2×4: Well, Rune, Europe was Danish (Viking) bitch about 1000 years ago. I guess it’s some form of karma.

- Vikings? This is all getting rather silly. What is it you are trying to say? It appears you agree with the liberals, that USAs European allies are best described as lapdogs?

NahnCee:As for Rune, you have no vote about anything. You and yours are contributing not money nor bullets nor boots, so just shut the hell up and slink back to your socialist little igloo while your betters figure out what to do about the mess you have helped to create through laziness, inattention and anti-Americanism … again.

- it hardly merits a reply. But Denmark has probably been the most steadfast ally of USA (and Israel for that matter) in Western Europe and we have been in Iraq and Afghanistan from the start. Nice to see it is being noticed and appreciated. If you go back in Belmont’s archives on fallback and blogspot, you’ll find that I have personally backed USA up far back, so you’ll excuse me if I go easy on your anti-Americanism. Or perhaps you are only being anti-Danish? … again

OldSalt:
You can’t begin to appreciate the grief true American patriots experience for every one of these kids killed or maimed.

- Why on Earth would you think that? You don’t think Danes love their children, brothers, fathers or sons? There are killed Danes whom have been brought home in coffins, both from Iraq and Afghanistan. I have a friend who no more than two months ago was almost killed, was grievously hurt and who will be crippled for life. As I just wrote, of all your allies in Afghanistan Denmark has suffered the highest number of casualties – because Denmark unlike some other nations insist troops are stationed where there is the greatest need of them. In the south. It’s rather insulting to say we shouldn’t feel every much as bad for those of ours dead or harmed as you do for yours.

OldSalt:
Danes can be anyone’s “bitches”, but I expect that your men in uniform don’t see it quite that way. I doubt that you’re the sort of Dane to put on a uniform and go in harms way, are you? Nuff said.

Lets start by affirming that you know as little of me as I want to know of you. Nuff said. And if this is the sort of talk, which passes as debate Belmonts’ these days – how far the mighty has fallen since last I was here. Shrill ad-hominens and insults at the smallest not tooing the line. If your case is as good as you seem to believe, you should be able to defend it without stooping to such. Or perhaps you resort to such because you fail at arguments?