Most welcomed Coalition forces in Iraq?

[Schiller]

I personally vote for the Koreans in Nasiriya ;)

[ßå$tĮТHÏ¿ð]

I vote for the polish...I personally wouldnt want to piss of any polacks.....

[Dalleer]

Despite the death of a Danish soldier, I'd say the Danish are hanging real well there.

And they seem to be doing a good job as well.

[Guttorm]

Uh... Howcome the Norwegians aren't in that poll? Were there too.. :(


:D I don't think the locals can see the difference between the norwegians and the brits.

[mocking_loudly_died]

Brits hands down.

Hearts and minds experts - subversion with smiles.

[ShotOver]

Umm.. mate, the 3 main countrys in the invasion were

America
Britian
Australia

And i do not see Australia on your poll...

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Hahahahahaaha! "Welcomed"? HAHAHA!

Your poll is moronic. The people of Iraq will "welcome" the US, and any other forces from the West, whether they like it or not. And if they don't... they'll be taught how to.

Please... spare us from your sophomoric exercises. :-)

The next time you try to cheer on a mulilateral "force" in Iraq... pause a moment and ask why other Arab nations, who live on the doorstep of Iraq are not involved...

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[The Walrus]

Go Estonia!!!!! woot woot woot woot

I think the Iraqi's would benefit very much from our saunas and 'rükkileib' (the best brown bread in Europe ;) )

[Guttorm]

Go Estonia!!!!! woot woot woot woot

I think the Iraqi's would benefit very much from our saunas and 'rükkileib' (the best brown bread in Europe ;) )

I've been to Estonia... Tallin is a beautifull city...
But the food... We were served som godawefull sausages... eww...

[NcDeuce]

Umm.. mate, the 3 main countrys in the invasion were

America
Britian
Australia

And i do not see Australia on your poll...

Yeah, someone rushed the poll. :)

[Smintjes]

Dutch forces?

[PsihoKeke]

Brits hands down.

Hearts and minds experts - subversion with smiles.

Yes, they really proved thei skills in Northen Ireland.

[Haiw]

Brits hands down.

Hearts and minds experts - subversion with smiles.

Yes, they really proved thei skills in Northen Ireland.
actually they did; things over there are pretty much solved now...

oh and errm....did i miss us pulling out all of a sudden? :roll:

[Frost]

Being Dutch and having contacts with the Dutch Military, I can say that the dutch are welcomed by the majority of the populatian in the dutch zone. The dutch are considered less agrassive than the US forces. But that also has something to do with the fact that the Dutch Marines are an extremely well trained elite force. That while there are very much US guys who just got out of highschool and don't know how to handle the ****. However it must be said that I'm not sure if the Dutch Marines would have done a better job when they would have been in baghdad. The Dutch Marines are just in a region were there's a lot of hate agianst sadam. It's also the area where the ppl tried to stand up against sadam dirctly after the first GW.

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if the spannish can get shot so would the dutch..whatever you say about them..

[Ichhabe]

Sorry to say, but this is a stupid poll. For the Iraqis, we are all of us, a occupating force. And to try to "see" who is the most populare force is,...just stupid.
And for the Iraqis and other groups inside the country that doesn't like us being there, well... I think it is just a matter of time before every country that has occupation forces inside there will at least send one coffin home, if not more.

I won't even consider clicking on any country, even if Norway had been up there.

[Fioraon]

Brits hands down.

Hearts and minds experts - subversion with smiles.

Yes, they really proved thei skills in Northen Ireland.
actually they did; things over there are pretty much solved now...

oh and errm....did i miss us pulling out all of a sudden? :roll:

Solved? No. Stalled? Yes.

[mocking_loudly_died]

Solved? No. Stalled? Yes.

Ireland was and is very complicated.

The Brits have been running successful hearts and minds campaigns throughout out the world, read a book one-day.

Some starting places would be:

Borneo
Brunei
Aden
Malaya

Sigh, I'm to tired to deliver you a thesis at this time, do your research then whinge about the UK

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>Yes, they really proved thei skills in Northen Ireland.

"Yes, they really proved thei skills in Northen Ireland." Good one.

>actually they did; things over there are pretty much solved now...

Please... don't get us started on that one. I mean the person who posts the comment "things over there are pretty much solved now..." has just been train-wrecked on that comment with the current elections.

"things over there are pretty much solved now..." HAHAHA! Not if the D.U.P. can help it! :-)

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[The Walrus]

Go Estonia!!!!! woot woot woot woot

I think the Iraqi's would benefit very much from our saunas and 'rükkileib' (the best brown bread in Europe ;) )

I've been to Estonia... Tallin is a beautifull city...
But the food... We were served som godawefull sausages... eww...

If memory serves, Tallinn does have crap sausages, but I guess it's an acquired taste, but to balance that you have the ultra-cheap high quality ice-cream, two original types of lemonade (one tastes like iron-bru without the aftertaste, yum), and of course not forgetting the utterly delicious brown bread, of which Tallinn style is the best, you haven't tasted brown bread till you've had Tallinn brown bread, it's the combination of chewiness, sweetness and sourness that makes it the epitome of original brown breads, every time a relative visits (or when I go) it is imperative that they bring as much Tallinn style brown bread as humanly possible.
Damn, that that brown bread is just soooo sweet...

[Haiw]

well, might just be me, but there's (at least to my knowledge) no more attacks in NI, and no more dead squaddies comming home...theres a ceasefire with the IRA, and the streets of london havent been shaking from an IRA attack in a long time...might just be me, but from the 'military solution' stance it sure as hell looks a hell of a lot better than iraq...

[srbn1]

The first Southeast Asian nation to send troops in Iraq- The Philippines we are not in the polls???

[PsihoKeke]

Aden was not succesful heart and minds campaign, British had to pull out an country was torn by civil war which left islamic North Jemen and comunist South Jemen which suported rebellion in Oman, which turned out to be successful h&m campign. British also failed in Cyprus.

Northern Ireland is complicated matter. British failed to defeat IRA, but IRA failed to gain its ultimate goal, reunification of Ireland. Instead both sides agreed to political solution. But at elections this week Sin Fein and Paisleys party have won mayority in NI parlament, so situation could go to hell again.

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Haiw wrote:

"well, might just be me, but there's (at least to my knowledge) no more attacks in NI"

Well... the various groups in "NI" are entrenched. They have their own little turf carved out by now. It might not be political but it will be about money. They are just "hoods" (as a bloke I knew who grew up in Derry once said.)

There will be attacks by other groups too... such as the Continuity IRA. Here, and there, they'll keep up the sham.:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/troubles/factfiles/conira.shtml

(Link above worth a read.)

"and no more dead squaddies comming home"

That would be a good thing. No more need for British soldiers to die in the North of Ireland.

...theres a ceasefire with the IRA"

P.I.R.A.

"and the streets of london havent been shaking from an IRA attack in a long time"

Well the streets of London did not shake that much in the "Troubles". It was other cities and towns in England that bore the brunt of the P.I.R.A. campaigns on the mainland. Most of the atrocities were carried out in Northern Ireland.

"but from the 'military solution' stance it sure as hell looks a hell of a lot better than iraq..."

Yes it does... because there was, and is, no 'military solution' there.

PsihoKekec wrote:

"Northern Ireland is complicated matter. British failed to defeat IRA, but IRA failed to gain its ultimate goal, reunification of Ireland."

Take it easy there. The British might be all over you there on that one. :-)

"Instead both sides agreed to political solution. But at elections this week Sin Fein and Paisleys party have won mayority in NI parlament, so situation could go to hell again."

Awesome. You have it there my friend.

Yet do not forget that, once, it was not just "both sides"... it was all of the people of Ireland who voted to ratify the Good Friday agreement:

http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/today/good_friday/synopsis.html

Dialogue is the best. Sure we could all fight for years and years across generations according to the fanatics from both sides.... but when the majority of people voted, they voted for peace. End of war, end of 'struggle', end of tyranny.

Yet soon political deadlock, and now the D.U.P. are the majority...

... and again another bloody chapter might open in the history book of Ireland.

:-(

The P.I.R.A will not stand for a D.U.P. agenda.

Ever.

All bets will be off. Watch for a huge effort by Tony Blair (British P.M.) and Bertie Ahern (Irish Taoiseach) across this Christmas and the New Year to bring some sort of rationality to both sides. As they should.. and they will get it.

Up to Easter next year. I can't see anything beyond that.

Haiw? The people might want peace but the extremists will keep driving the vote into other areas. The will of the people does not matter to these people. A few bombs here and there? There is no military solution.

Northern Ireland is too complicated my friend. There is no "military solution".

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[Saranof]

probly the brits, seem to be winning it by charm

[martinexsquaddie]

N.I. will go on and on and on.
fortunatly there now mostly argueing on TV instead of trying to kill large numbers. Both sides want to win rather than live in harmony. the rest of the UK would love to get rid of NI but nobody else really wants it certainly not dublin :(.
hey the kennedys are not doing anything they could be made king of ulster *laughs then runs for cover :)*

[fokket]

Korea all the way..