Wednesday, August 02, 2006

News from Denmark.

There may be a possibility that Denmark will send military forces to South Lebanon any way. According to Defence Minister Søren Gade, who only last week said it was impossible to send more Danish service personnel abroad, the Royal Navy (of Denmark) could contribute to a UN force if asked. Gade is quoted at Jyllands Posten as saying ; 'The Navy has done good things in the past. It's a possibility. Now we will have to wait and see what we are asked to contribute, and whether we can deliver.'
Current talks for a UN force point in the direction of a French-led action consisting of between 15,000 to 20,000 troops'.


moif: French led eh? That'll be worth seeing... I wonder how the French will cope with the Penguin Patrol ...and considering how the western nations are being described as Crusaders, I wonder if al qaeda will take to calling them the Franks...?

Its a strange irony that after the French King left the Christian crusaders in the lurch, and so many years since the French were screwing Lebanon for all it was worth as a colony, now the French are back once again, playing the good guy... Like a recurring migraine. Maybe they could send Zidane down there...? He'd soon sort them out!


Jyllands Posten also comments (in English) about todays fire fight in Musa Qala which saw a Danish soldier seriously wounded (apparently he took a bullet in the head, but still lives). Søren Gade is quote by DR online as saying; "Only by [having Danish troops in Afghanistan] can we guarantee that Afghanistan doesn't become a haven for terrorists. Terrorists that could hit us here, at home." Gade expects several more such incidents in the near future but is unfazed by the prospect.

moif: I also read today that the Iraqi PM has said Iraq will be able to take over its own security by New Years Day. This is good news indeed (with luck we can pull out the Danish troops in Iraq) and if true it means GW Bush was right all along. I wonder how that will go down amongst the socialists here. No doubt they'll deny Iraq is any better than it was under Saddam Hussein... but then again, he claimed to be a socialist as well...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

French-led, eh? I'll refrain from the obvious comment.

moif said...
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moif said...

Oh, don't hold back on my account.

=)

I'm no fan of the French, but I recall they lost troops the last time they were in Beirut. I'll be curious to see how they manage should they actually deploy.


Its annoying there is no edit function in the comments here

Anonymous said...

Heh... I'd really have nothing of substance to add beyond a snarky surrender comment.

If anyone does go there, and this is a general rant, they need to do something, not just become political targets.

It's like that old maxim: don't pull a gun unless you're willing to use it. The Marines the US lost in '83 were a waste.