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What happened today is not freedom of expression. It is a clear provocation. There is no difference between opening a poster of Osama bin Laden in front of the US freedom monument and opening a poster of another terrorist in Stockholm for us. But this last case is beyond all limits. While this latest Islamophobic provocation could have been prevented, it took place under the protection of Swedish law enforcement. So now we are sure of Sweden's intentions.
Our advice to Sweden is to sign a special concession agreement for US troops to protect their country. Because after so many provocations they have blocked the way for them to become a NATO member in the near future. Their second alternative is to make a deal with Russia.
Some may ask how a legitimate state can grant such a concession to another country's army. But it is not unprecedented for US troops to operate inside Sweden and even bypass the Swedish judiciary to make arbitrary arrests. When the US wants it, Sweden can only comply, so its people are not bothered by it. Society is designed accordingly. The problem here is that the same society despises Turkiye's (in a country whose people are Muslim and non-Western) sensitivities and related requests.
Edit: Swedish statesmen have been expressing their discomfort with the agreement for several months and in order to bypass it, the prime minister's office and the ministers of state have taken the issue to the point of both mediaizing it for populism and seeking special support from countries like the United States. So Sweden was looking for ways to back out of this agreement. Since they could not declare it themselves, they turned a blind eye to a major provocation by instrumentalizing a far-right party leader. Most probably, TR will suspend the talks on the grounds that this islamaphobic provocation took place under the protection of Swedish law enforcement. From this point on, no amount of support can restart this process unless Sweden makes a sincere apology and the judiciary does what is necessary. And I think that's exactly what the Swedish government has strategized. I think it's a clever strategy, but specifically the content of the provocation was a very stupid choice.
But, the real fun will begin when the islamaphobic/turkophobic atlanticists who support it continue their ongoing contempt and try to create a public opinion demanding Turkiye's expulsion (what is technically impossible without TR's own decision) from NATO on the grounds of this islamaphobic attack.
Our advice to Sweden is to sign a special concession agreement for US troops to protect their country. Because after so many provocations they have blocked the way for them to become a NATO member in the near future. Their second alternative is to make a deal with Russia.
Some may ask how a legitimate state can grant such a concession to another country's army. But it is not unprecedented for US troops to operate inside Sweden and even bypass the Swedish judiciary to make arbitrary arrests. When the US wants it, Sweden can only comply, so its people are not bothered by it. Society is designed accordingly. The problem here is that the same society despises Turkiye's (in a country whose people are Muslim and non-Western) sensitivities and related requests.
Edit: Swedish statesmen have been expressing their discomfort with the agreement for several months and in order to bypass it, the prime minister's office and the ministers of state have taken the issue to the point of both mediaizing it for populism and seeking special support from countries like the United States. So Sweden was looking for ways to back out of this agreement. Since they could not declare it themselves, they turned a blind eye to a major provocation by instrumentalizing a far-right party leader. Most probably, TR will suspend the talks on the grounds that this islamaphobic provocation took place under the protection of Swedish law enforcement. From this point on, no amount of support can restart this process unless Sweden makes a sincere apology and the judiciary does what is necessary. And I think that's exactly what the Swedish government has strategized. I think it's a clever strategy, but specifically the content of the provocation was a very stupid choice.
But, the real fun will begin when the islamaphobic/turkophobic atlanticists who support it continue their ongoing contempt and try to create a public opinion demanding Turkiye's expulsion (what is technically impossible without TR's own decision) from NATO on the grounds of this islamaphobic attack.
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