Not the dog!

Denmark.

I think I saw a few Danish flags on this board.

Thank you for your sacrifices.

Gates Thanks Danes for Commitment, Sacrifices
By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service


COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 1, 2008 –
Denmark is slightly smaller in size than Vermont and New Hampshire combined. With a population of about 5.5 million, the Danes have lost more soldiers per capita in Afghanistan combat than any other NATO ally. Fourteen Danish servicemembers have died there since 2002 — 10 in the past six months.

Gates said Denmark’s contributions to the effort in Afghanistan are what brought him here for the first trip to Denmark by a U.S. defense secretary in a decade.

“I wanted to come above all to express my thanks on behalf of the American people … and appreciation for the contributions that Denmark is making, especially in Afghanistan,” Gates said in a briefing after the meetings with Gade and the soldiers, “and also to express our condolences for the loss of the fine Danish soldiers.

“Every single one of these casualties is a tragedy,” he continued, “but it is for a greater cause. It is for security in Europe, security in America, as well helping the Afghans develop a country where they have some choice in the future.”

Denmark has a great history of doing the "doing the right thing" when few others will. To my knowledge, Denmark was the only country to officially make efforts to export and save persecuted groups in the time prior to and during the invasion of Nazi Germany in WWII. Mind you, the only country.

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