Same deal here in Norway. Lots of irregularities in how the F35 got selected over Swedish SAAB Gripen.
And yeah we are also incapable of saying no, to anything it seems. It has been Norwegian policy to not have US bases since end of WWII. But current conservative sell-out government has done it without any national debate. They just give the US an area of Norway where US laws applies.
Criticizing the Norwegian alliance and what is being done to placate the US seems politically impossible. It is like a holy cow.
And yeah we are also incapable of saying no, to anything it seems. It has been Norwegian policy to not have US bases since end of WWII. But current conservative sell-out government has done it without any national debate. They just give the US an area of Norway where US laws applies.
Criticizing the Norwegian alliance and what is being done to placate the US seems politically impossible. It is like a holy cow.