Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "How rare earth mining threatens traditional ways of life in Sweden | Focus on Europe" video.

  1. No one is suggesting we leave the Ukrainians in the lurch... except you.
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  2.  @illernpiller  You've come across a universal phenomenon: NIMBY -- Not In My Back Yard.
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  3. Sweden would only get excited and opposed it, if the US made demands.
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  4. We get it, Russia is a developing country.
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  5.  @illernpiller  True dat. Some years ago, I took part in a veterans' biathlon event. Reindeer nearly ruined everything because the dumb animals decided to have a town meeting in the middle of our firing range. Warning shots didn't convince them otherwise till the army regulars got the big guns out. Only then were they suitably impressed and decided to reconvene elsewhere.
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