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  • #16
    Originally posted by Transcend
    Wiglaf, having friends is important, it gives your enemy someone else to shoot at.
    **ROTFLMAO**

    I'm just positive that our friends in Britain, Germany and elsewhere would love being viewed in that manner. But, yes, that is a nice side effect of having allies ... our enemies have a harder time taking us all down.

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    • #17
      Kind of disturbing that the Canadian forces have been capturing a bunch of prisoners that no one knew about...

      Where do the Canadian Taliban prisoners go to? We have a nice base up at Alert...

      PS: It was cool they got they game out to the troops at Kandahar.

      PPS: Good punishment for al-Qaeda prisoners...put them in the Canadian women's hockey locker room...
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      • #18
        Originally posted by Seeker
        Where do the Canadian Taliban prisoners go to? We have a nice base up at Alert...
        They went to camp X-Ray as well.
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        • #19
          A bit more on the ANZAC contributions

          Australia has also taken up much of the efforts in enforcing sanctions against Iraq, thereby freeing up US ships for service elsewhere. This has involved several frigates, a troop/command ship and some Orion patrol aircraft (AKA a very sizeable chunk of the navy)

          It is also likely that Australia is providing signals intelligence on terrorist groups in the Phillipines and Indonesia (Australia boasts a top quality 'Sig Int' service, that's at least as good as the NSA).

          New Zealand has 'unoffically' sent a platoon of SAS troopers who are believed to be operating with the Australian contingent.
          'Arguing with anonymous strangers on the internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be - or to be indistinguishable from - self-righteous sixteen year olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.'
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          • #20
            Perhaps we should offer to the Americans to replace our contribution with Wiglaf.
            Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

            Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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            • #21
              Re: A bit more on the ANZAC contributions

              Originally posted by Case


              New Zealand has 'unoffically' sent a platoon of SAS troopers who are believed to be operating with the Australian contingent.
              i thought that NZ was getting rid of most of their army

              "Perhaps we should offer to the Americans to replace our contribution with Wiglaf."

              Nah, Wiglaf claims to be an American anyways, so that would be replacing Australians with an American. UNLESS you know something we don't horse... Are you confessing to owning Wiglaf?

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Transcend
                Wiglaf, having friends is important, it gives your enemy someone else to shoot at.
                Good post. Not only is it expertly directed to it's intended audience, it is also amusing and true.
                He's got the Midas touch.
                But he touched it too much!
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                • #23
                  Re: Re: A bit more on the ANZAC contributions

                  Originally posted by H Tower
                  I thought that NZ was getting rid of most of their army
                  They've sold off their all their combat aircraft, but the army is being strenghtened (mainly for peacekeeping missions). Pound for pound, they're better equipped then the Australian Army. (but only have two battalians compared to Australia's nine)
                  'Arguing with anonymous strangers on the internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be - or to be indistinguishable from - self-righteous sixteen year olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.'
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                  • #24
                    We have 9 battalions now? We haven't had that for a long time.
                    Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                    Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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                    • #25
                      This is interesting link for an overview of the militaries of US allies. Please ignore the content regarding the capabilities of "potential adversaries", as I'm sure some of you will object to it as coming from a biased source...
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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
                        We have 9 battalions now? We haven't had that for a long time.
                        Isn't the government forming an extra brigade? (which will take us from 6 to 9 battalions)
                        'Arguing with anonymous strangers on the internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be - or to be indistinguishable from - self-righteous sixteen year olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.'
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                        • #27
                          Yes I think they are but I didn't know it had happened yet. The Royal Australian Regiment got down as low as 4 or 5 Battalions at one stage.
                          Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                          Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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                          • #28
                            Interesting thread, lord of the mark, but it would be nice with a complete list of allies. I know Norwegians have been used tracking down Al Qaida. They have been lying in the snow for weeks giving targets to bomber planes. I'm sure Wiglaf's dog was there with them - marking places to bomb! And this dog did more work than all of the US allies!

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                            • #29
                              Lots of nations sent forces to Afghanistan, though only a few sent forces for actual combat (USA, UK, France. perhaps Canada as well)
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                              • #30
                                LOTM, your list is far from being complete !
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