pointyhead wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:

I think I see your point: America defeats Britain in the
Revolutionary War.

Hmmm. There is no doubt that had Britain taken this war seriously it
would have won it.

Sure, sure. Your historical revisionism is a needed face-saving measure.

America defeats Britain in the War of 1812.

Ho Ho! I suppose you'll be telling us next the White House was torched
by aliens?

Coventry was fire-bombed. Did you lose WWII? London endured waves of
buzz bomb and V2 attacks. Did you lose WWII?

The United States defeated Britain for the second time in the War of
1812. I'm sure that you can come up with a scenario in which Britain
could have won the war if only it had taken it seriously.

America pulls Britain's fat from the fire in WWI.

America came into the war when it was all but won and 3 years after it
started. Its troops played only a minor but crucial role. America saw
the potential for profit and a chance to increase its sphere of
influence for little effort, Britain on the other hand went to war in
defence of its allies.

All but won? Little had changed in the three years of WWI. It was
largely back and forth, back and forth in the same muddy fields.

America pulls Britain's fat from the fire in WWII.

Once again America enters the war late and only for profit.

There's more historical revisionism. That Marshall Plan was a big money
making scheme, was it?

Britain
entered the war yet again in defence of its Allies. America was the only
country to end the war richer than when it started.

....and I see that it chafes you. How rich you'd have been under German
domination!

Post WWII finds the British Empire in eclipse.

Indeed. Two world wars cost Britain an Empire.

I thought I'd pointed that out.

Six out for twenty-two overs, Toad-in-a-hole and Bob's your uncle. Is
that about it?

No its about the dollar pure and simple. Why don't you go and research
how many wars of aggression America has waged? Name me one time America
has gone to war in defence of its allies please.

I've already done so.

And as someone who lives in Northern Ireland I'd like to thank all you
Americans for financing decades of terror in my country, in particular
I'd like to thank the NYPD and the NYFD who openly financed and
supported the IRA.

I'll bet that if you bothered to research it, you'd find only a tiny
percentage of Americans who act as professional Irishmen donating to
that cause. I personally don't know anyone who provided even a dime.

Boy didn't they just love it when it became their
turn to suffer at the hands of murderers?

C'mon. You've got a bunch of grown men who wear bowler hats and their
Sunday best, marching in celebration of battles fought eons ago. Get
over it. You were fighting each other. That isn't what took place here
in 2001.

Dave K8MN