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  1. October 29, 2010, 03:06 PM #1
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    Default Latvian Soldiers honored by US

    http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/10/25...-europe-title4

    Nice to show those with smaller militaries are honored for their commitment to ISAF. (the Latvian Army has 992 soldiers, they have 155 in Afghanistan).
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    Good, I guess.
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    Both male and female walruses have tusks and have been observed using these overgrown teeth to help pull themselves out of the water.

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    Walruses use their iconic long tusks for a variety of reasons, each of which makes their lives in the Arctic a bit easier. They use them to haul their enormous bodies out of frigid waters, thus their "tooth-walking" label, and to break breathing holes into ice from below. Their tusks, which are found on both males and females, can extend to about three feet (one meter), and are, in fact, large canine teeth, which grow throughout their lives. Male walruses, or bulls, also employ their tusks aggressively to maintain territory and, during mating season, to protect their harems of females, or cows.
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  3. October 29, 2010, 03:32 PM #3
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    We should get out of Afghanistan and worry about our own problems not American. (I'm from Latvia)
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  4. October 29, 2010, 03:36 PM #4
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    Is it so bad there that you need soldiers to return from a warzone to guard the streets?
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    Default Re: Latvian Soldiers honored by US

    Quote Originally Posted by Katsumoto View Post
    Is it so bad there that you need soldiers to return from a warzone to guard the streets?
    No, but there is no need to particulate in a war where you are going to lose.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaiser Of Crunk View Post
    No, but there is no need to particulate in a war where you are going to lose.
    Thats a bold statement to make, unless you can predict the future.


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    Well, you know he says so, so it must be true.


    Anyway, good to see the US recognize it's allies. Whish they'd do it more, or at least that I'd know about it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by charles the hammer View Post
    Thats a bold statement to make, unless you can predict the future.
    If I could no one would believe anyway.
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  9. October 30, 2010, 09:39 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Katsumoto View Post
    Is it so bad there that you need soldiers to return from a warzone to guard the streets?
    Where did you get that idea? Define "bad". Latvia isn't a third-world country.
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    Either way, when are we going to invade Pakistan??
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  11. October 29, 2010, 05:15 PM #11
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    Default Re: Latvian Soldiers honored by US

    Give some props to Estonia too. Those boys were fighting down south in Now Azad and Sangin with my old company in 2008 =D.
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    Thats great and i hope Latvia allows them to wear our medals. Im jealous of their uniforms, my acu's suck nut.
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