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Posted 7 years ago #
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So true Mr O'Pecia.In respect of which the following pean is offered:
It isn't the blood and the gore that they love
It isn't the urgings of gods up above:
With grannies, and civvies and even with kings
They all must die first, or you can't take their things.Posted 7 years ago # -
I like the song 'Find 'em, Fuck 'em and Flee' by N.W.A.
Although the song is rapped by a group of young men who enjoy assault rifles, I don't think there are any military implications. However, I am, of course, reminded of the narrow world inhabited by Jane Austen being able to inspire universally applicable observations on life.
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Al, let it go. British troops and their commanders have a bad rep going on back before Agincourt. Doesn't make you bad people, just makes it hard to criticize others once you have read history. See Irish history, Scots history, Indian history, African history, colonial American and Caribbean history. For a start.
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But rik before Agincourt - 1 they were English troops, and 2 there weren't any American troops, but a lot of the troops at Agincourt became American troops. (and a lot of British troops are Scots and Irish and Fijian and Nepalese and....trying to remember....mmmm...ah yes, Welsh).
The problem rik is that USA armed forces tend to use bigger explosions than anyone else - and as a first resort.
Wot no criticism allowed of others unless you are perfect yourself, rik - are you sure you want that rule applied to NB?
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Come on guys
Life would be so dull without the Yanks.
No wars, no terrorism, no espionage, no conspiracy theories, no Elvis
I for one can't wait for it to kick off over there in Korea
OK...so who amongst you isn't saying 'go on, go on, let 'em have it...nuke the slitty-eyed bastards'
OK...most reasonable, peace loving, non-racist people, but that's not the point.
It's quite a long way away and until Dave gets told to send our troops over there we can sit back in our armchairs and enjoy it.
Just think of all that 24 hour rolling news.
Nothing's happened yet but we'll be the first to know when it does.
GO YANKEESPosted 7 years ago # -
The problem rik is that USA armed forces tend to use bigger explosions than anyone else - and as a first resort.
Hmmm. Can we get a joke out of this thread along the lines of Michael Bay being appointed to direct operations in Afghanistan or something? Maybe co-directed by James Cameron.
Posted 7 years ago # -
If women controlled the armed forces, there might have to be special 'catfight' units. Also, there would be an escalation in communication warfare, with well-designed 'bitchiness brigades' delivering malicious misinformation to the enemy.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Mah na Mah na
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Personally I applaud the yanks for taking the all encompassing shortest, cheapest and most effective route to resolving an issue.. nuke them! Lets face it, greatest atrocity, war crime, act of terrorism and general act of criminal mass murder happened in Japan when they dropped their little experimental wake up calls..
Whatever the USA says about BP or anything else they can never turn their face into the wind of truth and smile... cos it will melt their smug, burger munching, hypocritical faces off!
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I actually find Yankee baiting irritating, particularly because the UK is always in bed with the US. And before anybody says 'I didn't want to start a war', or 'the people didn't want it', I for one poured scorn from the comfort of my living room not the streets, and the vast majority of the population were equally apathetic. The uncomfortable truth is that because of the decisions made by Margaret Thatcher in particular, and the refusal on the part of governments since to rectify those mistakes, we would have an economy the size of San Marino if we cut ties with the US.
I'm open to the idea of making that sacrifice, but then I also quite fancy a Mac. American's may be stupid and jingoistic, but we've only ourselves to blame for being associated with them. Poke fun all you want, just make sure you wipe your own arse first.
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