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2003-11-05 Afghanistan

Iceland offers to take over Kabul Airport

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Posted by Steve 2003-11-05 4:05:24 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Iceland Air already flies out of Logan, it should be easy for them. Incredible looking ~~stewardesses~~, excuse me, flight attendents!

Posted by tu3031 2003-11-5 4:12:22 PM|| 2003-11-5 4:12:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 From Rantburg, July 2003: Nato faces rift over US plan to remove jets from Iceland

Posted by Seafarious 2003-11-5 4:26:24 PM|| 2003-11-5 4:26:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Iceland, the only NATO member without an army

Iceland got Iceman... who needs an army.

Posted by Shipman 2003-11-5 4:36:15 PM|| 2003-11-5 4:36:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Steve, they're welcome to Logan, but hands off Manchester, NH -- the local sane alternative to Logan...

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2003-11-5 5:59:01 PM|| 2003-11-5 5:59:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Made a brief (unplanned) stop in Rejkivek in 1974, on my way back to the States on emergency leave. The Icelanders are a hearty group of nice people who don't like to be messed with. If they took over Kabul, expect the heads of some of the locals to be broken. As for an army, they really don't need one - the locals are quite capable of defending their island, and trying to conquer it would make about as much sense as trying to capture Spitzbergen. Nice combination of freezing cold and boiling hot springs, thanks to their location on the top of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-5 8:01:54 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-5 8:01:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Seafarious,
I understand why the DOD would think that Iceland is no longer an important strategically. Personally, I am wary of assuming that we will never engage in anti-submarine warfare again. I Beleive in Power Projection and Protection of Shipping Lanes - call me old fashion.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-11-5 8:32:26 PM|| 2003-11-5 8:32:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Settled by Vikings, invented parliament, Icelandic sagas, and they recently started hunting whales again. Iceland still tops my list of countries that aren't the US.

Posted by Christopher Johnson 2003-11-5 9:03:51 PM|| [http://mcj.bloghorn.com/] 2003-11-5 9:03:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Steve Heard they were offered Logan but are holding out for Baghdad IA

Posted by NotMikeMoore 2003-11-5 11:15:52 PM|| 2003-11-5 11:15:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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