yes but not in Trinidad. I mean, the United States is not going to invade Trinidad. That's almost as funny as the United States invading Grenada :)
C'mon now, I see your point, but it's not Iraq down there. At worst the troops may have to dodge some Carnival floats... On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My country is at war. My friends are fighting and dying, and it's not > fucking funny. > > > Dana wrote: > > it's JOKE Tim :) lighten up :) > > > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Come the fuck on. > >> It's a damn medpac. We do them all over the world all the time. > >> > >> You really make me fucking sick sometimes. I hope you never have need > >> of the military. > >> > >> Dana wrote: > >>> see what happens? If you aren't nice to the US we'll bring you > >>> democracy and goodwill :) > >>> > >>> On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 5:16 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> the US claims it has nothing to do with the Venezuela-Colombia dispute. > >>>> :( > >>>> They've started the PR-speak. > >>>> They could be stationed at Aruba...or Curacao or something. Those > >>>> places are close to the Venezuelan coastline as well. :-\ > >>>> > >>>> "A GROUP of United States soldiers are in Trinidad conducting > >>>> exercises, but their presence has nothing to do with recent > >>>> developments in South America involving Venezuela and Colombia. > >>>> > >>>> The soldiers are part of the project called 'Beyond the Horizon', an > >>>> initiative of the US Army South Command and forms part of peace > >>>> keeping efforts in the region and which was planned months ago the US > >>>> Embassy said. > >>>> > >>>> Yesterday, Michelle Jones of the US Embassy's Public Affairs Unit said > >>>> the troops were here to conduct medical outreach programmes and to aid > >>>> in construction projects. > >>>> > >>>> She said the activities were planned months ago. > >>>> > >>>> Last year an army medical ship was here as part of the overall programme. > >>>> > >>>> The soldiers, stationed at Defence Force headquarters, Chaguaramas > >>>> will be here over the next few weeks and will then go to Suriname. > >>>> > >>>> A US army website said Beyond The Horizon is a "large-scale operation > >>>> designed to foster goodwill and improve relations between the United > >>>> States and partner nations throughout Latin America and the > >>>> Caribbean." > >>>> > >>>> The operation includes humanitarian and civic assistance projects as > >>>> well as medical and veterinary assistance that "helps improve the > >>>> quality of life for people living in under resourced rural areas. It > >>>> will also provide readiness-training opportunities for US military > >>>> units and their partner-nation counterparts." > >>>> > >>>> Cpt Samantha A Garcia, 28, who is here as part of the contingent was > >>>> quoted on the website as saying she was looking forward to "working > >>>> with the people of Trinidad and Suriname during this operation. This > >>>> is a mission of goodwill and cooperation, and to see the tangible > >>>> results of helping others and improving relations will be extremely > >>>> rewarding for me." > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255963 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
