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Dave From Canada Donating Member (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-12-07 09:22 PM
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8. France and Germany have failed NATO. They barely have a presence there, and they're doing none of
the heavy lifting. Canadian troops have been doing most of the difficult work over the last year or so. France and Germany should be ashamed of themselves. Their Governments are scared to act because it may be politically unpopular, even though it would be the right thing to do.
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  -Gates presses NATO for more troops for Afghanistan defendandprotect  Dec-12-07 02:40 AM   #0 
  - What an absolute IDIOT.  AlertLurker   Dec-12-07 07:58 AM   #1 
  - Geez, the bush cabal leaves Afghanistan in order to Illegally  Spazito   Dec-12-07 08:23 AM   #2 
  - Is there any reason to believe that NATO will comply with the Bush/Gates  whistle   Dec-12-07 08:35 AM   #3 
  - Yes  karynnj   Dec-12-07 08:39 AM   #4 
  - Well Canada is part of NATO and they have been in Afghanistan  whistle   Dec-12-07 09:06 AM   #5 
     - The dynamics in Afghanistan are not the same as Iraq  karynnj   Dec-12-07 09:57 AM   #6 
  - Well, some say that the US is NATO --  defendandprotect   Dec-12-07 09:07 PM   #7 
  - France and Germany have failed NATO. They barely have a presence there, and they're doing none of  Dave From Canada   Dec-12-07 09:22 PM   #8 
 

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