Sovereignty is a terrible thing to waste.
I agree, sir, and one has to commend the Norwegians for staying out of the European Union, steadfastly maintaining their own natural sovereignty--even though it has cost them.
Because Norway got right on board with us in the war against terror, and because Norway remains outside of the European Union, the old men of Old Europe have extracted vengeance in all sorts of ways, usually political isolation, absurdly high tariffs on Norwegian goods, and somesuch.