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5 days agoThe military wants the best equipment, and currently in terms of specs that is the F-35.
That comes with a dependence on the United States, which at the time of purchasing these jets was not considered to be a particular concern because America is a good ally and a part of NATO.
Following Trump’s re-election and antics over Greenland, that calculation is now different. It might not be worth it to buy new F-35s at this point (though Germany seems to be considering it still), but the Dutch army has pre-existing F-35s which we should be able to use even if America doesn’t want us to for whatever reason.
At this point for the purchase of new jets we really should be looking at the new Eurofighter though, imo
Imagine trying to blackmail the police…
The police fucked up by sending him the files and there should probably be an investigation as to how that could happen, but that doesn’t mean the man just gets to keep those files and do with them however he pleases.
Edit: To the people who are downvoting me, consider that these are confidential police files. The guy has no business keeping these files, and the demand of the police that he deletes these files is completely justified.
If he simply complied (without attempted blackmail) the arrest and house search would not have been necessary.