Re: Vulgar Americans fail to amuse Britain


Sir Frederick wrote:
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?newslett=1&click_id=79&art_id=qw1151899920187B635&set_id=1

I read about this poll. If it is true, then let the Brits go whistle
Dixie when they need help. It doesn't matter whether they like us or
not. It does matter if they respect us, however. I suspect part of
the problem is that Great Britain was once a world power and now they
are pretty much insignificant. I hope we handle it better when we are
no longer a world power, and it is inevitable that we won't be someday.
We may have to learn Chinese.

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