I think sometimes John just likes to pull your chain... :o)


>>Walter, you are right! I have been wrong from the start. Wrong about everything. I just don't know what came over me. There, do you feel better now? lol :}
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>>ps. I lied. I am right!!!!
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>Whahhaha.... against ignorance and stupidity there is no cure.....
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>>>>>>Yeah buddy, if your country pulled out with its massive contribution to the war, we would surely implode. bwahahahaha. Go back to the insane asylum and talk to yourself Walter.
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>>>>>When did I say that.... you really have a hard time to get the point do ya?
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>>>>>The Netherlands has been an ally to the US for a couple of hundred years. Not only military, but also financially and politically. And before you tout it has been unidirectional... think again. The dutch played a significant role in american history... but as a good american you of course are not burdened by any relevant knowledge
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>>>>>If you really think the US can do everything on its own.. you really are even more ignorant than I thought.
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>>>>>And you really wonder why there are a lot of pleople in the world that hate americans..... tssskk..
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>>>>>I truly appologise for not knowing that you did not receive any education on history....
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>>>>>Have a nice day...
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>>>>Walter, your antipathy towards the US is well documented. I have never said the Dutch didn't support us, but you are acting like the current contribution to the wars in the middle east are significant. They are not.
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>>>You're wrong... they are significant.. if they were not, the US would not be begging us to stay in Afghanistan. Troop numbers do not say all. The dutch have a lot of airforce in the area, are located in the strategic of uruzghan and have booked success there with a different strategy that now is looked into by other nations to copy. The dutch are the leading nation in uruzghan and Major General Mart de Kruif, oversees more than 30,000 international troops in the south"
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>>>Surely we are not able to come up with tenth of thousands of troops like the US does not the brits, but what we come up with, is lead very professionally, well equiped and trained. I think you're affully misinformed by the dutch contribution to the allied forces and NATO. Its not only military, its also political and financially.
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>>>>Your country's support is a fraction of what the US, Great Britain and many other countries have made. My point is this - your country's support would not be missed except for the political aspect of our politicians being able to say ALL THESE OTHER COUNTRIES ARE INVOLVED TOO. We both know that is BS. This was has been largely prosecuted by the US and GB. with a few other countries making some significant contributioins and then a bunch of other's almost in name only.
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>>>You're wrong there... http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/61917-afghanistan-tests-us-dutch-relations
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>>>"The Dutch military has been fighting in Afghanistan as part of a NATO coalition since 2002. Over the last several years, Dutch forces have been concentrated in the Uzurgan province, where they have garnered praise for making significant gains against the Taliban. Twenty-one Dutch soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan."
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>>>If it was insignificant, we wouldn't feel the presure from the US and all other countries in afghanistan to stay this year.
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>>>You're wrong john... we're not one of those countries that are there in Name only that only are there in kandahar. No we are there to do the hard work and being the leading nation in uruzghan with heavy air support and other hardware. and not only that, they are trying to develop tactics that work better than you've been using. Also, the dutch do more than any other nation to win the symphathy of the citizens and train afghans themselves as policemen/military.
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>>>You're wrong John.... very wrong...