Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
If you are in the NATO you must be able to make a fist, a certain percentage of your budget.
That's another thing, I want out of NATO. It looks like it works for Sweden, don't see why it shouldn't work for us.

Quote Originally Posted by Major Robert Dump View Post
Very well said.

Now, I think some of you "defensive" types are mixing up the OPs specific opinion about his military with that of military in general. For example, unless I am missing something, nothing yet has been said to rail the US military, yet US people chime in and act like they are "OMGZ" affronted Glenn Beck style. I realize he made some tacky comments about the UK military in response to others....but really....he is from a small country with different needs, different ideals, and different lifestyles that I for one do not understand -- for example, the idea of involuntary conscription -- which we obviously don't have here in the US. Look at his post from the perspective of his nationality and his country's history and maybe, just maybe, it will fall into context, without the need for all the retarded "cut ur social programs lolz" comments.


I don't care how you people spend your tax money. But I do care about how my own are spent. And I really don't see the need for a military in Norway; we will be bankrupt if we are to build an army strong enough to deter any attackers, and I'm against wars like the one in Afghanistan.

If we are to get invaded again, if 1940 happens again, then there is still no need for our army. The one we have now is cannon fodder, the only chance we have to make a contribution in WW3 is the same we did in WW2, run to the forests and start a guerrilla war to make the enemy keep a strong garrison here so he can be beaten somewhere else. But why not just skip the part where our army is slaughtered, and go straight for the guerrilla thing? It'll be a lot cheaper, both in terms of money and lives.