Devvy
Donor
This is absolutely impossible without changing the timeline so much that Sweden is a different country from what it is now (and probably butterflies away the Vietnam War).
Sweden, whilst not technically part of NATO, was a de facto ally. If there was a Soviet invasion westwards, Sweden would be expected to defend their territory from the USSR, providing indirect defence to Norway and Denmark. In the 1970s, Sweden is also part of EFTA, which whilst not a defensive alliance, firmly pits Sweden in the same economic camp as the "capitalist west", headed by the USA.
The USA invading Sweden would mark the end of NATO, as all NATO allies would see that their defensive "partner" is wholly willing to violate European territorial sovereignty, and also means that the US can't be trusted as a valued partner. Canada has a fit - if the US is happy to invade a European democracy, then how likely are they to invade a democracy just to the north which has the worlds longest undefended border? Canada ceases to trust US defense co-operation and has implications for NORAD, which would actually worsen US defense.
The USSR has a field day bonanza; the USA has proven itself to be a worse partner and worse threat to world peace then the USSR which allows the USSR to forge new political (and thus economic) links with a whole swathe of new countries.
And for all these reasons, and probably more I can't think of, there's absolutely no chance of the USA invading any western capitalist country such as Sweden.
Sweden, whilst not technically part of NATO, was a de facto ally. If there was a Soviet invasion westwards, Sweden would be expected to defend their territory from the USSR, providing indirect defence to Norway and Denmark. In the 1970s, Sweden is also part of EFTA, which whilst not a defensive alliance, firmly pits Sweden in the same economic camp as the "capitalist west", headed by the USA.
The USA invading Sweden would mark the end of NATO, as all NATO allies would see that their defensive "partner" is wholly willing to violate European territorial sovereignty, and also means that the US can't be trusted as a valued partner. Canada has a fit - if the US is happy to invade a European democracy, then how likely are they to invade a democracy just to the north which has the worlds longest undefended border? Canada ceases to trust US defense co-operation and has implications for NORAD, which would actually worsen US defense.
The USSR has a field day bonanza; the USA has proven itself to be a worse partner and worse threat to world peace then the USSR which allows the USSR to forge new political (and thus economic) links with a whole swathe of new countries.
And for all these reasons, and probably more I can't think of, there's absolutely no chance of the USA invading any western capitalist country such as Sweden.
