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2007-08-14 Afghanistan

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Posted by Danking70 2007-08-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 NATO countries are shirking

BGO (Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious)

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-14 01:30|| 2007-08-14 01:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Where's the surprise meter graphic?

Posted by no mo uro 2007-08-14 05:45|| 2007-08-14 05:45|| Front Page Top

#3 This has been obvious since 1950. The question is why does the US still have 100,000 troops in Europe when they are needed elsewhere and why does it let high value imports flood in when many unemployed US autoworkers are capable and need the work?

Posted by ed 2007-08-14 08:38|| 2007-08-14 08:38|| Front Page Top

#4 When the Western Euros [with a greater population and combined GNP than the US] couldn't handle Kosovo in the early 90s without the US having to do the 'dirty work', what would give anyone else an idea that NATO was nothing more than a bunch of old boys of privilege and inherited wealth sitting around the yacht club bar making believe they were skipper of something larger than a dingy?

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-08-14 09:06|| 2007-08-14 09:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Well when you been skating on somebody elses back for sixty something years, it's a tough habit to break...

Posted by tu3031 2007-08-14 09:14|| 2007-08-14 09:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Children??

Posted by trailing wife 2007-08-14 09:16|| 2007-08-14 09:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Whoops! That last goes to another thread, which is why it makes no sense.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-08-14 09:30|| 2007-08-14 09:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Made perfect sense to me.
Our NATO allies have been acting like children since the 60s.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-08-14 10:36|| 2007-08-14 10:36|| Front Page Top

#9 Yep, it's high time we cut off funding to our children. Much like the 40 year old who still lives in his parents' basement, it's high time for the Euros to learn to live on their own.

Posted by BA 2007-08-14 10:42|| 2007-08-14 10:42|| Front Page Top

#10 Actually, we still need troops to be in Europe to protect our friends. Eastern Europe, that is. And yes, eastern Europe is still our friend. And to protect them from the Muslims *and* the Russians.

Western Europe can see a draw down just fast enough to not ruin their economies, but otherwise, they need to learn that just because you have endless bureaucrats and meetings, it doesn't mean that you can get away with not having a military.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-08-14 16:25|| 2007-08-14 16:25|| Front Page Top

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