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This is the booklet "If Crisis Or War Comes" which Sweden just distributed to each of its residents. The booklet has been issued 5 times since the end of WW2(rib.msb.se)

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capital@lemmy.world
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I’m getting a bit of whiplash here.

The sentiment on Lemmy is usually that we should stop being the world police.

Personally, I think that would make for a worse outcome and I guess we’re gonna find out.

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Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world
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Maybe we shouldn’t be the world police AND we shouldn’t team up with the world’s biggest enemy against our supposed allies?

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Revan343@lemmy.ca
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When people want America to stop playing world police, they mean stop invading other countries, not stop supporting allied countries that are being invaded

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magikmw@lemm.ee
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I think they mean american police, and I wholeheartedly agree.

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capital@lemmy.world
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I get the impression that people don’t like the fact our military is as big as it is. And “Why are you over here in $country?”

If Trump actually executes what I believe most conservatives want and we pull back from being the world police, people will quickly realize the value. It just might be too late by that point.

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angrystego@lemmy.world
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That depends on the country and local experience with the US, which differes a lot. When it comes to Europe, US presence in NATO is crucial for the region’s security since WW2.

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barryamelton@lemmy.world
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If the US is not going to protect its allies, then it should stop blocking its allies from getting nuclear bombs via the non proliferation treaty, or stop getting annoyed that the increases of GDP for the military aren’t spent in US defends contractors but in local ones.

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njm1314@lemmy.world
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Yeah they don’t want America to be the World Police, cuz police don’t protect people. Protecting our allies isn’t policing.

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capital@lemmy.world
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The semantic games are boring and tiring.

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