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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 05:59 AM Original message |
Gates blasts NATO, questions future of alliance |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. kick |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. Clinton should of pulled us out. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. In their defense, the only time Article 5 has been invoked was on behalf of the United States |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. NATO is now a Wholly Owned Subsidiary ... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Check it out: the vultures are already planning a post-Gaddafi boom. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. wow. that's pretty interesting (and i'm pretty sure, unprecedented). |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. am i to understand that "operation odyssey dawn" isn't going too well? n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. Hopefully, it's future is dismal and it's existence doomed. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. yes! and so, hopefully, is the future of out-of-control American militarism/imperialism. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. If history is a guidepost it could go either way. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. So sick of endless war. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 04:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. me too, me too. Let's DO something about it! |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes, what we need is MORE military spending |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I think what Gates is impying is that it's easy to not spend on your own defense... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I tend to agree |
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