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To: DieHard the Hunter
Like Puerto Rico, or Guam, or American Samoa, ay...

All liberated by an endlessly generous, & benevolent USA.

In what year did your country fight for her freedom?

57 posted on 10/04/2007 5:24:00 AM PDT by laotzu
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To: laotzu

> In what year did your country fight for her freedom?

You mean in what yearS, surely?

1899-1902. Against the Boers.

1915. Against the Turks at Gallipoli.

1917. Against the Hun at Passchendale.

1939-45. Against the Nazis: we fought for America’s freedom at that time, too: while America lazily slept in, waking up three years into the conflict when most of the hard yards were done.

1948 - 1972. Against North Korea.

1965 - 1971. Against the North Vietnamese.

1966. Against guerillas in Malaya.

1999 - 2002. Against troublemakers in East Timor

2001 - 2007. Against Islamic terrorists in Afghanistan.

2003 - 2007. Against rebels in Solomon Islands.

New Zealand is a tiny country, with the population less than Metropolitan Chicago. But our warriors have between them more Victoria Cross medals, and more casualties-per-capita than any nation on this planet. The Victoria Cross has only been awarded twice ever to one combat soldier: a New Zealander named Charles Upham. And our elite forces, the NZ SAS, are considered to be the amongst the very best in the world.


61 posted on 10/04/2007 5:51:34 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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