“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?” -Rune

Then lets both just get back to the topic at hand. America is a large nation. Not every segment of our society appreciates the service of the Danes (nor can even place Demark on a map). The folks on this site do. And my emphasis on American Marines and Soldiers should not be interpreted as thinking less of Danes. That’s something you created from whole cloth. NO one here is denigrating the service of our allies. (We just wish, occasionally, they’d put a few more troops in the field and spend more than an average 1/2 of 1% of the countries GNP on defense. And, it’d be nice of other European countries put blood on the line, as the Danes have, rather than hanging back in the rear. American kids are still the tip of the spear in Afghanistan.)

If you feel your troops “unappreciated” in their service, welcome to the club. But again, as much as I as an American get pissed off about the general European snobbery vis-a-vice America and our military, it doesn’t really matter. When I was in uniform, I enjoyed working with my European, Asian, South American, and other counterparts, but I was never confused who I fought for. It was the cute baby girl at home, my son, wife, my sisters, my friends, and even the friggin* unpatriotic (there.. I’ve said it) Democrat lefties I went to school with. I fought for America first, including freedom, truth and justice, as well.

But anyhow, let’s both dial it back. Russia is Denmarks enemy, not the USA. And vice-versa.