Gov worried over renegade economists, freelancing army officers and right-wing Israelis

Is the Norwegian government inventing enemies just so as to have someone else to blame but themselves? Here are three recent and current examples:

1: …a campaign… is being organized and orchestrated from circles who point out enemies of Israel [in Norway](Haaretz): During a tour to the Middle East, FM Jonas Gahr Støre met with widespread criticism in Israel. Mr.Støre responded by telling Norwegian newspapers that the criticism of Norway was part of an Israeli game which had nothing to do with Norway whatsoever, while he in an interview with Haaretz insisted that “forces” on the Israeli right-wing were “orchestrating” a smear campaign against Norway. Our FM did not provide any tangible evidence of any kind in order to back up his allegation.

2: Worried over colleague-network (Dagsavisen): Two Norwegian army officers have, against the will of their father, assisted two Norwegian children in leaving Morocco. Rather than assume any responsibility for the matter, Defence Minister Grete Faremo (scowling out of the picture at the top) is speaking of secret “networks” of army officers who are “cooperating” with each other beyond the call of ordinary duty. So our politicians aim to get away scot-free while our soldiers are to do and die the same way they are doing in Afghanistan. Adding insult to injury, we are told Afghanistan is not a war at all, but a peace operation.

3: In the editorial Invisible enemies (Dagens Næringsliv) it was yesterday commented upon on how PM Jens Stoltenberg is hammering away at “invisible enemies”. The PM, who is an economist, has claimed that the government’s financial politics are meeting resistance from what appears to be renegade, right-wing economists who are clamoring for increased unemployment. Dagens Næringsliv points out that although there are those who worry over employment figures rising too high, there are none who seek to increase unemployment merely for its own sake.

Many Norwegians would prefer a government which owned up to the consequences of its actions rather than blame imaginary cabals of economists, army officers and Jews.