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To: Leifur

You probably ned to build an army to defend yourselves.


13 posted on 12/07/2005 5:36:48 PM PST by ClaireSolt (.)
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To: ClaireSolt

Have you ever heard about a city of just under 300 thousand people having their own army?

Many would say we could not afford to built one, but it is not that simple. The leftists would want us to take a pacifist stance and not have any armed forces at all. Except maybe the old Soviet one, or today a EU force, it depends on your shade of red/leftism.

If the US would go, the European faction would become much stronger and it would be able to convince people we must join the EU, or to beginn with, get their forces here and bring us thus more into the influence of the EU. Then we would lend on the wrong side of the fence if a rift would occur between the US and the EU.

We could at least newer handle our own air defences, but it is part of the NATO agreement that every country will be protected with air defences. But we are taking more responsibility for our own defenses, increasing the role of the Coast Guard and the Police, specially the Viking Team (same as SWAT) as can be seen in the Wikipedia article about Iceland:

"Sérsveit Ríkislögreglustjóra

The Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police, The Viking Team, is similar to Germany's GSG-9 and Britain's SAS, a small and well trained group of operatives. The unit handles security of the state, anti/counter-terrorism projects, security of foreign dignitaries, as well supporting the police forces in the country when needed.

The Viking team has five main squadrons: Bomb Squadron that specializes in explosives; Boat Squadron that specializes in operations on sea and water, diving and underwater warfare, and boat operations; Sniper Squadron that specializes in sniper warfare, entries, and close target reconnaissance; Intelligence Squadron that specializes in anti-terrorism intelligence, surveillance, and infiltration; and Airborne Squadron that specializes in airplane hijacking operations, skydiving and surprise assault operations, and port security.

Members of the Viking team were deployed in the Balkans as a part of an operations lead by NATO, and some members have been deployed to Afghanistan. The Special Operations Unit used to be under the command of the Reykjavík Chief of Police; however, in 2004, a new law was passed that put the Viking Team directly under the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police."


14 posted on 12/08/2005 6:43:25 AM PST by Leifur
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