[Baron]

Originally Posted by lucrum

Baron pretty much sums up the basics of this country.

No Caste, NATO has indeed been deeply tied with the Norwegian government. I'm quite sure our military has been reduced on command from the US, as to have less resistance from military personel in case our coastline was to be used in a NATO agenda. Some government officials opposed the use of norwegian soldiers in acts of war in iraq and afghanistan, but was met with heavy criticism and threats from US NATO officials. Today we have norwegian soldiers at war, unofficially. The official deal is still that our forces are to be used for peace-preservation only.

Since we do not have a constitutional right to carry arms, the public poses less of a threat in terms of uprising. Heck, even our police aren't allowed to carry a gun unless they ask permission over the radio-com, to use them at a specific situation.
In some cases that means getting killed or almost killed before getting permission.

So the only institution left in Norway that actually carry weapons, are downgraded beyond reckognition.

As for bases, yeah...alot more underground than we are informed. Guy I know was given higher clearance at Rygge Airforce Base, in terms that he was set to guard the entrance to a bunker. That meant having access to the underground utilities that he was told wasn't there. :P Well, wrong person to give this sort of credential, he's a nosy little bugger.

As from what I've heard, we have underground NATO storage facilities with tanks, trucks, guns, missiles and from rumours even nuclear warheads. None of it is operational, but since Norway have signed a piece of paper that state we do not have or allow nuclear weapons or any other kind of weapon of mass destruction on our soil it's highly controversial. Heck, maybe they covered it in the deal, since it's not on our soil...it's in it :P

As for how Norway got to be the country we are now, I think it's because we were allowed. Part of the deal. This country has quite the history of being sort of a pingpong ball in a game between different countries. It's just too lucky that we 40'ish years ago just "caught a break" and exploded with economic growth.

lucrum, I think that you are probably right! You obviously understand and can analyse and see the hidden better than most folk. Who also refuse to acknowledge the illusion of everyday life, presented to them via the crooked governments and phony media.