Ongoing Swedish Hypocisy:

FM Bildt Approves of  Bin Laden Assassination

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (Moderate) expressed his approval of the assassination of Osama bin Laden yesterday. The Swedish press, including SvD  quotes Bildt’s remarks which were made in English:

Just a little twitter...and not in Swedish

- “A world without Osama bin Laden is a better world. – Hans hat var ett hot mot oss alla, tilläggerHis hatred was a threat to us all".

Did Bildt make a statement to the press in front of the cameras? No indeed, his grand statement was a sent out via Twitter. According to our source, Bildt is in Nablus today chatting with the Palestinian Authority. The PA is working towards unity with the Hamas terror organization. Maybe that’s why Bildt limited his remarks to a little tweet?

Urban Ahlin, the Social Democrats’ foreign policy spokesman, made more extensive remarks in Aftonbladet.  Ahlin was quick to predict that there would be no repercussions of violence in the Muslim world due to the assassination:

- “Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader; he was a leader of a terrorist network. Possibly, there will be an impact locally in Pakistan, where bin Laden was, but I do not think unrest will break out in other locations, such as in Afghanistan,"

How Ahlin came to this finely-sliced conclusion is unknown. The pattern of revenge attacks following targeted killings of terrorists is a standard feature of Islamic terror organizations.  The U.S. has issued travel warnings for Americans abroad.

As a matter of record, Sweden, like other EU countries, failed to vote against the 2004 UN Human Rights Commission resolution condemning Israel for the targeted assassination of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Yassin ordered numerous lethal suicide bombings against Israeli civilians.

Yassin was Israel’s bin Laden—those who failed to condemn the UNHRC resolution, but approve of the U.S. assassination of Osama bin Laden are simply hypocrites.

By Chanah Shapira