War
Some of the big danish news outlets are starting to talk about "Prepping" incase of an war.
It seems a little silly to be honest, but I guess you never know right? :D
As a small prepping bag this is their recommendations:
- Food and necessities up to seven days.
- Canned food.
- Water.
- A pair of power banks (charged).
- A go-bag with essentials, including prescription medications.
Meh. Not sure if I will ever prep or at least not yet xD
Besides the regular amount of canned chickpeas and beans I already have :D
I think there is so many other concerns the Government to do or help with before we even need to talk about War or Prepping.
NATO Defense Spending
Not a whole lot of NATO countries are hitting those 2% Defense Spending in 2023 and properly not in 2024 either!
From what I have read, it is a "Guidence" and not a hard rule, which makes sense, so many countries are under the line - Including Denmark!
Guesss there haven't really been any need to pour money into Defense systems, when the World/the West have been relatively peaceful without any wars for a while before Russia invaded Ukraine.
But now with the Government starting to talk about Prepping for War, they are also ramping up spending or at least trying to hit that 2% within the next 5 years. I don't see how its that much of a problem, but ohh well. What do I know :D
Ukraine
Do we need to talk a bit about Ukraine? Do I have my own opninions about how the West "helps" Ukraine & how we can/could have done a better job if we have prepped long before?
I think my opinion is a bit different x)
Should we help Ukraine? Yes 100%, The Danish Government have allocated 6.6 Billion EUROS to help Ukraines millitary and it 100% needed, buuuuuut, can we not cut down spending on Danish Schools & health, just because of this? I mean, if we had made a Fund just like Norway have and invested in that over years with even 0.1% of GDP which is 400 Million USD, could easily afford to supply Ukraine, ramp up spending on our own Milliary and fking supply schools with the necessary supplies.
Its so weird to me the way everything is built when it comes to the Government, it seems like the majority of Logic/Common sense is gone and we haven't put in automatically system to do the bear minimum to ensure our own people first.... So backwards..
Thank you for coming to my little rant.