how many years did we cover their asses along with the French, Germans, et al. We are the reason they don't speak Russian and had to forget German. damn!
French and Germans abandoned us when the going got tough, the UK stuck with us. I'm not going to forget that kind of fidelity.
We are the reason they don't speak Russian and had to forget German. damn!
Friends don't keep score, but they remember their debts. They remembered their debt and stuck with us, we remember ours by following through with this deal.
If you want your allies to back you up and relieve you of the burdens you have shouldered you will have to work with them. Let them develop independant capabilities or form a real European army and you loose their dependence on US leadership.
In 1940 the Germans said they would ring Britain's neck like a chicken. In 1942 Churchill said: Some chicken! Some neck!
Without Britain, Europe would speak German and America would have sheltered from German rockets, German nuclear capabilities and a not-so-cold war with an enemy capable of anything.
The jury is still out about them speaking Russian. Drudge has a story on its site this morning about how Putin is seizing Shell's stake in the Sakahlin-2 Gas Project.
Putin is nationalizing $20B.
Meanwhile, the incoming House Intel chair can't locate his glutes without a map and a flashlight.
Oh for F**s sake..
Is that drivel the best argument you have?.At least make a cogent point,please.