Re: [OT]Nukes... tunnels.... boom....

At 12:01  11/03/02 +0000, Jon wrote:
>On 10/03/2002 10:25 pm, "John Atkinson" <johnmatkinson@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> > 8) The whole reason you people (foreigners in general,
> > Euros and Canadians in specific) dislike the US is
> > pure jelousy.  You're torqued because the US can act
> > decisively and unilaterally, which no European state
> > has been able to do since WWI (except Germany, but
> > they got slapped down the two times they tried that).
>I wouldn't normally respond in such an.. explosive thread, but your
>assertion here is simply wrong. There have been numerous occasions
since
>WWII (let alone WWI) when European national forces have been involved
>directly in armed conflicts, without the US committing as much as
single
>bullet. I suggest you consult a good late C20 history book about the
Suez
>crisis or Falklands conflict, or the French 'involvement' in Algeria.
There
>are probably some others I've forgotten.
>
>These obviously escaped your notice and, to be fair, since they aren't
>related to the US in any way there's no reason you would know about
them
>necessarily - they're certainly unlikely to be taught in US schools.
However
>I think if there was anyone here who was a Falklands (or even Suez)
veteran,
>they'd take serious objection to what you said.

Or the Malay Emergency and Confrontation. But let's not get to hot and 
bothered about John A's poor grasp of history, if I was a cynical person

I'd suspect John's version of history begins with "Once upon a time". 
Fortunately I know from experience that John A tends to be the exception

rather than the norm :)

BTW EX-president Clinton was recently in Australia on a paid speaking 
engagement. In the course of the address he made a comments stating to
the 
effect that the US was the unbeatable nation in the field of arms since
the 
end of WW2. At this point a old gentlemen in the audience lept to his
feet 
and yelled "What about Korea?"

Cheers

Derek

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