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Offline Dowding

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Why wasn't the UN involved in the decision to attack Afghanistan?
« Reply #120 on: October 24, 2001, 04:43:00 PM »
Perhaps Pongo. But why are Turkey in NATO? Questionable human rights record and a bit of 'odd man out' all round.

But they give us more reach into the Middle East and provide us with another Muslim ally. By having them in the alliance we can apply more pressure to calm the Greek-Turkey conflict.

A similar approach could be taken to Russia in a mutual support arrangement. Perhaps not now, but in a couple of decased time?
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« Reply #121 on: October 24, 2001, 05:06:00 PM »
Not the slightest smidge of nationalist fervour. Nor the capability to express it if they had. I aggree they are an interesting member for nato but looking at who nato was formed to contain you can see the advantage to nato having Turkey on side.
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« Reply #122 on: October 24, 2001, 08:53:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Boroda:

BTW, looks like NATO troops in Kosovo are really neutral when it comes to slaughtering Serbs and blowing up Orthodox churches that are 800 years old. Even Turks were not so neutral.

Ahhhh....crap, I don't believe for a second that Nato sholdiers slaughtered Serbs, or blew up Churches, unless your refering to the air campaign. Even then I don't belive Nato would've deliberately hit such politically dangerous targets.
I worked with a Serb, and according to 'serb' radio/news even here in Australia, Nato was losing hundreds of aircraft, raping Nuns, burning bibles (orthodox of course),..F-15's killing the petdog from 20k etc etc. A biased attitude can often soak up such ridiculous propaganda.

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« Reply #123 on: October 24, 2001, 09:57:00 PM »
I am Croatian so feel free to disregard this comment as biased or unfair if you find it so.

The serbs do really have an historical "inferiority" complex of sorts just like their Russian big brothers. Thats why they lie, exaggerate and boast so much when they are in touble, or really just most of the time.
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« Reply #124 on: October 25, 2001, 11:06:00 AM »
Well, well, misunderstanding again.

I didn't mean NATO troops slaughtering Serbs. I meant that they are neutral enough to let Kosovo turn into something like Chechnya. Remember how they tried to disarm KLA? Naive... And that strange "cannabis harvest" in Macedonia... I don't think NATO officials are that stupid to think Albanians will give up all weapons. Planned 3500 barrels is much less then they have.
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« Reply #125 on: October 25, 2001, 02:28:00 PM »
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« Reply #126 on: October 25, 2001, 10:48:00 PM »
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And that strange "cannabis harvest" in Macedonia...

????? WTF?

Was it any good?
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« Reply #127 on: October 25, 2001, 11:23:00 PM »
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Well, well, misunderstanding again.

I didn't mean NATO troops slaughtering Serbs. I meant that they are neutral enough to let Kosovo turn into something like Chechnya. Remember how they tried to disarm KLA? Naive... And that strange "cannabis harvest" in Macedonia... I don't think NATO officials are that stupid to think Albanians will give up all weapons. Planned 3500 barrels is much less then they have.

riiiighht

 

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