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For Desi: "Swedish Fly"

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AMONG THE MORE stalwart American allies throughout the Cold War and the war on terror one can number Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and . . . Sweden. Wait! Sweden? The steadfastly "non-aligned"? Home of the cradle-to-grave welfare state, of the pacifist Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)? The country that lambasted us throughout the Vietnam War and which has regularly criticized our actions in Iraq? That Sweden?

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/892d...

By aztec on Mar 19, 2008, 10:07 in Politics & the war. AddThis Social Bookmark Button


Monpirri says on Mar 19, 2008, 18:44:

Thank you. I know my name is not Desi but I read it.
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CatGirl says on Mar 19, 2008, 20:45:

Jajaja...I was curious about what the answers would be - hola Monpirri

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miamimike says on Mar 22, 2008, 22:04:

The country that lambasted us throughout the Vietnam War and which has regularly criticized our actions in Iraq? That Sweden?
=====================================================================Aztec--its not only Sweden that criticized the Iraq Crusade, now 70% of Americans also are vigorously criticizing our reasons for going into Iraq. Myself included and I'm a Vet to boot! There a lot of us US Veterans against Iraq but who believe in pursuing Mr Bin Laden. Many of us hard time understanding why Bush pulled most of the Troops off the Hunt for Bin Laden and instead into Iraq for non existent WMD,,,

"Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? ... That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." -- Feb. 28, 2008 --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C.,

Desideria (Moderator) says on Mar 23, 2008, 02:21:

I'm not really into Swedish Jas Gripen fighter planes or Bofors cannons but I'm aware, only marginally, though, that the Swedish weapon industry has been flourishing for the longest time; we sold steel to Nazi Germany atthe same time as we kept stricy political neutrality and would not help our neighbour Finland when the Russian hordes crossed the border...so in a sense I'm not surprised at all: we share the very same pragmatic outlook onlife withthe gringos: a war is a good opportunity for profiteering.

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

aztec says on Mar 24, 2008, 07:30:

American, Your use of noam chomsky destroys any validity of your comments!

aztec says on Mar 24, 2008, 08:58:

Wow! You are running in some some high cotton!

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