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<blockquote data-quote="kristianjohnsen" data-source="post: 23877" data-attributes="member: 441"><p>Who's pulling who's wheight?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Randy.</p><p> </p><p>First of all, the dog ate my homework (well actually, it was my browser).</p><p> </p><p>I hadn't thought I'd join the forums to join in on a topic as flammable as this one, but I thought your statement that "Europe needs to pull their own wheight" too interesting not to join in: Most people I communicate with here in Euroworld seem to be of the opinion that the US are the "freeloaders". As I understand it, the US government has massive debts to, amongst many others, the UN, that everybody knows will never be collected. So when the US goes ahead and does something like invade Iraq, esentially it's paid for by someone else, anyway. Having been raised an "Army brat" I have grown up with an understanding that the Nato members enjoy the security of a partner with lots of strategic atomic weapons and aircraft carriers, and in exchange the US reaps great hospitality, benefits and "freebees" all over Europe. Perhaps it's not as black/white as you portray, anyway?</p><p> </p><p>PS: I have several friends who served in Kosovo after the bombing stopped when someone was needed to police the chaos. Norway contributed with a force of about 1400 to soldiers which sounds puny, but we are only 4,5 million people to begin with. Other Euro nations contributed substantially larger forces, as did Canada, who are also a NATO partner. Amazingly, my friends report back that when they were trained to go they were trained to protect the Albanians from the Serbs. Within hours of arriving they quickly discovered that the "balance of power" had shifted in just about every neighbourhood as the Albanians now outnumbered the few Serbs that didn't/couldn't flee. They spent their 50 weeks there protecting the people they were trained to stop from commiting genocide. This conflict is a lot more complex that at first glance, I think.</p><p> </p><p>PPS: In the eighties, Yugoslavia was "the place to go" for Euro holiday makers seeking sun, fun, food, drink and relaxation. It was the number one holiday destination especially for families looking to relax in the sun in a safe place. All of that is gone now, of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kristianjohnsen, post: 23877, member: 441"] Who's pulling who's wheight? Randy. First of all, the dog ate my homework (well actually, it was my browser). I hadn't thought I'd join the forums to join in on a topic as flammable as this one, but I thought your statement that "Europe needs to pull their own wheight" too interesting not to join in: Most people I communicate with here in Euroworld seem to be of the opinion that the US are the "freeloaders". As I understand it, the US government has massive debts to, amongst many others, the UN, that everybody knows will never be collected. So when the US goes ahead and does something like invade Iraq, esentially it's paid for by someone else, anyway. Having been raised an "Army brat" I have grown up with an understanding that the Nato members enjoy the security of a partner with lots of strategic atomic weapons and aircraft carriers, and in exchange the US reaps great hospitality, benefits and "freebees" all over Europe. Perhaps it's not as black/white as you portray, anyway? PS: I have several friends who served in Kosovo after the bombing stopped when someone was needed to police the chaos. Norway contributed with a force of about 1400 to soldiers which sounds puny, but we are only 4,5 million people to begin with. Other Euro nations contributed substantially larger forces, as did Canada, who are also a NATO partner. Amazingly, my friends report back that when they were trained to go they were trained to protect the Albanians from the Serbs. Within hours of arriving they quickly discovered that the "balance of power" had shifted in just about every neighbourhood as the Albanians now outnumbered the few Serbs that didn't/couldn't flee. They spent their 50 weeks there protecting the people they were trained to stop from commiting genocide. This conflict is a lot more complex that at first glance, I think. PPS: In the eighties, Yugoslavia was "the place to go" for Euro holiday makers seeking sun, fun, food, drink and relaxation. It was the number one holiday destination especially for families looking to relax in the sun in a safe place. All of that is gone now, of course. [/QUOTE]
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