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Originally Posted by
megabyteme
You aren't so bad for a Brit.
Which makes me think about how time and place have played part in Brit/US relationships...
At one time:
-We would have been sea mates and countrymen
-Would have killed indians (feathers) together
-Would have shot at each other
-Would have killed Nazis and Fascists together
-Would be killing terrorists together
-Will be paying for Greece's clusterfuck together
Like it or not, we seem to be stuck together. :)
It always reminds me of when the BBC were interviewing US Marines arriving in Kuwait, ready to kick Sadam Hussein out of that country. When the interviewer asked one marine how he felt about working with coalition forces, the nineteen year old said, 'Fuck the coalition forces. As long as the British are here, that's all that matters'. Even the marines know how useless the French are when it comes to warfare. The closest they have ever come to fighting is when they sold Exocets to Argentinia, which upset a certain female Prime Minister.