What´s the problem with the Swedish Democrats?

I have followed the thrilling result of the counting of the votes in the Swedish Parliament election. The right wing "Alliance" coalition does not succeed in gaining a majority lacking only 9 votes in Gothenburg and 7 in Värmland! Now all the votes are counted. But it has already been challenged...

When we, the Christian Democrats in Uppsala, followed the count right after the election everyone shouted with excitement when the forecast of 175 mandates for the "Alliance" came up (175 makes a majority out of the 349 seats in the Swedish Riksdag). And of course it would have been wonderful if a historical Swedish right wing majority government would have been reelected! A unique period would have been followed by another unique one.

But I see no problem with the Swedish "Alliance" government ruling as a minority government! The common situation in Sweden has been the Social democrats governing with support of a minority in the parliament and the passive support of the more or less undemocratic leftist party (former communists). What then is the problem with an Alliance government depending on a passive support of the Swedish Democrats?

The left wing coalition has showed themselves from the worst side critizising the government for cooperating with the Swedish Democrats. It is natural that the biggest coalition form a government! Or are the left coalition prepared to vote against the "Alliance" with the only result that they themselves would have to depend on SD?

No, hypocrats and bad loosers are what the leftists are! They should accept that they have lost the election and let prime minister Reinfeldt & Co go on with governing Sweden in peace!

Dn 1,2, XP 1, SVT 1, SvD 1,2,3,4 AB 1,2,3, 4

When truth turns into lie

A short study in the dramaturgy of the bloggosphere. After my two articles concerning the Ships to Gaza, I suddenly received a lot of strange comments about paintball-guns. After a day or so, I realized that the Swedish left-wing blog Alliansfrittsverige.nu had put me as one of four examples of "The tasteless reactions on the massacre by the right". They think it astonishing that I on my 'patriarchal blog' mean that the "israli soldiers came in peace with paint-ball-guns."

I can understand that someone not knowing the facts sees it as a natural contradiction that there has been a "massacre" using paintball-guns. And therefore these people automatically conludes that what I am writing is wrong and an example of "The tasteless reactions on the massacre by the right". My 'obvious lie' was spread as such on the internet (ex. Sundin & Homopoliticus), but why has noone tried to find out the facts?

I got the information last monday from my good friend Stefan Olsson, who is right now on the West Bank as an ecumenical accompanier (EAPPI). It was an article named "A brutal ambush at sea" which well describes what happened. That it was paint-ball-guns that where used has been confirmed from many others, including Swedish MP Mehmet Kaplan who where on one of the ships (SvD ). And also Ulf Carmesund.

The bloggosphere is a nice democratic project in some ways, at the same time there are a lot of strange things which are advocated and spread without any critical check-up or reflection. There are definately a need for a better ethical standard in the Internet. That truth turns inte lie is of course a general problem in our community, yes it is almost as if people tend to want to be fooled.

It is good that a number of facts lately has made known what kind of organisation IHH is (DN), who has initiated the trip, and more as a propaganda show than for humanitarian reasons. It is even more so tragic that the Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt participates in this game and let Swedish extremists on the left set the standard for the Swedish foreign policy.

SvD 1,2,3,4 DN 1,2 Dagen 1,2 VG 1,2 Världen idag 1,2,3

Tragic result of 'peace convoy'

The peace-convoy did not reach its destination of the peaceloving Hamas-ruled Gaza-strip. The convoy showed itself not to be so peaceloving when Israeli soldiers put down on the deck of Mavi Marmaras were met with well-trained combattants with sticks and far from passive resistance. Equipped with paint-ball guns and with an ambition to avoid violence the IDF-group finally had to give in and use guns to defend themselves, seeing one of their friend being thrown down to the deck below.

Israel has been very clear that they will not allow the convoy to reach the blocked Hamas-ruled Gaza-strip. Instead they have offered to receive the material at the harbour of Ashdod for further delivery to the Gaza-strip. Of course one might question the blockade of Gaza, and the justice in boarding the convoy on international waters. But one has also to bear in mind that out of an Israeli perspective it is a matter of survival as a nation, floating like an Island in a sea of hatred. The reception on the Mavi Marmaras illustrates all to well the hatred against Israel which is now also shown in the squares and streets of Sweden and other countries.

DN 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Dagen 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 SvD 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 VG 1("hevn,hevn"),2,3