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Fox — 11/22/2002 8:44:42 PM (archived)

I answered your point there - about US bases in Europe - by agreeing with you.

As to 'no one is telling them what percentage of their GDP they should spend on their own defense' - Bush and the WeSaySo Corp. have been at the NATO meeting all week doing precisely that, and not being shy about it.

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Canadians lose their minds. - ebnelson - 11/21/2002 9:45:16 AM
- Why does Canada even have an army? - Scott - 11/22/2002 6:04:11 PM
- Inoperative chestnut - Robert - 11/22/2002 4:41:40 PM
  - Another inoperative chestnut - Fox - 11/22/2002 7:10:28 PM
    - Let them exercise self-determination - Larry J - 11/22/2002 7:39:12 PM
      - Re: Let them... - Fox - 11/22/2002 8:29:46 PM
        
        What happened a few years ago in the Balkans shows otherwise. - Larry J - 11/22/2002 8:43:55 PM
        
        Re: What happened in the Balkans... - Fox - 11/23/2002 4:29:10 PM
    - Re: It remains our business, as much as it remains our allies' . . . - D. Spires - 11/22/2002 7:38:41 PM
      - At the risk of reduncancy: - Fox - 11/22/2002 8:12:32 PM
        
        And also at the risk of redundancy... - Larry J - 11/22/2002 8:32:56 PM
        
        See other thread - Fox - 11/22/2002 8:44:42 PM
        
        Care to provide some examples... - Larry J - 11/22/2002 8:56:42 PM
        
        Re: Where are you going with this . . . ? - D. Spires - 11/22/2002 10:29:01 AM
        
        Priorities vs. Rhetoric, Dan - Fox - 11/23/2002 3:34:32 PM
        
        Re: So far, the Allies can shoot . . . - D. Spires - 11/23/2002 10:01:48 AM
    - Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah - Scott - 11/22/2002 10:01:24 AM
  - Re: Inoperative chestnut - McFly - 11/22/2002 10:15:22 AM
    - Re: Inoperative chestnut - Robert - 11/22/2002 11:42:37 AM
      - Re: First, let's consider the definition of "is" . . . - D. Spires - 11/22/2002 11:56:17 AM
        
        Let's not - Robert - 11/22/2002 12:22:50 PM
        
        Re: Ask the tax-payers who foot the bill for Europe’s defense today . . . - D. Spires - 11/22/2002 1:02:14 PM
- Re: Why buy aircraft? - SM - 11/22/2002 3:53:41 PM
- Canadian scizophrenia - McFly - 11/22/2002 2:41:02 PM
  - Time out - alcaray - 11/22/2002 5:28:11 PM
    - Re: So what? So it was stupid. (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 11/22/2002 7:24:55 PM
      - A good parent has to know... - alcaray - 11/22/2002 8:10:32 PM
        
        Re: That's a deep one . . . - D. Spires - 11/22/2002 9:58:30 AM
- Reposting part of the article you posted so maybe everyone will read it this time - Mary Anne - 11/22/2002 10:50:34 AM
  - Re: Yeah, I read that . . . - D. Spires - 11/22/2002 2:54:10 PM
- Something to consider - FrankC - 11/21/2002 4:47:11 PM
  - Every day I give thanks that none of you has chosen to work for the State Department - Mary Anne - 11/22/2002 9:37:04 AM
    - well there is something like 2 million Canadians that live and work in the United States... - Scott - 11/22/2002 6:10:02 PM
    - Gee Whiz - FrankC - 11/22/2002 3:22:51 PM
      - Re: Sorry, Frank - Mary Anne - 11/22/2002 4:48:49 PM
- That's fine - Larry J - 11/21/2002 10:30:02 AM
  - Cdn military - McFly - 11/22/2002 3:02:55 PM
  - Just saying no - Mary Anne - 11/21/2002 3:09:37 PM
    - Canada is free to do what it wishes - Larry J - 11/21/2002 3:44:55 PM
      - Re: Canada is free to do what it wishes - Mary Anne - 11/22/2002 9:15:20 AM
        
        It isn't isolationism to expect deadbeats to shoulder their share of the load - Larry J - 11/22/2002 2:19:22 PM
        
        OK. Write to your congressional representative. - Mary Anne - 11/22/2002 2:28:13 PM
        
        OK, I think I catch your drift... - Larry J - 11/22/2002 2:56:08 PM
        
        Realpolitik - Mary Anne - 11/22/2002 4:44:11 PM
        
        That isn't a chip on my shoulder... - Larry J - 11/22/2002 7:33:06 PM
        
        I have been talking about Canada - Mary Anne - 11/22/2002 7:39:16 PM
        
        Canada can sleep secure at night... - Larry J - 11/22/2002 8:07:07 PM
  - Re: As a Canadian what you say kinda pisses me off - SM - 11/21/2002 10:48:14 AM
    - Then don't come begging to us for airlift capacity - Larry J - 11/21/2002 10:57:53 AM
      - Re: Americans spend more on military than any country in the world - SM - 11/21/2002 11:35:54 AM
        
        And damned lucky for the rest of the world - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2002 1:11:56 PM
        
        Re: Maybe you're partly right - SM - 11/21/2002 1:22:57 PM
        
        We wouldn't have to spend so much if other countries took care of themselves - Larry J - 11/21/2002 12:36:25 PM
        
        The last time we tried to "station troops" in Canada was 1814. - Mary Anne - 11/21/2002 3:18:01 PM
        
        *somewhat* innaccurate - McFly - 11/22/2002 2:52:41 PM
        
        A lot has changed since 1814 - Larry J - 11/21/2002 3:34:02 PM
        
        Somehow I doubt there will be a full-frontal assault on the Yukon - Mary Anne - 11/22/2002 9:00:33 AM
        
        Terrorism doesn't respond to deterrence - Larry J - 11/22/2002 2:22:55 PM
        
        Re: True . . . - D. Spires - 11/21/2002 12:47:45 PM
        
        DoD budget larger than the next 8 countries COMBINED. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 11/21/2002 12:25:54 PM
        
        I heard a quote on the radio... - alcaray - 11/21/2002 11:51:36 AM
        
        Re: Quick search on Google - SM - 11/21/2002 12:41:01 PM
      - Not even to fight Bushs' war? - Bowser - 11/21/2002 11:32:56 AM
        
        Re: Go back to bed, Bowser . . . - D. Spires - 11/21/2002 12:37:29 PM
        
        Re: Bowser has a point - SM - 11/21/2002 1:14:39 PM
        
        Re: The world was attacked -- get used to it . . . - D. Spires - 11/21/2002 1:19:47 PM
        
        The American WORLD Trade Center was attacked. - Bowser - 11/21/2002 6:26:25 PM
        
        Re: Thanks for the new topic -- now go back to bed . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 11/22/2002 2:30:33 PM
        
        Typical response. - Bowser - 11/22/2002 6:43:16 PM
        
        Re: If it's typical . . . - D. Spires - 11/22/2002 7:20:00 PM
        
        Australia's gotten that point now. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2002 1:23:17 PM
        
        Re: Now THAT is not an issue - SM - 11/21/2002 1:32:45 PM
        
        Re: Yeah, we're crumbling . . . - D. Spires - 11/21/2002 1:48:36 PM
        
        Re: Arms spending - SM - 11/21/2002 2:17:38 PM
        
        Re: Oceans - Mary Anne - 11/22/2002 10:44:03 AM
        
        Re: So -- because we’re overbearing to our enemies . . . - D. Spires - 11/21/2002 3:51:37 PM
        
        No, what this is about... - Mary Anne - 11/22/2002 10:16:01 AM
        
        criticism - McFly - 11/22/2002 3:24:07 PM
        
        Re: Yes and no . . . - D. Spires - 11/22/2002 2:26:43 PM
        
        Re: No, what this is about... - RNE - 11/22/2002 2:00:22 PM

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