The Average Swede Mis-Underestimates the United States:
Less than one third of the Swedish population, 29 percent, views the United States of America as the main threat to World Peace. The remainder mentions countries like North Korea, 28 percent; Iran, 18 percent; Israel 6 percent; China, 4 percent; Russia, 3 percent (after all, Poltava was 297 years ago); or claim they don't care or don't have a clue, 12 percent. "This is very troubling," says EU Minister Cecilia Malmström. She continues: "The average Swede fails to realize that the US has military bases in two-thirds of the world's countries, has been directly involved in all major wars the last century, and is the only country to ever deploy nuclear weapons against another country." But Ms Malmström sees a potential solution to this problem. "In collaboration with Fidel Castro, we will detain any Swede who does not view the United States as the main threat to World Peace at one of our military facilities in Cuba, until he or she recants."
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