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Re: UK > US [message #297497 is a reply to message #297456] Sun, 18 November 2007 16:41 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Spoony wrote on Sun, 18 November 2007 15:13

PlastoJoe wrote on Sun, 18 November 2007 14:56

At least we didn't lose to the French.

How humiliating.

I think you completely missed the point. My point wasn't slating America for that, it was a jibe to the multitude of retarded, arrogant Americans who say things like "you'd be speaking German if it wasn't for us" every time they're losing an argument with a European. It makes me think America is the one country that hasn't gotten over World War 2, sometimes. If retards like that want to see a true example of selfless action to help an ally, they should look to the nation they love to bitch at for being spineless: France, the country that bailed them out.

That would be ignorant, though... it's surely a minority.

Now that I see your point, I understand. But I also understand why you might see this as the case, though in defense, I have heard maybe one person ever say that. And he's an asshole, which I'm sure you have in the UK too.

I don't imagine that French assistance in the American Revolution was selfless, though. No nation goes into a war without an agenda. To put it simply, France would've loved to see Britain screwed over by losing a colony, especially since they lost a lot of territory to them.


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