Coalition grows. Old Europe still pouting.

[monolith94]

That list reads like the complete run-down of America's *****es....

[DarthVeda]

and?

[monolith94]

I just found it interesting...

I mean - of course afghanistan is going to support us! We still kind of have troops there, don't we?

[DarthVeda]

We have troops in Germany and they're not supporting us...

[monolith94]

Yeah, but those Germans are treadin on thin thin ice!

Vanilla Ice!

[Az]

What exactly would you call "rate of change"?

Growth of GDP? Rise of productivity?

Big deal, some third world countries are doing much better.

These third world countries are nowhere as near the technological level, but in any case, I meant something else. the US has changed its' culture in relation to the changing climate in the world, while preserving the core issues, and values. It has weathered time very nicely. It also has solved the problem that many european countries have, the decline in population, and their replacement.

As for the "head start", history has amply shown that head starts don't guarantee anything.

it ensures strong existance for quite a while, and I don't see any competitors right now. China could do it, but it has a long way to go to become a fullfledged superpower.

[Asmodean]

Denmark has now become the fourth country to actively participate in the war on the coalition side. The Danish parliament voted yesterday to send one submarine and one corvette to be placed under U.S. command (the submarine is already in place in the Gulf, the corvette will arrive in about a week). That we are not sending more is attributed to the fact that a vast majority of Danes are against the war.

There was talk of us sending our Navy Seals and Army Hunter Force (elite crack troops, considered by many to be among the finest in the world), but in the end we are sending only two naval vessels.

Oh well...it's better than nothing, off course.

Asmodean

[Drake Tungsten]

Oh well...it's better than nothing, off course.

Yes it is. Thanks for the support; we appreciate it.

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by Asmodean
Denmark has now become the fourth country to actively participate in the war on the coalition side. The Danish parliament voted yesterday to send one submarine and one corvette to be placed under U.S. command (the submarine is already in place in the Gulf, the corvette will arrive in about a week). That we are not sending more is attributed to the fact that a vast majority of Danes are against the war.

There was talk of us sending our Navy Seals and Army Hunter Force (elite crack troops, considered by many to be among the finest in the world), but in the end we are sending only two naval vessels.

Oh well...it's better than nothing, off course.

Asmodean

Are your peoples' anti-war arguements as rediculous as most of ours? I guess it doesnt matter... the war is underway.

The active support is much appreciated

[Asmodean]

The protests in my country are mostly centred around "innocent civilians are getting killed" or "war is a bad thing" kind of arguments. There are not widespread demonstrations, but the general mood in the Danish population is one of "why is this happening". And a fair amount of people are thinking that removing Saddam from power is OK, but they wish that it was the U.N. doing it, not the U.S.

Asmodean

[Lincoln]

Do these peaceniks ever consider the "innocent people being killed" by Saddam? Or can they not think about two things at the same time?

[Lincoln]

This reminds me of a certain woman yesterday in Iraq who complained to the liberating troops that they were too late to save her. Saddam's henchmen had her son killed the day before. I suppose his life and the lives of hundreds of his countrymen that are snuffed out by the dictator Saddam are of no importance to those who have a one track mind of hatred toward anything that the United States does. The peacniks are morally corrupt inspite of their high-sounding rhetoric.

[Asmodean]

Originally posted by Lincoln
Do these peaceniks ever consider the "innocent people being killed" by Saddam? Or can they not think about two things at the same time?

My guess is that these people just don't live in the real world. There are clearly other things to deal with and care of, when you live in another dimension.

Asmodean

[ranskaldan]

My guess is that these people just don't live in the real world. There are clearly other things to deal with and care of, when you live in another dimension.

This reminds me of a certain woman yesterday in Iraq who complained to the liberating troops that they were too late to save her. Saddam's henchmen had her son killed the day before. I suppose his life and the lives of hundreds of his countrymen that are snuffed out by the dictator Saddam are of no importance to those who have a one track mind of hatred toward anything that the United States does. The peacniks are morally corrupt inspite of their high-sounding rhetoric.

You people still don't get it, do you?

Liberating Iraq has nice side-effects, but we do not believe that this is the reason why America is doing it.

The world has seen how the US has treated the world with utter contempt in the past two years. If you want to do a spin on "liberating another country", at least make sure that the rest of the world can look back at the events of the past two years and say, "Yes, indeed, they do have a track record of caring about the rest of the world."

Unfortunately, you don't. This is why more and more people are arriving at the conclusion that America is not doing this out of compassion - you are doing this out of ambition. After all, that's exactly what your track record of the past two years tell us. It is just as well that the people of Iraq might benefit from this; but if the ulterior motive is not compassion, then we cannot compliment America on its "compassion". We can only fear it for its ambition.

The US has messed up its PR campaign very badly. Instead of sitting around complaining that it's somehow the fault of the rest of the world, why don't you sit down and think about exactly how the support after 911 was squandered in less than a year?

[Asmodean]

Originally posted by ranskaldan



You people still don't get it, do you?

Liberating Iraq has nice side-effects, but we do not believe that this is the reason why America is doing it.

The world has seen how the US has treated the world with utter contempt in the past two years. If you want to do a spin on "liberating another country", at least make sure that the rest of the world can look back at the events of the past two years and say, "Yes, indeed, they do have a track record of caring about the rest of the world."

Unfortunately, you don't. This is why more and more people are arriving at the conclusion that America is not doing this out of compassion - you are doing this out of ambition. After all, that's exactly what your track record of the past two years tell us. It is just as well that the people of Iraq might benefit from this; but if the ulterior motive is not compassion, then we cannot compliment America on its "compassion". We can only fear it for its ambition.

The US has messed up its PR campaign very badly. Instead of sitting around complaining that it's somehow the fault of the rest of the world, why don't you sit down and think about exactly how the support after 911 was squandered in less than a year?

So there are added benefits...so what???

Added benefit number one: The U.S. establishing a powerbase in the Arab world. While that might be nice from a strategic point og view, it's not really going to happen. Why? Because the Arabs are just too different from the Americans. Even in Kuwait, voices can be heard against Kuwaits close attachments to the U.S.

Added benefit number two: OIL. Oh please...you don't really think that, do you? While the Iraqi oil reserves are indeed large, the U.S. would never, ever steal oil from a foreign country, not even frim Iraq. Not to mention the fact that Russia have major contracts on oil development in Iraq. And that is a can of worms that even Bush doesn't want to open.

Added benfit number three. Disarmament. Sure that wil happen, and the world will be a better place for it.

So don't you think that you are just a little blue-eyed?

Asmodean