Similar deal in Belgium. We have US nukes (against the will of the citizenry, but what can you do...). We were pretty much forced to buy the overpriced F-35s, w

Similar deal in Belgium. We have US nukes (against the will of the citizenry, but what can you do...). We were pretty much forced to buy the overpriced F-35s, while the rest of our military is basically falling apart. When the NSA hacked the Belgium-based SWIFT banking system, the government pretty much looked the other way. There was a bit of a token response. But in the end, the puppet state danced to the tune of its puppet master.