Comments on: The familiar hue and cry http://blog.archenemy.org/2006/05/30/the-familiar-hue-and-cry/ rum, bloggery & the lash Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:47:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jmd http://blog.archenemy.org/2006/05/30/the-familiar-hue-and-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-524 jmd Wed, 31 May 2006 12:42:35 +0000 http://blog.archenemy.org/?p=596#comment-524 Oh no- who is going to defend the worlds strategic reserve of pickled fish? Oh no- who is going to defend the worlds strategic reserve of pickled fish?

]]> By: TJIC http://blog.archenemy.org/2006/05/30/the-familiar-hue-and-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-523 TJIC Wed, 31 May 2006 11:50:47 +0000 http://blog.archenemy.org/?p=596#comment-523 From the "military of Iceland" article: <blockquote> When Iceland became a founding member of NATO in 1949, it did so on the explicit understanding that Iceland, which has never had a <b>state funded military</b> </blockquote> You can just see the fingers of some ancap in the precise wording of that phrase! I note that the TJICistani Defense Force has never received state funding. :) From the “military of Iceland” article:

When Iceland became a founding member of NATO in 1949, it did so on the explicit understanding that Iceland, which has never had a state funded military

You can just see the fingers of some ancap in the precise wording of that phrase!

I note that the TJICistani Defense Force has never received state funding. :)

]]> By: dff http://blog.archenemy.org/2006/05/30/the-familiar-hue-and-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-522 dff Wed, 31 May 2006 02:01:18 +0000 http://blog.archenemy.org/?p=596#comment-522 Never mind, I see that it makes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Defense_Force" rel="nofollow">complete</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Iceland" rel="nofollow">sense</a>. Never mind, I see that it makes complete sense.

]]> By: dff http://blog.archenemy.org/2006/05/30/the-familiar-hue-and-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-521 dff Wed, 31 May 2006 01:53:24 +0000 http://blog.archenemy.org/?p=596#comment-521 At the very least, their location in the North Atlantic makes <a href="http://www.nato.int/structur/countries.htm" rel="nofollow">NATO membership</a> a good guess. Given NATO's article V, though, wouldn't you think a bi-lateral defense arrangement would be redundant? At the very least, their location in the North Atlantic makes NATO membership a good guess. Given NATO’s article V, though, wouldn’t you think a bi-lateral defense arrangement would be redundant?

]]> By: TJIC http://blog.archenemy.org/2006/05/30/the-familiar-hue-and-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-520 TJIC Wed, 31 May 2006 00:17:40 +0000 http://blog.archenemy.org/?p=596#comment-520 <blockquote> Who knew that the U.S. defense perimeter included Iceland </blockquote> Actually, Icelandic history nerd that I am, I knew.

Who knew that the U.S. defense perimeter included Iceland

Actually, Icelandic history nerd that I am, I knew.

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