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p_p_man

p_p_man

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Don't mention Vietnam; bombing the Chinese embassy in Belgrade (setting back Sino-American relations as effectively as Tiananmen Square); Somalia, despite Ridley Scott's efforts to recast the fiasco as the military's finest moment; causing half of all allied battlefield deaths in the Gulf war through "friendly fire"

Stereotype: Overpaid and oversexed. Confident GIs with cigarettes and wisecracks always at the ready; either tough (GI Joe) or on the look-out for a quick buck (Sergeant Bilko)

UK

Don't mention SA80 rifles (jammed); radios (malfunctioned); tanks (did not work in the desert); unsuitable boots (troops bought their own); 10,000 soldiers unfit for frontline duty; the unintentional invasion of Spain by Royal Marines on training (thought to be Gibraltar). All in the past 12 months

Stereotype: Incompetence, in many forms: Colonel Blimp; Dad's Army; the Charge of the Light Brigade. Working class Tommy lions led by toffish donkeys

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Don't tell the others...

:D

ppman
 
We talk about those things all the time. Stop reading the Classics Comics version of "America", you myopic souse.
 
Right! Uh, don't mention the Screen Actors Guild, Dakota water rights, Seccession, or the War of 1812. They can't take it because they're babies and it might hurt their feelings.

Duh. Let's all look at the world as if nations are sixth graders.
 
As a brit myself p_p, I tend to agree with you. However as we all know when the going gets tough etc. we will come through, rifles, tanks not withstanding. What worries me though is two things, firstly that flag you are so proudly flying is one of the reasons GB is really only B now and the fact that you are quoting the guardian who's polarised political views are hardly representative of the general populace.
 
corruptor1971 said:
As a brit myself p_p, I tend to agree with you. However as we all know when the going gets tough etc. we will come through, rifles, tanks not withstanding. What worries me though is two things, firstly that flag you are so proudly flying is one of the reasons GB is really only B now and the fact that you are quoting the guardian who's polarised political views are hardly representative of the general populace.
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I don't agree with the Guardian's peice so I'm afraid your first sentence is incorrect, and as far as my avi is concerned I am and always have been (for 40 years now) an avid supporter of a United Europe.

Anyway not to worry...

Nice meeting you and have a great New Year's Eve...

:D

ppman
 
Don't mention that we won the war in a little over a month, the ground war in a hundred hours, and completely decimated the 4th largest army in the world with a kill ratio of at least 100:1. We knocked out about 2000 enemy tanks without losing a single one to enemy fire.

ppman wouldn't know a victory if it crawled up his ass and died.
 
And most of all NEVER EVER mention that we kicked the crap out of those silly Brits some 235 years ago... They're still pissed about all that tea in Boston Harbor! Shhhh.. Don't tell!
 
p_p_man said:
I don't agree with the Guardian's peice so I'm afraid your first sentence is incorrect, and as far as my avi is concerned I am and always have been (for 40 years now) an avid supporter of a United Europe.

Anyway not to worry...

Nice meeting you and have a great New Year's Eve...

:D

ppman
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Yes nice to meet you to, I hope that despite the fact our political views are vastly different, you also have a good new year. ps I really do hate the whole idea of europe, in principle a good idea in practice unworkable.
 
ma_guy said:
And most of all NEVER EVER mention that we kicked the crap out of those silly Brits some 235 years ago... They're still pissed about all that tea in Boston Harbor! Shhhh.. Don't tell!
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Ah my friend the sun sets on every empire, as it will on yours. We are not sore in fact I am proud of the country. Its like giving birth to a child and watching it grow into something great. ;)
 
Problem Child said:
ppman wouldn't know a victory if it crawled up his ass and died.
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He didn't know when the hamster crawled up his ass either.
 
Problem Child said:
Don't mention that we won the war in a little over a month, the ground war in a hundred hours, and completely decimated the 4th largest army in the world with a kill ratio of at least 100:1. We knocked out about 2000 enemy tanks without losing a single one to enemy fire.
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...and killed more of your allies than the enemy did...

ppman
 
The fact that the "kicking the crap out of those silly Brits" occurred under the most incompetent Prime Minister Britain has ever known (Yes, that does include Teflon Tone) who decided to take full control of the war, despite having no knowledge of war at all.

And we still nearly won.

The Earl
 
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