When the United States and its coalition partners entered Afghanistan twenty years ago, the mission was, to quote former U.S. President George W. Bush, “to defeat the enemy where they live and plan, so we do not have to face them here at home.” After some time, it became quite apparent that defeating Al […]
A$AP Rocky proves that Donald Trump was right about Sweden
Recently, the American rap musician A$AP Rocky visited my home country of Sweden to perform a concert. Walking around the streets of Stockholm together with his crew, a couple of what seems to be immigrants (likely Afghans. Most of them originate from Iran, not Afghanistan, which really makes them economic migrants, not refugees) started to […]
2017: The year the idyllic and romanticized image of Sweden shattered
Sweden was the first neutral country to acknowledge the United States of America after the American Revolutionary War. The relations since then have been good, even when Sweden was under Social Democratic rule during the initial years of the 20th Century. Swedish politicians were inspired by prominent American scientists, and the younger generation was in […]
View from Sweden: Donald Trump was Right
In a speech February 18, President Trump made an offhand remark about my home country of Sweden. He said: “We’ve got to keep our country safe. You look at what’s happening in Germany, you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this. Sweden. They took in large numbers. They’re having […]