I don't need to check the DOD web site to know who are allies are- and to know there are Iraqis who are fighting in Iraq against terrorists.
I realize there are a scant few troops (23) who were deployed to Afghanistan back in 2003. Late.. but good- Of course Your leader, supported by your country, still has done nothing in Iraq other than tried to block our attempts to take Saddam off the streets-and it could be because there were a few German folks who were making a good deal of money off of Saddam in power. Really nice.
That must be how you pay back a country who suffered for Germany- and continues to suffer for Germany's freedom today.
So you want to explain to the police in training and the people in Iraq who are dying - while helping our troops- that they are not our allies? You want to tell them they are not doing as much as the Few German troops in the Horn of Africa are doing to fight terrorists?
Ummm.. Hello Iraq doesn't have an official government at the moment. Could that be why you don't see their name on a list?
You may have served your country- but you have done nothing for America, you have done nothing to pay back those who gave you freedom- the very freedom we protect by fighting terrorism today. We ,the country and the ancestors of the people who died for your freedom.
You think it is true that America brought terrorism to Iraq? You showing up here and pointing fingers is disgusting to me.
Why don't you go study LAW.. in your cushy little school.. and continue to live off the backs of good men and women who have laid their lives so you could be a smart Alec. Try not to think of the families who have suffered, and children who have lost a parent while they were fighting for freedom. Be they Iraqi- American- Italian or Polish.
You are nothing but a spoiled pampered leftist.
Your are such a big brave soldier- why don't you go into Iraq and help with the cause and help Iraqi children get the freedom that was handed to you?
AGAIN: WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM???
You refuse to look up things, you even don´t check my screen name. I am not a jewish High School student and I am not posting in a "blame America first" style. Get real and wake up!
There are 2,500 German soldiers in Afghanistan, not many, I know, but still the 2nd largest contingent behind the US.
We´ve been there since 2001! Since 2003, 2,000 German soldiers stand guard to protect US facilities in Germany. That was a kind gesture to make US soldiers available for the Iraq mission.
You don´t know anything of German politics, or you would know that our opposition resulted from the pacifist ideology of the people.
WHEN DID I SAY THAT IRAQIS ARE NOT YOUR ALLIES??
AND: Surely Iraq has a government right now. Have you lived under a rock on July 1st??
Don´t you think too that America brought terrorism to Iraq? I mean, the invasion was an invitation for all the cockroaches to come to Iraq. What I add, is, that those insects would have come out of their holes anyway, so it was just a different place or time they came out.
You call the University of Hamburg a crushy little school? I don´t know where you live and what you do, but we´re proud of our city, which was free when nobody thought of the USA.
"You are nothing but a spoiled pampered leftist."
That´s enough. Take this back or I have to report this. This is far beyond the bottomline.
I don´t go to Iraq because my country is not sending soldiers there. I serve my country and noone else.