From: T Wake on

"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:51:08 +0100, Eeyore
> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>John Fields wrote:
>>
>>> I think the US's actions speak otherwise in that, clearly, we have
>>> no aspirations to Empire.
>>
>>" the Project for the New American Century is a non-profit, educational
>>organization
>>whose goal is to promote American global leadership "
>>
>>http://www.newamericancentury.org/aboutpnac.htm
>>
>>
>>> Had we chosen to we could have kept
>>> Germany and Japan after we beat them, but we didn't.
>>
>>The *USA* didn't beat them and they weren't yours to keep.
>
> ---
> We sure as hell did, and they were spoils of war, to do with as we
> saw fit.

And you did. You held on to Japan for quite some time, and ensured the
previous government system was never going to be returned.

Germany was never America's to keep. I seem to remember it being split
somewhat.

> How do you think England got to be an empire, by giving it all back?

Eventually you have to give the toys back. It is a sad day. Some toys go
earlier than others, and grow up to take over the toy collection.


From: Homer J Simpson on

"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I don't recall Starr being a newsman.

Bagman for the reactionaries?













From: Homer J Simpson on

"T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
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>> All you need is another Churchill. You've already got a Chamberlain.

> Yeah, Churchill who championed Gallipoli......

We held his feet to the fire for that. Repeating mistakes is unforgivable.








From: Homer J Simpson on

"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Do you reckon Afghanistan under the Taliban considered itself modern ?

It was eerily reminiscent of Pol Pot and Year Zero.







From: Homer J Simpson on

"T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:eKVUg.51442$E67.34713(a)clgrps13...
>>
>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
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>>
>>> Nothing wrong with the letter u. I've never understood why Americans
>>> seem to avoid it. (Don't get me started on the pronunciation of route...
>>> :-))
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Webster
>>
>
> So, it's all his fault then.... He is a bad man.

Point?