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You gotta wonder why he'd flee from Sweden (not a NATO member) to the UK (NATO co-founder). If I was afraid of the US grabbing me, I wouldn't go to the UK.

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He didn't flee. In fact, before he left Sweden he askes the authorities if they had any objections of him leaving. They did not.

So why go to the UK at all in the first place?

The weather? The beer? Work? No reason in particular?

I think if I wanted to throw myself to the mercy of the court, I'd probably choose a British one.

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