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Why would the USAF have to take over the Czech airspace anyway? If the US thinks the Czech Air Force cannot protect a NATO summit, why would Nato want the Czech Republic as a member?

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Mar 20th, 2007 at 04:37:22 AM EST
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Small NATO countries specialise: Czechs have field hospitals and chemical and radiological defence units. They were famous for this in Warsaw Treaty as well. There's not much beyond that in the Czech military.

Riots of 2000 are memorably, and the way police treated often innocent people, especially from Eastern Europe. What's interesting: Gross, interior minister at the time, became immensely popular, and was even prime minister for some time (almost killing social democrats in the process, but that's another story). Getting tough pays.

by Sargon on Tue Mar 20th, 2007 at 03:21:45 PM EST
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