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The man who foiled a Yemen-based al-Qaeda "underwear bomb" plot is reported to have been a British man of Middle Eastern origin, according to US media.
a British man of Middle Eastern origin
The British fight for Queen (or King)
and country
I feel that fighting pointless wars against the middle east and such like is an offense against everything we are supposed to be.
BUT at the same time, if we do fight these pointless wars, I feel like we should get credit where it is due, but the Americans seem to take it all, well, the American military does.
Originally posted by woogleuk
reply to post by InfoKartel
Another thing Info, what happened "then" isn't what we are now, don't forget that. We learnt by the mistakes of our ancestors, and we wont do it again.
I'm not going to argue with you because you are right in some respects, trolling in the other.
Britain has a lot to be proud about,
I think you are missing the point, god bless you young sir, I leave you with this:
Originally posted by InfoKartel
I'd feel retarded to say that.
Originally posted by InfoKartel
Makes more sense, but still sounds like delusional bullcrap to me. When was the last time the country was given the spoils and not the select few who steer the country?
Originally posted by InfoKartel
No it's not. The British have been colonizing for hundreds of years now, it's everything that you are. In fact, go look up who was in Afghanistan a hundred-and-something years ago? Oh my, the BRITISH! And they're back again so many years later...
Originally posted by InfoKartel
Americans don't have quite the track record of messing up the world as the British do(historically speaking). In fact, America today exists because of people trying to get away from British imperial monarchy!
In fact, I'd go so far to point out that the Queen represents an institution and a link to our shared history, rather than being someone who we should specifically fawn over, as the saying goes "The Queen is dead, Long live the King". The person doesn't matter, what matters is what they represent. If you can't understand that, it is your problem, not ours.
I'd say that, quite often, the country does benefit from the spoils, certainly from the Imperial era, not so much since WW2 and the dominance of the US. But on that note, the US citizen has since benefited from US hegemony.
Before I even address this, do you know why we were in Afghan in the 1800's?
The British, on the other hand, did a pretty good job of civilising pretty much everywhere they went, hence why the bulk of the Worlds democracies and legal systems are based on the British model. Yes, harm was done and there were many dark periods, but it would be hard to argue that many countries around the world are better off now than they were under Imperial rule.