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PETER HITCHENS: America isn't our special friend. It ruined our Navy, Empire and future
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| 4/24/2016
| Peter Hitchens
Posted on 04/24/2016 6:22:49 AM PDT by Nextrush
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To: Telepathic Intruder
Theyve already decided to commit suicide anyway by allowing those who hate their country to overrun it and replace its population. The Old Country is in desperate need of a re-injection of a Y chromosome but they've chosen bad seed. They invented the mass destruction weapon called socialism but destroyed themselves during testing.
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posted on
04/24/2016 8:27:14 AM PDT
by
Reeses
(A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
To: driftless2
"One of the unfortunate and largely unspoken tragedies of the 17th 18th and 19th centuries was the existence of the British Empire." LOL!!!!
I think King Philip II, Napoleon, and a whole bunch of Zulu warriors would agree!
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posted on
04/24/2016 8:31:49 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: miss marmelstein
Whatever. Without European development many areas of the world would still be struggling to get beyond their primitive lives. The Dutch, English, French, and Spanish did the most to spread civilization with England in the forefront. That is indisputable. I’m much rather we were an English colony that a Spanish or French one.
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posted on
04/24/2016 8:31:58 AM PDT
by
driftless2
(For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
To: MadIsh32
And Israel owes it's existence to the BRITISH Balfour Declaration. IF you want to start casting aspersions on countries, your own 'Land of Liberty' is far from innocent, as is EVERY country in the world! Countries are run by people. People are prone to sin and errors of judgement.
To: Nextrush
He is right - the US empire has no allies - just satellites - some more favored than others. Countries Don't Have Friends; Just Interests. It seems teh globalists panicked that the UK may leave the EU and had Obama puppet speak on it. But the USA comes off as hypocritical - it tells the UK to join a sovereignty sapping organization but the USA is a proud guarding of its own sovereignty.
People overseas don't hate America for its freedoms - they hate American foreign policies for their hypocrisies.
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posted on
04/24/2016 8:39:46 AM PDT
by
Trumpinator
("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
To: driftless2
Whatever, yourself. No one is denying that America was founded by European powers and that British common law was a foundation of America. No one. And I don’t want to be anyone’s colony. They all had good points - after all - you can get a croissant in Viet Nam - and I get to eat cookies from the Dutch. But all had very bad points. Amritsar, anyone? And, of course, some tribe somewhere is still pissed off at that Manhattan deal.
My only point here is everyone is having a cow over another stupid Obama statement. The Europeans went wild over him and are now having buyer’s remorse. Well, so are we but he’ll be out come January. So everyone should quit hating on America - generally a force for good in the world.
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posted on
04/24/2016 8:43:27 AM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
To: Nextrush
Actually WWI ruined the UK’s Navy and and Empire.
Socialism ruined their future.
We had nothing to do with it. All we did was dig ‘em out. TWICE.
And subisidize their defence for over 50 years.
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posted on
04/24/2016 9:11:27 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(NOTHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO PAY FOR IS A RIGHT.)
To: Nextrush
“History” comes in an unlimited number of revisions. Don’t waste you time on it.
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posted on
04/24/2016 9:15:45 AM PDT
by
fision
To: miss marmelstein
Multiculturalism destroyed Britain.
Don’t blame us tosser.
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posted on
04/24/2016 9:17:35 AM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: Nextrush
Reagan supported Thatcher fully in The Falklands war I believe. And if the Brits have scuttled the Royal Navy and he army, they have done hat on their own. I’m no fan of odungo and his position in this is, as always, shameful. But the author gets carried away (maybe he’s covering-his-ass so he won’t be called racist).
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posted on
04/24/2016 9:19:04 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Let us now try liberty.)
To: Nextrush
I used to respect this guy. What happened? Did he get a Wasserman-Schultz test?
To: glorgau
We provided scads of logistical and intelligence support. Plenty of stories attesting to this over the years.
Despite the fact that British ships were clogging up Haiphong Harbor trading with N Vietnam while we were at war
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posted on
04/24/2016 9:40:28 AM PDT
by
uncbob
To: glorgau
You’re right about what Reagan did in the end, but there were friends of Argentina’s military goverment in our government, too.
Jeanne Kirkpatrick, the US UN Ambassador at the time, is ctied as one.
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posted on
04/24/2016 9:42:07 AM PDT
by
Nextrush
( FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
To: AndyJackson
Too many people here attacking Britain and not enough saying ‘enough’ to the relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia.
Do the Saudis have trolls posting here?
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posted on
04/24/2016 9:44:48 AM PDT
by
Nextrush
( FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
No, he’s the same old Peter Hitchens. A Tory. The Tories have never been found of America. Remember 1776? Oddly enough, his late brother, a left-winger, loved America.
And this statement by Obama has inflamed both the left and right of Great Britain. Hey, we had to put up with that freak George Galloway lecturing the Republicans in Congress. It’s often a two way street.
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posted on
04/24/2016 9:46:10 AM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
To: Nextrush
Yes, how did you guess? Free Republic is a hotbed of jihadi Saudi lovers. It took twenty years to suss it out but you did it, by George!
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posted on
04/24/2016 9:47:19 AM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
To: Olog-hai
So are you claiming that the Second Reich ought to have one World War 1?
There are none so blind as those who will not see!
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posted on
04/24/2016 10:00:28 AM PDT
by
Take_Ur_shot
(Some day things are going to be as bad as they are right now!)
To: MadIsh32
Great Britain has 4 centuries of disastrous decision making and a legacy of millions dead. They should be kissing our asses everyday that they still exist as a nation.
Now that the "WOGS" have taken over they really don't have a nation anymore.
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posted on
04/24/2016 10:00:28 AM PDT
by
Take_Ur_shot
(Some day things are going to be as bad as they are right now!)
To: Nextrush
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posted on
04/24/2016 10:17:18 AM PDT
by
stocksthatgoup
(GOPe/MSM - "When we want your opinion, we will give it to you.")
To: MadIsh32
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posted on
04/24/2016 10:18:17 AM PDT
by
stocksthatgoup
(GOPe/MSM - "When we want your opinion, we will give it to you.")
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