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Originally posted by Winston
Anders had breakfast with Bush, remember? What more could we reasonably ask for.
On a more serious note, the decision to participate in the coalition against a totalitarian and stability threatening regime isn't made because one wants to be congratulated.
A little history. During the napoleonic wars Denmark supported France. During Tzarist Russia Denmark supported Russia. Under Hitler Denmark supported Germany. One should think that the Danish foreign ministry had learned a little from this. But no they insist on betting on the losing horse time and time again.
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Been done.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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Originally posted by Winston
The Danish government is far from being "up to its neck in this", as they have the solid support of the people wrt. Iraq.
As for your "historical" references, they are a) mostly wrong, b) severely generalized and c) completely irrelevant.
Under Napoleon Denmark followed an anti-British line through and through, even allowing for Spanish mercenaries in Napoleons Army to be stationed in Denmark. The reason was of course that Denmark was a trading nation and was jealous of British dominance of the seas.
Huge contracts on Russian infrastructure such as telegraph lines was made with the Russian Tzar.
So I fail to see how a history of Denmark having supported various repressive regimes for fithy lucre is not relevant to the current situation.
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They would have followed the French example and supported Saddam in exchange for oil contracts if that were the case.So I fail to see how a history of Denmark having supported various repressive regimes for fithy lucre is not relevant to the current situation.I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
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Originally posted by Monk
I can't help thinking about how this Eurocom vs. gun-totin' Alabama Man trolling competition must have been going on for about four years now. I realize it's generally not to be taken that seriously, but don't you guys ever get tired of it?
I think that with regards to the Iraq thing, I know this was a London speech, but I think Bush (as well as a couple posters on Apolyton) should acknowledge Europe was genuinely divided on the issue instead of treating it like the socio-political anti-U.S-entity it will hopefully never become. Or to rephrase that, in one form or another, where's my thank you card?Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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