. . . and there is nothing new under the sun
Ecclesiastes 1:9 Not that I'm particularly religious, but this was written thousands of years ago and is STILL as true as when it was written.
Frankly it may well be that our Procurement bods have learned nothing since the Chinook debacle.
It's no good rubbishing a nation because fools within each government and peripheral companies prat about and act like arses.
"Special Relationship" was useful from each viewpoint when it was useful. It's a political ping-pong ball that harps on about what amounts to historical events. BUT . . . have we forgotten so quickly stuff like the 9Ls the US supplied AND the satellite Int amongst loads of others?
Our country and certain "facilities" we can provide are useful to the US, it is naive to expect equality, it's not even reasonable.
Of course WE would never sell anything on to someone else having disabled important bits - hell, we learned it from the master, Bill Gates.