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As another swede, I'd be happy to se Kristersson show some backbone. But he's apparently made out of snail so that won't happen.

Not condemning the aggressor over and over make us look soft, indeed.

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If that's what you're hoping for, Ukraine is very grateful for volunteers. There's a bunch of Swedes who did go there to fight. There's a bunch who are there right now.

Or is it "somebody else" who has to show a backbone and take action?

I ask for our leader to condemn acts of aggression.

You read it as I want more bloodshed?

Some of us still live in democracies.

I understand. But I don't know if there's been any lacking in condemnation on his part. As far as I remember, most leaders of nations have condemned the war completely since day one. What do you wish for him to achieve by condemning it harder?

There are other ways for regular people to support, without jumping into an actual war zone without any training (that would harm more than it helps).

For example to donate to organizations that actively support the war effort or to put pressure on the politicians to do more.

You are right that there are more ways to support. But demanding or asking that somebody else does something is not doing something. A majority of the population consider themselves to be great heroes for making symbolic gestures or for telling their friends over coffee or drinks that "somebody really should do something".

But reality is reality and they have done nothing. They will never do anything voluntarily either – for any cause.

Demanding that politicians act more forcefully, and in fact do their job, isn't "doing nothing" I'd say.

They have much, much more power than regular people, so sometimes the best thing one can do is force more reaction from our politicians.

And it's also working; without the amount of outcry we've had I'm sure the politicians would've done even less.

Just as an aside, I love the term, “made out of snail.” Is this a Swedish idiom?

I liked it too and investigated phrases involving "snigel", but it looks like it was ad-libbed.

No, it was just an play on his lack of backbone, lol

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