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2004-09-30 Afghanistan/South Asia

Lithuanian troops to stay in Iraq and Afghanistan till 2005

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-09-30 8:30:40 PM|| || Front Page|| [11137 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 YAY!

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-09-30 8:33:43 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-09-30 8:33:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Cool runnings, Lithuania! I'd rather have 20 righteous Lithuanias on board than one or two recalcitrant obstreperous obnoxious faux allies. Thanx!

Posted by .com 2004-09-30 8:38:09 PM|| 2004-09-30 8:38:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh well, exactly today the German parliament approved a one year extension of German military presence in Afghanistan as well.

Posted by True German Ally 2004-09-30 8:43:48 PM|| 2004-09-30 8:43:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm proud of my fellow Litvaks! Now if the Slovenians (mom's side) would only wake up.....

Posted by Desert Blondie 2004-09-30 8:55:11 PM|| 2004-09-30 8:55:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 TGA - Post an English link to the story?

As soon as you get rid of Shroeder, we can get the BS quotient between us lowered. C'mon Stoiber!

Oh, I've been meaning to tell you why I just don't like Fischer, in spite of everything he's said over the last N years - hit me like a ton of bricks a month or so ago: he reminds me of me, only his motivation was (is?) uber-lefty politics. We were both street thugs, but I only fought against other gangs. The episode when he attacked that poor policeman (he was the guy in the motorcycle helmet, right?) is what I can't forgive. I only shot at, cut, and beat up guys like myself - in fact it was a mark of dishonor to involve a "civilian" - anyone not in a gang. I had my moment of perfect serendipity and completely changed my life. I see Fischer as a guy who dropped the violence, maybe only because he was looking ahead toward a career in politics - ala Kerry, but everything else stayed the same. Never really had that crystalline flash where you realize that you are what you do and have done. I think he still thinks himself a "guiltless glider / freedom fighter" inside - so I just can't trust him. That may not make sense to you, but it sure does to an ex-thug like me!

Posted by .com 2004-09-30 8:58:37 PM|| 2004-09-30 8:58:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 FYI - Lithuania recently reelected Val Adamkus as president. I had the fortune to work for him when he was a U.S. citizen (he went back to Lithuania to help the democratic process). He's a straight-arrow anti-communist, anti-fascist who's done a lot to stabilize the former Soviet state.

Posted by Spot 2004-09-30 9:14:01 PM|| 2004-09-30 9:14:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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