#25 Funny, as an avid shortwave listener since 1976, I recently sent a letter to Radio Exterior de Espana. The reply I received was unbelievable, nothing but cries of how poor the external radio services of Spain were and how they could barely afford to respond to listeners. It wasn't _that_ long ago that REE would reply with exotic cloth pennants of their station, colorful stickers, brochures and even record albums.
Rueben-esque Francais? Radio France International doesn't even respond anymore and keeps your dollar that you sent to help defray postage. But sometimes you are lucky and they respond with a form letter to advise that they no longer respond! roflmao
All this crap from 'old europe' about being anti-bush is just a smoke-screen to try and hide that they are freaking broke and could hardly help if they wanted. They can only help when they get some bribes to help defray their broke, jealous asses.
At least our real brothers, the UK and Australia, do all they can within their means. But hey, what can you say. Ephraim and Manasseh are brothers, when we fight amongst ourselves, we fight good. When we ally against our common enemies, step back bizznitch.
Poland? Damnit, we gonna adopt you guys yet! |
Spain will pull its 500 troops out of Afghanistan after the Afghan elections, Defense Minister Jose Bono told local media on Monday. Bono said that only a Spanish medical group would stay there to carry out humanitarian tasks. Asked whether NATO should keep its troops in Afghanistan after the country's elections on Oct. 9, the minister said Spain opposed extending the deployment in order to show respect for Afghanistan's sovereignty. Spain has been insisting that all foreign troops should be drawn from Afghanistan after the Afghan elections. In April, Spain withdrew 1,300 troops from Iraq on the orders of newly-elected Prime Minister Jose Rodriguez Zapatero.