SAMXXV wrote
NATO is a joke. The Germans/France etc refuse to commit troops (but France will send the French Foreign Legion to it's own teritories). The Belgiums have ageing F16's-but have no weapons for them. The Dutch are in the same position as Belgium. The Austrians are full of wind & weewee, The Swiss spend megabucks on their defence but could be devastated within 12 hours. The Scandinavian countries can be discounted as they are terrified of Russia. Iceland (USAF Rekyavic) would be destroyed within hours by Russian SSBN's.
Sam, have you not been keeping up-to-date?
Germans and French committing troops. You do realise that German and French Special Forces were involved in Afghanistan?
International Security Assistance Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Did the Belgians use up all their weapons in Libya?
http://www.f-16.net/news_article4411.html
Did the Dutch have no weapons because they supplied them to Denmark for use over Libya? Did the Dutch fly their combat air patrols with no weapons on their F-16s?
Continuation of the Dutch contribution to the mission in Libya | Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
Denmark Asks Netherlands for F-16 Bombs: Report | Defense News | defensenews.com
Keflavik ceased to be a US facility in 2006. It must have been the threat from those pesky Russian SSBN?
Naval Air Station Keflavik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Iceland Defense Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NATO take turns to air police Iceland.
Icelandic Air Policing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia