[eve]

I am surprised and offended that some responses to the freerepublic website have suggested New Zealanders are cowards. If we cast our minds back to the 2 major world conflicts of last century, New Zealanders were dying on the front line, 12.000 miles from home, long before America became involved and none of the western allies lost a greater slice of their nationhood in achieving those victories 'www.cwgc.org'. Unlike Canada and Britain, New Zealand was also one of the few western allies that followed America into Vietnam. Despite all this unjustified criticism, Kiwis would follow America into hell itself and are united behind America in this latest crisis. We have made our elite troops available and are ready and willing to make the appropriate sacrifices required to preserve the freedom our forefathers died for. Hold your insulting accusations of cowardice until after the lead starts flying.

[mrbluesky]

You know...one of the reasons I left the US for NZ is that my fellow Americans love to point the finger of blame on the other guy. They love to find a scapegoat and hang them out to dry in just about every situation. I find that the Kiwis have no problem stepping up to accept the blame for their own actions and tend to be more supportive of each other. Do you realize that no one Kiwi is allowed to sue another Kiwi for damages? Funny that the US hasn't taken on such a prospect, then they would maybe learn how to be responsible for their own actions...and not so quick to blame their fellow man.