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With US troops it's always a concern what they're going to get up to on their off time. The US generally will not let its troops be prosecuted under local juris
by hyggetrold 3y ago
With US troops it's always a concern what they're going to get up to on their off time. The US generally will not let its troops be prosecuted under local jurisdictions which sometimes creates very messy situations.
- apelapan 3y agoEven if the troops on base are under American jurisdiction, it's not like America is an entirely lawless country. Put thousands of young people anywhere and stuff will happen. Some people will behave badly sometimes. Given enough time and people someone will eventually murder someone. People sometimes get upset over the outcome in criminal cases, also within fully Swedish jurisdiction. Rightly or wrongly. On balance it seems like a reasonable trade-off to me. The Americans gets, to a certain degree, to do things their way and Sweden gets a certain degree of extra protection against Russia.