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[morakanokbs]

just curious

[Drew10]

[Died By Bear]

[mc_jc]

[MA_TESOL]

I was stationed at CRC in Uijungbu in 1971-72. I have seen a lot of changes in Korea. Yes. I am geriatric

[gahampt]

Army 1989-95

[wiganer]

[sirius black]

Agreed England has always been at our side. There really does exist a 'special relationship' between the two governments if not always by its people.
I would even suggest that the Ameican government is closer allied to the UK than it is to Canada, the country we share a long border with and the closest country to America in terms of language and culture.
America has also needed England in back channel communication and negotiations in a plethora of intermational situations.
I'm not anglophile, just acknowledging what is fact.

In prior post there seems to be some animosity toward American military and in some cases blame the military for what our ELECTED government has done. The soldiers are doing their job. The military is one of the best places for poor, under educated and others in society to better themselves.

I live in a military town and a few of them get on my nerves. In fact, I want to move to a city without the military. It sounds like a dichotomy but I have many friends in the military where I am. The no curfew thing has made the few bars in my little town just too inundated and I want a change amongst other things. Anyway, there are loads of teachers that I don't like as well. A lot of us are the stereotypical 'ugly American'.

I take people indvidually and one at a time and not try to generalize any group of people. Its what people do about racial and ethnic groups. Its just as wrong against the military as ell.

[mc_jc]

[Hotwire]

^^^

I call your troll post and raise you Gitmo.

[sirius black]

The pre WW2 colonial model was simply unsustainable after WW2 so pretty much all the european powers that had colonies stretched around the globe couldn't maintain them financially and in some cases militarily.
As for WW2, it was a war that HAD to be fought. I think as Americans we like to think we saved Europe but I like to think we all saved each other. Had England, parts of France as well as the USSR failed, eventually we'd be next for Nazi Germany. We entered both world wars 'late'. With the exception of Hawaii we were also fortunate there was no domestic rebuilding that we had to do. London and a few other cities were bombed out and the rest of Europe was a shambles.

I think both countries needed each other. Also, both countries had wars that failed. America's are obvious. The UK didn't get the biggest empire by losing wars. They were not successful on several occasions. It comes with the territory.

Until the U.S. could build its diplomatic credentials, it was the UK that helped it when we first stopped being isolationist. As it was American military presense that helped the UK an Europe rebuild their economies after WW2 and basically allowed these countries to use money that would have otherwise have gone for defense into their domestic economies. We were NATO for the first few decades.

[mc_jc]

[mc_jc]

The main point of these barbs started with 9/11 when Al Qaeda showed the world that the US was not immune from international terrorism.
However, instead of taking a measured response, we went after them and took Afghanistan from both the Taliban and Al Qaeda- we won.
But I do place a lot of blame on Bush for screwing up the momentum there. He and his administration squandered billions of dollars in weapons and logistics to fight a 'personal squabble' he had with Saddam- while opening up a can of worms.
I am a firm believer in Operation Enduring Freedom, but I am not a supporter of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Had we stayed the course in Afghanistan, we wouldn't have the problems we have now.
The invasion of Afghanistan was pretty sound and organized because it was in the works since 1998. The idea to topple Saddam came after the initial wins in Afghanistan. The problem was that the Bush administration was listening too much to the State Departments assessment that Afghanistan was virtually free of the Taliban and welcomed the new government. The Defense Department wanted to continue the fight and the hunt for the higher echelons of Al Qaeda leadership. Afghanistan became a forgotten war for the next 7 years.

[Hotwire]

I re-raise all in with 'Manifest Destiny' over 'Indian Removal.'

[mc_jc]

I see you and I raise 'Bloody Sunday' and British tolerance of Apartheid and removing African farmers from their lands to make room for white farmers in South Africa and the Rhodesias. I also raise you one British support of the Rhodesian War in order to monopolize the diamond industry there.