Strange biased headlines from Swedish public media about fighter jets to Syria

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"No Swedish JAS fighter jets to Syria", is being repeated over and over from Swedish public news channels today, December 16, 2015. It all relates to a French unspecific military request for supporting their military ventures in Syria and Mali. Today the Swedish government released information about what Sweden will contribute to the French efforts to combat terrorism. The Swedish contribution for now is mainly on the logistics side, e.g. planes for transporting equipment and/or personnel.

What is strange is how the public media news "situation rooms" decided to go out with the Swedish military contribution, Normal headlines would be something like, "Government decision about how Sweden will help France made today", followed by interviews with government officials, but not. The issue and stance by Swedish public media have been militaristic headlines and then pressing officials on why we don't send fighter/attack planes to Syria before even asking them on what they decided. The civilian Swedish people is hardly not interested in hearing public media pushing for a 100% military contribution meant for attack/bombing missions, only in what the government decided upon.

Sweden is balancing on the edge between keeping its neutral position and leaving it for a more individualistic western role in the world with NATO membership and even to be able to act independently from the UN and its resolutions. The current socialistic government is for staying on the path of neutrality and talks about using our military powers in a humanitarian role, while the opposition is for the latter, a militaristic and aggressive role. Sweden is small country of 10 millions but with an incredible history in producing arms and explosives, remember Alfred Nobel with the dynamite. Imagine such a small nation producing anything from ammunition's, machine guns, cannons, tanks, armored personnel all terrain transportation vehicles, missile systems, the worlds most advanced radars, advanced submarines so stealth that not even the US navy can locate them and all the way up to advanced fighter jets. Would you even consider that Sweden is lacking an arms manufacturing lobby?

Swedish public media is supposed not engage in politics delivering an objective view of the world or just reporting about when and how, not touching the "why" but it is not how it all looks lately, there seem to be bias and lobbying going on, or is it just that the mandate it once got became forgotten, or that the body set aside to control and overlook what it may broadcast is asleep or paid off?

The problem with my "little" nation seem to be a wish to go where the big boys go, to take part where the action is, no matter the consequences. Have we seen too much action movies from Hollywood? Where is that white dove holding an olive branch these days?

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