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Nilsen · « **Reply #30 on:** March 14, 2004, 01:56:00 PM »

No more putertime for me today sais my preggie gf so i better obey her....as usual

tata

Coolridr · « **Reply #31 on:** March 14, 2004, 02:06:36 PM »

later Nilsen10

Rino · « **Reply #32 on:** March 14, 2004, 02:48:10 PM »

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Originally posted by Nilsen10
perhaps they are just different?

And perhaps if they cleaned their OWN house, we wouldn't
have to step in to try it ourselves. But then you wouldn't be able
to smugly secondguess everything while risking nothing of your
own. So I guess it all works out.

Nilsen · « **Reply #33 on:** March 14, 2004, 03:01:13 PM »

Yeah later Coolridr

Risking nothing of our own Rino? Shows how little you know. Of course me as a person don't risk very much infront of my puter but neither do you. If you are refering to my country then you are sadly mistaken Rino.

Coolridr · « **Reply #34 on:** March 14, 2004, 03:04:27 PM »

see now it starts...we were having a good discussion of our views and then someone came in to try to flame one of us....LAME

Nilsen · « **Reply #35 on:** March 14, 2004, 03:10:15 PM »

oops, almost got pulled in by it to

ehh..where were we Coolridr.

Coolridr · « **Reply #36 on:** March 14, 2004, 03:16:44 PM »

Basically my point is that while all of us "westerners" are targets..not everyone is willing to pitch in and fight for the cause...The USA would love to have the world fight with us...but that is not the case..so we can't stop just because no-one will join us. We did manage to put together a small group but countries that are on the security council are hampering us. And besides the lowest bidder, why should a country that refused to fight with us deserve to get multi million dollar reconstruction contracts?

weaselsan · « **Reply #37 on:** March 14, 2004, 03:20:55 PM »

Otto · « **Reply #38 on:** March 14, 2004, 03:33:19 PM »

Nilsen, you have posted on this threat 14 times.

Nilsen · « **Reply #39 on:** March 14, 2004, 03:33:56 PM »

you have a point Coolridr but i think the Iraqi people should get to choose when/if they get a working goverment.

I dont think Norway should get any contracts in Iraq just because we have troops there if "our" companies are not competitive. The Iraquis should get the best they can for their money cause there is alot of rebuilding to do.

If im not mistaken (on soft ground here) there has been some discussion on wether they should get the CDMA? or GSM cellphone system. Some european suppliers have offered GSM while one or 2 american companies have offered only CDMA?. This is one of those desitions that the people of iraq will have to live with for a long time and should be chosen by them. This was just one of the issues and a trivial one but still..

Yeah Otto, i know.... Its sunday and only crap on tv. I picked a thread that i had an opinion about and decided to stick with it

Coolridr · « **Reply #40 on:** March 14, 2004, 03:41:07 PM »

We are only asking the Iraqi people take time to write a constitution that will work before we just hand the country back over...their police and military must be rebuilt as with most of the other departments in the government. Our stake in that is to try to weed out Saddam's people from those positions. so it won't just revert back to the way it was.

As for the contracts..you have a point....Alot of us Americans just like to hold grudges against those who so loudly disagree with us (Namely the French)..especially from countries that kinda owe their existance to our need to be involved outside our borders.

Nilsen · « **Reply #41 on:** March 14, 2004, 03:56:28 PM »

No doubt about that. The goverment, police, basic education, basic healthcare and the military (partly) will have to be in order before withdrawl. The UN or some sort of foregin security force will also most likley have to be in Iraq for a long time to make sure and also to protect Iraq from neighbours who may take advantage of the lack of a strong goverment/army.

On the contract issue i see your point too....trust me, but the needs of the iraqi people has to come first imo.

Coolridr · « **Reply #42 on:** March 14, 2004, 03:58:22 PM »

Ahhhh..we are reaching a coomon ground here I think....By the way...Loved working with the Norwegian Navy while on my many deployments to the Baltic and Med.

Nilsen · « **Reply #43 on:** March 14, 2004, 04:05:52 PM »

lol yeah..looks like we are aproaching some sort of undersanding

when was that? maybe we have met.

Coolridr · « **Reply #44 on:** March 14, 2004, 04:10:21 PM »

USS SPRUANCE (DD-963) BALTOPS '96
USS SPRUANCE MED '97
USS LABOON (DDG-58)MED/GULF Feb-Aug 2000
USS LABOON MED/GULF Jun-Dec 2002

The only ship name I remember was the Tronheim? I think that is right....Actually visited Oslo in '96