Posts by Another Guy

Re: Graham Dawson & Paul McClure

"The UK went bankrupt fighting Germany whilst the US profited by selling the British old armaments at high prices. There's a reason the US came out of WWII far richer than when it went in."

Waaaaaaaah.... waaaaaah. Do I hear a child crying?

The UK went bankrupt trying to keep a colonial hold over most of the world.

The US came out of WWII with far higher output but much poorer than it went in. In particular, 400,000 Americans died because European countries like the UK first got into colonial rivalries, then slaughtered each other silly over them, completely made a hash out of the peace, went into a second bloody war and had to be rescued again by the US -- at great human cost -- for the second time in 30 years.

Then the US decided that the Europeans needed to be watched more closely -- we stayed to protect you from the commies -- and we've had 67 years of peace there.

Don't worry: Ingratitude and a desire to blame others for your own shortcomings are common character flaws.

You are welcome.