“I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army.”

In a December 2002 Oval Office meeting, after Congressman Tom Lantos suggested the Swedish Army as a peacekeeping force for the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Quoted in [Ron, Suskind, http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/magazine/17BUSH.html?ex=1255665600en=890a96189e162076ei=5090, Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush, The New York Times, October 17, 2004, 2007-01-30]
2000s, 2002

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