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"...There is simply no way the US would have put in the same effort in the GWOT if London had been attacked."
How the fcuk would you know? Because you say so?
"Same effort"? As if we were attacked or same effort that Great Britain exerted on our behalf? I'm pretty clear that I believe my government would have been prepared to make our forces available for operations in Afghanistan should the British government requested our assistance doing so.
"...Bush had enough trouble convincing the American public of the merits of what he did even when it was for the US."
More idiocy. Had Bush NOT gone into Afghanistan following 9/11 he'd likely have been impeached.
"...The normal course of events is that if an ally needs assistance, they ask for it..."
The normal course of events isn't being discussed here. We're discussing the defense of the FALKLANDS. Nothing normal about an archipeligo buried thousands of miles from their motherland. If Australia and Canada feel this is so important then you'd make the offer of assistance now as a POLITICAL act BEFORE hostilities ensue. That offer would only be useful if announced your intention to provide additional forces, if desired, to be based there.
Otherwise there isn't squat that Canada or Australia might do once bullets start flying.
After-the-fact will be a day late and a dollar short.
You're thoroughly out of your element.
Laughably so.
"...With the amount of time you all spend bitching about him, I thought you'd get that."
Ummm...you'll be hard-pressed to find any comment about the President by myself that includes "treacherous" or "fuckwit". Whatever his intellect might be I daresay it shines in comparison to you.
"...There is simply no way the US would have put in the same effort in the GWOT if London had been attacked."
How the fcuk would you know? Because you say so?
"Same effort"? As if we were attacked or same effort that Great Britain exerted on our behalf? I'm pretty clear that I believe my government would have been prepared to make our forces available for operations in Afghanistan should the British government requested our assistance doing so.
"...Bush had enough trouble convincing the American public of the merits of what he did even when it was for the US."
More idiocy. Had Bush NOT gone into Afghanistan following 9/11 he'd likely have been impeached.
"...The normal course of events is that if an ally needs assistance, they ask for it..."
The normal course of events isn't being discussed here. We're discussing the defense of the FALKLANDS. Nothing normal about an archipeligo buried thousands of miles from their motherland. If Australia and Canada feel this is so important then you'd make the offer of assistance now as a POLITICAL act BEFORE hostilities ensue. That offer would only be useful if announced your intention to provide additional forces, if desired, to be based there.
Otherwise there isn't squat that Canada or Australia might do once bullets start flying.
After-the-fact will be a day late and a dollar short.
You're thoroughly out of your element.
Laughably so.
"...With the amount of time you all spend bitching about him, I thought you'd get that."
Ummm...you'll be hard-pressed to find any comment about the President by myself that includes "treacherous" or "fuckwit". Whatever his intellect might be I daresay it shines in comparison to you.
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