Clever. Most unfortunately...

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Clever. Most unfortunately...

Tom Brosz — 3/11/2004 12:11:18 AM (archived)

The list of 19 NATO nations I used for the "almost two-thirds" statement, and the dates they joined for more recent members:

Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic (1999)
Denmark
France
Germany (1955)
Greece (1952)
Hungary (1999)
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland (1999)
Portugal
Spain (1982)
Turkey (1952)
United Kingdom
United States

Now:

Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia have been invited to join NATO as well (they aren't members yet), and you might then make a case that they were "bribed," since all of them (except, I think, Slovenia) are Coalition members. But if they were members, then, you see, instead of saying "almost two-thirds" of NATO were Coalition members, I would have used "70 percent."

NATO has one advantage the U.N. does not: it restricts membership to nations that, as the Treaty puts it,are "founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law."

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    - You know, a normal person might think atomic weapons in the hands of an Israeli war criminal is a bad idea. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/11/2004 6:36:23 AM
    - yeah, too bad - Davin L. - 3/10/2004 4:16:50 PM
      - One Addition. . . - Justin Kelly - 3/11/2004 4:34:27 AM
        
        re: One Addition. . . - Davin L. - 3/11/2004 4:39:52 AM
        
        Cakewalks - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 7:57:59 PM
        
        re: One Addition. . . - Justin Kelly - 3/11/2004 5:06:44 AM
        
        re: One Addition. . . - McFly - 3/11/2004 3:03:51 PM
        
        re: One Addition. . . - Justin Kelly - 3/12/2004 1:33:12 AM
        
        Thanks for your reply, Justin (n/t) - McFly - 3/12/2004 6:03:47 PM
        
        Amen.. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/11/2004 4:02:15 PM
        
        Well said, McFly. (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/11/2004 3:33:11 PM
        
        re: One Addition. . . - Davin L. - 3/11/2004 5:18:25 AM
        
        Iraq - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 8:00:52 PM
      - BTW... - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 5:35:16 PM
        
        re: BTW... - McFly - 3/10/2004 6:33:13 PM
        
        Iran - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 7:00:20 PM
        
        What do you think I am, an idiot? - Davin L. - 3/10/2004 6:16:11 PM
        
        You established that long ago. (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/11/2004 2:46:43 AM
        
        Is that a trick question? Sorry. Couldn't resist. ;) - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 6:47:08 PM
        
        re: Is that a trick question? Sorry. Couldn't resist. ;) - Davin L. - 3/10/2004 7:34:47 PM
        
        Incidentally, almost two-thirds of NATO are members of the Coalition. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 11:08:26 PM
        
        Funny how that happens: you expand NATO and make your sponsorship of the new members contingent upon them supporting the war. LOL (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/10/2004 11:15:21 PM
        
        Uncle Sugar supplies 'em, pays 'em, pays their countries, for a couple of hundred folks. - Bowser - 3/11/2004 2:03:21 AM
        
        Clever. Most unfortunately... - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 12:11:18 AM
        
        hold on there sparky - Davin L. - 3/11/2004 12:20:47 AM
        
        re: hold on, yourself - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 2:51:49 AM
        
        re: hold on, yourself - Davin L. - 3/11/2004 4:21:00 AM
        
        Okay, I counted the United States, which maybe wasn't strictly cricket. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 7:53:28 PM
        
        For the record... - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 2:58:27 AM
      - re: too bad - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 5:26:15 PM
        
        Tom Brosz timeless collection of H'Zone favorite old songs: - Davin L. - 3/10/2004 6:10:04 PM
        
        re: H'Zone favorite old songs: - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 6:38:29 PM
        
        Wow- you really must be desperate - Davin L. - 3/10/2004 7:24:09 PM
        
        re: Wow- you really must be desperate - gbaikie - 3/11/2004 1:00:35 AM
        
        re: Wow- you really must be desperate - Davin L. - 3/11/2004 4:33:27 AM
        
        re: Wow- you really must be desperate - gbaikie - 3/11/2004 7:08:17 AM
      - Excellent. You did forget The Ultimate Weapon. - Bowser - 3/10/2004 4:33:29 PM
    - Short quiz. Betcha won't answer, as the truth would hurt too much. - Bowser - 3/10/2004 3:43:34 PM
      - See my response to Davin. - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 6:24:25 PM
        
        Told you so. Told you so, told you so told you so. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/10/2004 8:28:34 PM
        
        Isn't it funny how he throws the term 'buttmonkey' around while he's this predictable in his responses and positions? - Davin L. - 3/10/2004 9:42:05 PM
        
        "RWBBM." Yeah...has a nice ring to it! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 11:10:07 PM
        
        You could abbreviate it to... - Mary Anne - 3/11/2004 1:29:43 PM
        
        Try NOT recycling the lme arguments on RightWingBlogs, and we might shorten it to the even snazzier RWBM (RightWingButtMonkey) (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/10/2004 11:17:38 PM
        
        Is that one of those "the nature of the source invalidates the argument" things? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 12:12:24 AM
        
        Ripping off someone elses online ramble and mining it for rhetoric is not a 'source', its parroting. - Davin L. - 3/11/2004 12:22:47 AM

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