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Originally posted by Laurauk
reply to post by Mdv2
Lets talk about Cowards shall we, Which counries are takenthe brunt of the conflict inAfghanistan? I do not see any german or french troop taken any brunt of the conflict in Afghanistan, so place the cowardness where it rightfully lies. Enough said I think.
Originally posted by Laurauk
reply to post by Foppezao
And how many of those German or French troops have been killed since deployed to afghanistan??
I await your resoponce to this question.
Originally posted by Laurauk
reply to post by Foppezao
About as as a stupid statment regarding countries or people being cowards eh. You know the old saying, put your money where your mouth is.
Who said anything about the Netherlands????
Show me where I even targeted the Netherlands!!!
[edit on 3-7-2009 by Laurauk]
Originally posted by Foppezao
Originally posted by Laurauk
reply to post by Mdv2
Lets talk about Cowards shall we, Which counries are takenthe brunt of the conflict inAfghanistan? I do not see any german or french troop taken any brunt of the conflict in Afghanistan, so place the cowardness where it rightfully lies. Enough said I think.
ISAF contribution as of 2009
United States - 26,215 United Kingdom - 8,300 Germany - 3,465
Canada - 2,830 France - 3,300 Italy - 2,350
Poland - 2,000 Netherlands - 1,770 Turkey - 1,300
Australia - 1,090 Romania - 860 Bulgaria - 820
Spain - 780 Denmark - 700 Czech Republic - 580
Norway - 490 Belgium - 650 Hungary - 370
Sweden - 290 Croatia - 280 Slovakia - 230
Lithuania - 200 Macedonia - 170 Latvia - 160
New Zealand - 150 Albania - 140 Estonia - 140
Greece - 140 Finland - 110 Azerbaijan - 90
Slovenia - 70 Portugal - 180 United Arab Emirates - 25
Singapore - 20 Ukraine - 10 Luxembourg - 9
Iceland - 8 Ireland - 7 Jordan - 7
Austria - 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2 Georgia - 1
Philippines - [6]
Originally posted by Mdv2
This merely sounds like EU bashing.
Originally posted by Amagnon
The CIA and MI6 have been running all over Iran spreading lies and trying to stir unrest - most likely it was a UK agent who shot Neda, and made such a big story out of it.
Wake up to the propaganda people.
Reporting from Beirut -- A senior Iranian cleric said today that several employees of the British Embassy in Tehran arrested in recent days would be put on trial for unspecified charges of acting against Iran's national security, potentially escalating a confrontation with the West over last month's disputed presidential election.
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, head of the conservative Guardian Council, said in a Friday prayer sermon that the employees, all of them Iranian nationals, "will definitely be tried" for taking part or promoting weeks of unrest surrounding the June 12 election, which was marred by opposition allegations of massive vote-rigging.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Originally posted by Mdv2
This merely sounds like EU bashing.
Bashing?
No!
More like poking them with a stick.
They collectively are the wealthiest location on the planet. They beat out the US as the largest consumer market technically. They should stand up as one and act as a world power.
Originally posted by Amagnon
The CIA and MI6 have been running all over Iran spreading lies and trying to stir unrest - most likely it was a UK agent who shot Neda, and made such a big story out of it.
Originally posted by Mdv2
Americans are not aware of what we've gone through because they haven't fought a war in the homeland for ages.
Last, we are not a superpower. Economically speaking we might be the world's mightiest, but we have no military that makes an union or country a superpower.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
The EU needs to step up to the plate and stop all the infighting and act as one
Originally posted by infinite
The irony is, if Britain detained Iranian embassy staff many on ATS would be demanding action and the expulsion of Britain from the United Nations
Iran is weak and worried about internal problems - possible revolution - and decided to blame an external source.
EU has changed its stance, after the French have passionately aligned themselves with us. Iran will listen, the European Union is their biggest trading partner after all.