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You have to realize that small countries in the west, like Sweden, Denmark and Norway, are de facto ruled by the US. All important decisions have to go by the e
by halvsjur 14y ago
You have to realize that small countries in the west, like Sweden, Denmark and Norway, are de facto ruled by the US. All important decisions have to go by the embassy, and when told to jump, they will ask how high.
- _of 14y agoBeing a citizen in one of those countries, this is very provocative.
- mongol 14y agoFortunately it was stated by an ignorant nobody.
- halvsjur 14y agoYou don't think it's true? Have you in your lifetime ever experienced your government go against US interests, even when it's very clear that doing so is in the interest of the people they govern?
- cromulent 14y agohttp://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/minister-iceland-refused-fbi-aid-over-wikileaks-investigation-in-2011/2013/02/01/44bf2b4e-6c91-11e2-8f4f-2abd96162ba8_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/minister-iceland-...
- halvsjur 14y agoA clear overreach by the FBI, very clumsily handled. Also not all that interesting to the locals. Try issues where lives or large sums of money are involved.
- cromulent 14y agoHow about the Convention on Cluster Munitions? That seems to be a "True Scotsman". - US policy is decidedly against it - Lots of money in selling munitions, and definitely lives involved - Norway organized it and locals campaigned for it