‘Would you survive 72 hours?’ Germany and the Nordic countries prepare citizens for possible war
‘Would you survive 72 hours?’ Germany and the Nordic countries prepare citizens for possible war
Apps and booklets are offering advice on how to build a bunker, stockpile food and live without electricity in case the worst happens
Germany is developing an app to help people locate the nearest bunker in the event of attack. Sweden is distributing a 32-page pamphlet titled If Crisis or War Comes. Half a million Finns have already downloaded an emergency preparedness guide.
If the prospect of a broader conflict in Europe seems remote for many, some countries at least are taking it seriously – and, in the term used by Germany’s defence minister, Boris Pistorius, taking steps to get populations kriegsfähig: war-capable.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has dramatically raised security tensions across the Baltic region, prompting Finland and Sweden to abandon decades of nonalignment and join Nato. Military capability, however, is not all: citizens have to be braced too.
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Smart, since Trump is Putin's No. 1 fan, America can't be relied upon anymore to do the right thing
As an American, I agree.
It's a disgrace really. He is going to end up pulling a "deal" with his "business Sav" and end up with appeasement for a directly authoritarian regime.
It's why Republicans aren't concerned about tariffs on Canadian oil-- they'll just ship it in from Russia instead
That makes me want to vomit
Every thing in politics has made me want to vomit for as long as I can remember. I'm an Albertan who votes NDP.
Birds of feather...
I dunno, I think the issue is that Trump wants to do the right thing.
Get it? Eh? I'll see my way out...