Best US allies in the war against terror

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Oh come on - its got to be Australia - we go to all their wars

I didn't see many of the countries listed above going down for the count with Uncle Sam in Vietnam. We did, God help us. Our Government begged the Americans to let us send troops and then pretended they had asked for them.

Somalia? We sent a battalion.

Iraq? There's talk of an armoured Brigade - except we don't have one - its suspected the Minister is actually talking about 1 Brigade in Darwin.

We even managed to send a few officers to Bosnia, which has FA to do with Australian interests.

As a radio announcer mentioned this morning, if Tony Blair is Bush's poodle, what does that make us?

Two years ago I was still in the army and they shipped us off to Kosovo. While I was there an Australia officer came and stayed with us for a while; he was a really nice guy who was trying to learn from British & American peace keepers so Australia could do a better job in east Timor.

Aussie seem to turn up in all sorts of allied adventures.

[Roland]

Those who vote for Britain may be slightly overestimating the "harmony", but how on earth can you take Israel under the Sharon government ? By watching foxnews 24/7, or what ?

[The Mad Monk]

Because I misread the question (somehow tagged "in Afghanistan" on the end, there), I said GB, Canada, Australia, and Pakistan.

For overall, drop Pakistan and add in Israel.

[Hydey]

The Aussies won their battles in Vietnam, it was the Yanks who lost that one.

[Buck Birdseed]

The best Ally, as indeed the best friend, would surely be the one that tries to stop the US from engaging in this ridiculous, murderous and fruitless war. A true friend would try to seek help for the violent maniac, not run along with everything he says thus ultimately causing him to hurt both himself and the world around him.

[Heresson]

You are nuts

Israel helping anti-terrorism campaign?
-if not Isarael, there would be no terrorism.
-Israel is the thing that makes other countries
not so willing to support USA

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Oh come on - its got to be Australia - we go to all their wars

When did that get started anyway? IIRC, America never tags along for anyone else's war.

As a radio announcer mentioned this morning, if Tony Blair is Bush's poodle, what does that make us?

Our Doberman Pinscher. An excellent breed well suited to military service.

[James Adams]

I think as Britain + Israel were the only countries to help practical, and will help US widen the war, they are the best allies to US!

[Eli]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Israel gets my vote as the worst ally during the war on terrorism. Their agressive and vicious actions before and after 9/11 is what is fueling the Moslem rage agaisnt us.

Errr... The entire "war on terrorism" does that.

[Az]

you seem to forget Eli. It's all our fault.

[Saint Marcus]

of course. when in trouble, blame the jews.

[Heresson]

It's not our fault they are to blame.

[Shi Huangdi]

Originally posted by Eli


Errr... The entire "war on terrorism" does that.

First, I should say I support the existance of a Jewish state, I just don't agree with most of it's recent actions.

Yes, there are quite a few angered by our actions in Afghanistan, but moderate Moslems won't be too upset at the Taliban being replaced by Karzai. Sharon's actions, however, infuriate and inspire Moslems across the board at Israel and the USA.

[Alexander's Horse]

Well this speculation is all very interesting but if you really want to know who are the closest allies you should have a look at who shares intelligence with whom.

At the heart of the US alliance system is an intelligence arrangement between the United States, the UK, Australia and Canada whose acronym escapes me for the moment. This started in World War II. New Zealand used to be a full member until they closed their ports to ships armed with nuclear weapons.

That's the heart of the alliance. Its an anglo club. The rest of you can go to hell

[SpencerH]

In my experience the Aussie soldiers cause more trouble in peace time than anything else, that doesnt mean that I wouldnt be happy if they were around when the $hits flying.