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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:07 PM Original message |
Germany is withdrawing from NATO operations in response to intervention in Libya |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well then they should block NATO taking over. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Germany opposes NATO taking over...France and the US want NATO in charge |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. US needs to pull out of bases in Germany. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. The only things the bases in Germany do is prop up the German economy. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Exactly. German economy gets all the benefit. US taxpayers soak up all the cost. |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Prop up the German economy? |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Id guess you'd be wrong |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Sure about that? |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I agree. There are plenty of eastern european nations that want the |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Screw that! We need to quit having bases every damned where. |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Amen! |
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3lyford (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. +1 |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Great post! |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I highly doubt that any country feels they need to be |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Most US international bases should be closed....nt |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. You know I've always been opposed to our overseas bases, but you almost change my mind. |
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Duende azul (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Oooh Yessss!! Pull out of all countries that aren't going to war with the US. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Things sure change over time. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. I never thought I write this but |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. They are protecting their wealth. |
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Duende azul (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Nope. They have no mandate from parliament for the Libya assault. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Why would Germany run the bases = multi billion subsidy for their economy |
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reorg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You will hear a big round of applause in Germany |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Germany is a sovreign country they could request that we leave at any time. |
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Duende azul (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. What nuclear powered ally? |
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reorg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Since 1998, to be exact |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. You do know how those bases got there, right? |
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Duende azul (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. Not the whole picture. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. Good for them. NATO sucked bigtime back in the 90s, and still does. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. OMG! Germany doesn't care about innocent civilians being genocided! Oh noes! |
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Duende azul (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. OMG. There is a war, Germany doesn´t want to start. What's become of them? |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. The charade is unraveling sooner than even I had imagined. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. i dont think germany's decision has anythig to do with your position. my opinion only |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. As always... |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. 70 years ago this Thursday, Rommel started his first offensive in Libya |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
33. Glad to see that the Germans realize the Cold War is over. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. Ya never know if the Germans oppose war on principle or if its just not on a big enough scale..... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
36. germany is very much in isolationist mode. it is serving them well. nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
38. Germany is withdrawing from the Mediterranean and |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
39. Auf Wiedersehen! |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
40. A people who know the horrors of war won't take part in the destruction of a third world nation |
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