Re: USA & Iran
AC wrote:
Yes, and I also remember how the British Empire was bankrupted and left to
fight the first third of the war on its own. Pretty good war for the US,
seeing as the wealth that England had built since Elizabeth I made it into
American coffers.
Life is tough. You might call it reparations for damages done during the
war of 1812.
Bob Kolker
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... 'crimson tie' of Empire which bound New Zealand to the Mother-country ... the South African war set the pattern for New Zealand's ... with forces from elsewhere in the British Empire. ...
(rec.sport.rugby.union) - Re: Lest we forget
... to the consequences of taking a country to war. ... until all the war mongering bastards around them ... also like the idea that they, the generals, are able to bring powerful ... The British empire and the Roman Empires were based on sound ...
(rec.sport.rugby.union) - Re: Lest we forget
... 50's, pretty much most leaders had military experience, thus were ... to the consequences of taking a country to war. ... until all the war mongering bastards around them ... The British empire and the Roman Empires were based on sound ...
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... With the absorption of Europe by Russia and of the ... British Empire by the United States, two of the three existing powers, ... permanently at war, and have been so for the past twenty-five years. ... the early decades of the twentieth century. ...
(sci.crypt) - Re: Adolf the Great
... Winston was a well known war-lover, jingoist, and all-around arsehole. ... Churchill was know as a war monger and this along with his other ... Britain declared war on Germany as we had a pact with Poland to defend ... British Empire for the benefit of the new imperialists, ...
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