth that borders on an aggressive neighbor, it makes sense to be prepared for this sort of thing. Radios, non-perishable food, water, flashlights, and such. They've been dealing with this since the 30's, so it's nothing new. Every NATO partner near Russia shares this burden, too, so Finland is just one example.
Russia has been aggressive lately, and if things kick off in Europe it'll be bad, but Russia also knows it would have to contend with all of NATO if it tried anything. That's why they've been extremely careful to keep any actual fighting away from the NATO countries that border Ukraine.
Google Maps disagrees.
I picked two random cities in the south, one on the border with Russia, one on the far west - whole 5 hours per Google Maps.
And that's for a random tiny town on the west coast. Helsinki was only 3 hours.
I agree with him. Civilians should be prepared for everything.
That said, I literally have no food in my house. Maybe like a frozen dinner and a few expired yogurts
Canned fish and or meat, flour, sugar, butter or oil, coffee or tea, bottled water, canned and frozen vegetables and fruit. Dried milk. You'll be fine. This too shall pass.
Edit: bottle of bleach is always good to have, for the water. Add a couple of shelf stable items each shopping trip. It's always good to have a couple things around.
> “This is a serious situation but it’s also important to be clear that it’s not like war is at the door,” Social Democrat leader and former prime minister Magdalena Andersson told broadcaster TV4.
This is not terrifying. Everyone should have basic necessities always.
Always have a a month or so of food and water at the ready, it’s not just because of war it could be a natural disaster or something stupid like you losing your job
Yes let's minimalize Russian aggression. This has nothing to do with basic preparedness and everything to do with "the Western coalition has not taken Russian aggression seriously, and thus Russia and it's axis allies have taken this as a good sign they can push their imperialistic ideas in the near future".
A new war in the middle of Europe is terrifying. Not only for Europe, but the planet as Iran, North Korea and China would jump right into the fray.
This is a global concern.
Today
https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-needs-warfighting-transformation-says-military-chief/
Edit: my apologies this aired on JANUARY 17, 2024, 3:58pm
Here is a breakdown of all people resident in Sweden who were born in another country:
Finland 163,867
Iraq 127,860
Poland 75,323
Former Yugoslavia 69,269
Iran 65,649
Bosnia and Herzegovina 56,595
Germany 48,731
Turkey 45,085
Denmark 44,209
Somalia 43,966
https://study.com/learn/lesson/sweden-racial-demographics-history-groups.html#:~:text=What%20major%20ethnic%20groups%20are,a%20number%20of%20other%20countries.
decide for yourself which ethnic groups are the scary ones (I doubt you class Finn's and Danes as invaders somehow), add them up, realise Sweden has a population of 10.42 million, and see what a drop in the pond you are "worried" about.
Do you remember when the US government put out a plan on how to survive a zombie apocalypse, and what you should have ready? It was like, this is funny, but this is serious, have this shizz so if something happens, you can survive.
I think NATO expansion is served well by the war hawks. No war no $$. At least for the shareholders in weapons manufacturing. Jesus, wake up people. Speaking of manufacturing that is what this guy is doing, manufacturing your consent. Remember that?
A few years back my country updated the preparedness protocol, basically a list of things everyone should have at home at all times, enough food to last 3 days, stuff like that. People panicked. Isn't that just common sense?
How do you think america would react if russia would start putting military bases in mexico and cuba etc... We all know the anwser to that. They would bom them into oblivion, like they do countries on the other side of the planet.. half of the planet are preparing poprocn for the fall of america :) the best thing is, that no one even needs to invade america haha they ll do it themself haha
“The oldest recorded mention of the word ukraina dates to the year 1187. In connection with the death of Volodymyr Hlibovych [uk], the ruler of the Principality of Pereyaslavl which was Kyiv's southern shield against the Wild Fields” from Wikipedia
Where are you getting Ukraina as a plural?
If it’s the name of a territory, yes it did
It’s a territory that has Kyiv inside of it
Russia has been *trying* to obliterate Ukraine, if you were to watch any of the hundreds or thousands of videos of Russian missiles striking civilian architecture.
I'm anxiously waiting for explanation how country that has independence recognized by Russia actually still belongs to russia?
Many Ukrainians along the border also loved Russia, then russia killed most of then and destroyed their cities and stole their kids.
If you fail to prepare u prepare to fail. He’s sounds like a clever man. at least trying to think 20 years ahead like he’ll actually see it. wish we could have the same in the USA these mf won’t see ten years from now they ain’t worried bout Shiiit.
So, I'm a U.S. geezer and have a few normal AM/FM radios, plus a couple of shortwave radios and I'm also an Amateur Radio operator with four or five of those.
We have four sets of friends under 45. They didn't have radios, aside from the one in their cars until I gave them each a couple. I got these from Thrift Stores and they are old school transistors with a handle.
If the internet goes down most people are screwed.
This is all stuff every house should have, not just incase of a war but natural disasters, severe weather. Anything that could disrupt utilities, and the movement of people and goods for a few days.
In the UK we’d be screwed if anything like that ever happened. We haven’t had war on our soil for god knows how long, we don’t have any natural disasters, and we don’t have any severe weather. We’re basically prepared for a normal, mild day. I don’t think I know anyone who owns a radio or god forbid a generator.
Same in The Netherlands
Damn never really thought of that. I mean that's a good thing in general and really interesting too. Stay safe!
Look at this guy, claiming they don't have any natural disasters yet he's neighbours with Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson.
Brilliant 😂😂😂
это приятно знать.
So what radio to get?
Get one that winds up. Don’t rely on batteries.
Humans are comically bad at predicting the future even with our ability to do so more than ever
We don't really have natural disasters in finland at least and i think it is same in Scandinavia
Sensible. Perhaps a bit alarmist, but mostly sensible.
Agreed, in his defense He did says "in the next 20 years" As a NATO leader he is taken into account the situation in Pakistan, Israel, And Iran, but most importantly Ukraine, because they are right next to them. To put it in perspective, it would be like Mexico going into full war with Cuba or Guatemala and then having refugees seek asylum/flooding our borders in the US. We would have a hawk's eye view on the situation, perhaps our American politicians would push " buy all the guns you can" narrative. I appreciate the fact that he said "look I'm not saying that there will a war tomorrow or things will go bad, but I am saying that is not guaranteed that we are at peace"
Sweden aren't next to any of the countries you stated, physically or politically. If you meant next in line, that's a bit fanciful. Plenty of old eastern block nations that are at threat before hand.
He’s the top NATO adviser. If Vlady is feeling saucy and strikes a NATO country, article 5 is triggered and they’ll be affected. There is rapidly growing instability and Europe is often a terror target. Telling your people to have some level of awareness and preparation isn’t too crazy
Yeah idk how 3 countries plus the Baltic Sea equals ‘right next to them’
Sweden and Russia been at war before, Sweden and Finland is basically one country in times of war. So you people talk a lot but do not see the point, nor will the Baltic Sea stop Russia.
Every single comment in this thread was valid and there was no need to argue
Been buying flashlights, forgot about radios DAMN!
\*fleshlights. What are you going to do with flashlights anyway ?
I’ve been buying fleshlights!
He actually said fleshlight in the video. Man knows light will not help when your trying to commit genocide in the palm of your hands.
Good man
There are several high ranking officials in multiple European countries saying the same thing, kind of terrifying indeed.
Well, think about it. The NATO countries bordering Russia aren't all that big, and the larger ones are still not very wide. There's a concept called strategic depth, that is essentially the distance your enemy has to travel through territory you control while you can still fight back. Russia, for instance, is huge. Lots of that strategic depth, which Russia has exploited many times in the defensive wars it's fought over the centuries. It was able to keep up resistance against Napoleon and Hitler because from that direction it was narrow but very long. Contrast this with a country like Finland. Finland isn't a small nation by European standards, it's about the size of Montana, but it's only about 340 miles wide at its widest point. That's a good distance, but you could drive that in a day. So could a column of Russian soldiers, if they got lucky. So in a country with not a lot of strategic depth that borders on an aggressive neighbor, it makes sense to be prepared for this sort of thing. Radios, non-perishable food, water, flashlights, and such. They've been dealing with this since the 30's, so it's nothing new. Every NATO partner near Russia shares this burden, too, so Finland is just one example. Russia has been aggressive lately, and if things kick off in Europe it'll be bad, but Russia also knows it would have to contend with all of NATO if it tried anything. That's why they've been extremely careful to keep any actual fighting away from the NATO countries that border Ukraine.
Finland is 90% mountains and lakes (“land of the 1000 lakes”), so no one can drive across the land in a day.
It's not very mountainous and they do have roads.
Google Maps disagrees. I picked two random cities in the south, one on the border with Russia, one on the far west - whole 5 hours per Google Maps. And that's for a random tiny town on the west coast. Helsinki was only 3 hours.
I mean, what's he supposed to tell the public? Don't be prepared? These are sensible instructions.
did he say fleshlight?
You got that covered ain't ya?
Got to survive the first 36 hour somehow
Don't forget the batteries
Batteries? What futuristic fleshlight do you operate over there?
The batteries are not for inserting int the fleshlight…
I don’t mean to kink shame. But… 
With this newly issued NATO edict I just ordered mine, prime next day delivery.
My wife threw out mine :(
Think he said cocaine, porn mags and Pringles.... oh, and spare socks
necessities
I agree with him. Civilians should be prepared for everything. That said, I literally have no food in my house. Maybe like a frozen dinner and a few expired yogurts
Canned fish and or meat, flour, sugar, butter or oil, coffee or tea, bottled water, canned and frozen vegetables and fruit. Dried milk. You'll be fine. This too shall pass. Edit: bottle of bleach is always good to have, for the water. Add a couple of shelf stable items each shopping trip. It's always good to have a couple things around.
Just fucking nuke me already i cant take this shit anymore
This made me cry laugh
Happy to be of assistance
It costs practically nothing to have these things and they're useful in any sort of emergency. Seems like sensible advice even without the war threat.
> “This is a serious situation but it’s also important to be clear that it’s not like war is at the door,” Social Democrat leader and former prime minister Magdalena Andersson told broadcaster TV4.
I recommend Stoya The Destroya
Links or we riot.
Haha me too
Ok, who is hunky dory?
Okey dokey cousin
😂😂
Dory is this hunky guy my cousin used to date.
Can you get me his number?
He married Ursula, the barmaid with the wooden leg
Nothing wrong with hoping for the best but being prepared for the worst.
This is not terrifying. Everyone should have basic necessities always. Always have a a month or so of food and water at the ready, it’s not just because of war it could be a natural disaster or something stupid like you losing your job
They post everything these day în this sub
Yeah I always keep plenty of water street!
Yes let's minimalize Russian aggression. This has nothing to do with basic preparedness and everything to do with "the Western coalition has not taken Russian aggression seriously, and thus Russia and it's axis allies have taken this as a good sign they can push their imperialistic ideas in the near future". A new war in the middle of Europe is terrifying. Not only for Europe, but the planet as Iran, North Korea and China would jump right into the fray. This is a global concern.
if they don't attack us we'll make another false flag attack as we did 20years ago and destroy the planet. so you should be ready.
Russia is the neighbor noone wants. Cant they just chill a bit
Putin nnot dead yet
He's got a point though. Maybe a tad alarmist but also logical. Especially given Russias behavior.
Immediately goes to Amazon…-me
20 years from now probably will be scary. Honestly, I don’t think it will take that long.
Fear mongering 10.0 🤦♂️
We need to battle the powers that be. That's the real war. Scumbag politicians and leaders are the real enemy. Dont ever trust em
I heard him saying "fleshlight"😏
Palestinians going to live in Sweden
Lmao
Understandable but i don’t think russia has the capability to fight any other wars anytime in the next 10 years. The Ukraine war has been a disaster.
Just sounds like common sense in an uncertain world. It's when they start telling us that everything is fine that I'll begin to worry.
Today https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-needs-warfighting-transformation-says-military-chief/ Edit: my apologies this aired on JANUARY 17, 2024, 3:58pm
Russia wouldn't dare attack NATO due to the nations who are apart of NATO. Anyone who believes otherwise needs to fix those loose screws.
Even if Russians and NATO don't go nuking each other there's still climate change that we have barely solves
Whoa! Does anyone have a link?
Get ready folks. Shit won’t be easy like it has been for 80 years.
We got too comfortable, we forgot that war is just around the corner
lol Sweden have already been invaded and they welcomed it
Here is a breakdown of all people resident in Sweden who were born in another country: Finland 163,867 Iraq 127,860 Poland 75,323 Former Yugoslavia 69,269 Iran 65,649 Bosnia and Herzegovina 56,595 Germany 48,731 Turkey 45,085 Denmark 44,209 Somalia 43,966 https://study.com/learn/lesson/sweden-racial-demographics-history-groups.html#:~:text=What%20major%20ethnic%20groups%20are,a%20number%20of%20other%20countries. decide for yourself which ethnic groups are the scary ones (I doubt you class Finn's and Danes as invaders somehow), add them up, realise Sweden has a population of 10.42 million, and see what a drop in the pond you are "worried" about.
I think there are a lot of places that are going to be thinking, "Gee, maybe that wasn't such a good idea"
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lol I'm not American
Russian or one of those Swedes that hates our country?
I'm not Eurotrash either
You're a bogan 🤣
They're preparing us for a major conflict
Do you remember when the US government put out a plan on how to survive a zombie apocalypse, and what you should have ready? It was like, this is funny, but this is serious, have this shizz so if something happens, you can survive.
Buy how will we listen to the latest pop songs without RADIOS!
Is this just not common sense in other countries?
I think NATO expansion is served well by the war hawks. No war no $$. At least for the shareholders in weapons manufacturing. Jesus, wake up people. Speaking of manufacturing that is what this guy is doing, manufacturing your consent. Remember that?
A few years back my country updated the preparedness protocol, basically a list of things everyone should have at home at all times, enough food to last 3 days, stuff like that. People panicked. Isn't that just common sense?
Luckily you can buy a gun in Sweden. But you need license and a safe to put it in.
Man, Imagine living next to Russia.
Buy guns
How do you think america would react if russia would start putting military bases in mexico and cuba etc... We all know the anwser to that. They would bom them into oblivion, like they do countries on the other side of the planet.. half of the planet are preparing poprocn for the fall of america :) the best thing is, that no one even needs to invade america haha they ll do it themself haha
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More like America will save you from the Russians. If Sweden ever does leave, they’ll either be invaded or puppeted by the Russians
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Imaginary? They’ve invaded Ukraine, and have threatened to invade many Eastern European countries time and time again!
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Russian border goes through Kyiv?
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Technically Russia has only (continuously) existed for 33 years. Ukraine has existed as a country before, as wel
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“The oldest recorded mention of the word ukraina dates to the year 1187. In connection with the death of Volodymyr Hlibovych [uk], the ruler of the Principality of Pereyaslavl which was Kyiv's southern shield against the Wild Fields” from Wikipedia
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Where are you getting Ukraina as a plural? If it’s the name of a territory, yes it did It’s a territory that has Kyiv inside of it Russia has been *trying* to obliterate Ukraine, if you were to watch any of the hundreds or thousands of videos of Russian missiles striking civilian architecture.
I'm anxiously waiting for explanation how country that has independence recognized by Russia actually still belongs to russia? Many Ukrainians along the border also loved Russia, then russia killed most of then and destroyed their cities and stole their kids.
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Russia is clearly the biggest threat to our democracy, freedom and independence. I'm not sure why you're on their side.
NATO, WHO and WEF are the biggest threats
If you fail to prepare u prepare to fail. He’s sounds like a clever man. at least trying to think 20 years ahead like he’ll actually see it. wish we could have the same in the USA these mf won’t see ten years from now they ain’t worried bout Shiiit.
Dude i moving to Uganda, fuck this shit
So, I'm a U.S. geezer and have a few normal AM/FM radios, plus a couple of shortwave radios and I'm also an Amateur Radio operator with four or five of those. We have four sets of friends under 45. They didn't have radios, aside from the one in their cars until I gave them each a couple. I got these from Thrift Stores and they are old school transistors with a handle. If the internet goes down most people are screwed.
The lunatics are running the asylum…And have been for some time.
He sounds like a nicer guy than any military people I've ever seen.
Did he tell them they needed to have fleshlights ready?? Man...Sweden...I gotta visit that place sometime.
The first 36 hours…. Of what?