Sweden -- Long, Long Neutrality -- Who Would Have Ever Thought Sweden Would Join NATO -- And Be Admitted -- Literally -- Overnight -- Over Turkey's Ill-Conceived Objections -- September 18, 2022

Wow, I love the blog. Either I actually know what I'm talking about or I'm very lucky. Probably the latter.

The other day I posted this as part of a much longer blog:

Putin's goal only a few years ago was to re-establish the Russian Empire, weaken NATO, and work to break up the EU.

The former Russian Empire seems in worse shape than ever (see below) and NATO has added two more countries (Sweden and Finland).

US is arming Poland to the teeth, as they say, and now there is talk of long-range missiles being moved to Ukraine. 

Biden's militarization of eastern Europe is said-to-be "generational."

Russia's southern border is on fire.

Again, this is what  I posted:

The former Russian Empire seems in worse shape than ever (see below) and NATO has added two more countries (Sweden and Finland)

Hold that thought.

Now, tonight from Carl Bildt (wiki) over at twitter: 

Compared to some NATO leaders, this guy actually looks like a military commander.