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2008-01-11 Afghanistan

US to send 3,000 marines to Afghanistan to cover NATO shortfall

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Posted by lotp 2008-01-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 But total European defence spending at 201bn (£151bn, $297bn) is just 40 per cent of US levels.

Meanwhile, as US taxpayers once again cover their sorry European arsses from oppressive regimes, the dollar plummets againts the . I think it's high time the policeman be paid, or move him along to more productive, less costly endeavors back home. Let them all eat goat and kneel on rugs the spineless phuechs.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-01-11 00:58|| 2008-01-11 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes, even in the 80s when European NATO had a greater population and greater combined GDP than the US, guess who paid the real bill. Yet, they want to be treated as an 'equal' power. Welfare, no matter what form, isn't pretty particularly when the recipients believe it is an entitlement. They can brag about their social welfare net and 'universal' healthcare, but its paid for by both the American taxpayer and the needy in our own country who do without.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-01-11 10:47|| 2008-01-11 10:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Good points, Procopius2k. Cost cutting by ending subsidies to Europe via NATO so we can balance our own budget and help our own needy sounds good to me. Another article at the link also got my attention that it seems we have overlooked. I see the pictures of a stark and barren land, devoid of even roots as the poor Afghans subsisted on them, and had no idea they were rich in mineral resources. If they have one of the world's richest deposits of copper, American companies should be investing in extracting it. We have such a copper shortage, thieves steal the wiring off electrical substations and rob plumbing fixtures from rest areas to sell as scrap. Both Afghanistan and the US need to build up infrastructure and letting the Chinese via the World Bank rape the landscape sounds crazy after the blood investment we have made there.

Posted by Danielle 2008-01-11 12:46|| 2008-01-11 12:46|| Front Page Top

#4 very much with you danielle, the chinese should not get to reap the rewards of the expenditure of the Us blood and treasure. unfortunately to the lefties and dimwits in this country us companies investing in a-gan copper would be 'colonialism'

we need to put a season on leftards so we can thin the herd.

Posted by Abu do you love 2008-01-11 14:03|| 2008-01-11 14:03|| Front Page Top

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