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You mean he wasn't?!? Does that mean he wasn't personally responsible for 9/11 either? I'm shocked.
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Oh, the allies should be helping in Iraq now for sure. If for no other reason than their presence might keep the US, erm, influence honest. With my limited grasp of things political, I understand that the US bureaucratic system of checks and balances was designed to prevent monopolistic power excess from getting too far out of balance. Can you imagine the vast military-industrial might of a superpower like the United States on some out-of-control, unilateral mission purely in pursuit of it's own interests without regard for the safety of it's own public or the global ramifications of its actions? That's scary. Because that would be dangerous. Gosh, people could get hurt.
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I could've sworn ToadKiller said: "If I was the god-emperor I'd have taken them on prior to 9-11 (all will love me and despair)."
Huh, what if Galadriel would've stripped naked, laid down on a sand dune and started slapping sand trout on her flesh? Whilst wearing The One Ring? Food for thought...
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quote:Q: How many French men does it take to defend Paris? A: Nobody knows... No French man has ever tried.
Shouldn't this joke be more accurately said.
Q: How many Americans does it take to defend Washington D.C.? A: Nobody knows.. no American has ever tried.
It was only attacked once during the War of 1812 and the troops ran, instead of defending it. And to quote an American observer at the time "They ran like sheep being chased by dogs".
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quote:Q: How many French men does it take to defend Paris? A: Nobody knows... No French man has ever tried.
Shouldn't this joke be more accurately said.
Q: How many Americans does it take to defend Washington D.C.? A: Nobody knows.. no American has ever tried.
It was only attacked once during the War of 1812 and the troops ran, instead of defending it. And to quote an American observer at the time "They ran like sheep being chased by dogs".
Ah, yes the 'Bladensburg races.' I seem to remember a quote from one British officer remarking that the Americans managed to run away even faster than the Spaniards...
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When I was growing up in the 1960s, WWII was as recent as the Reagan Administration is for us now. I remember hearing these same stupid jokes, occassionally with the Poles or Italians put in instead of the French. The glass bottom boat "joke" one was usually told about the Japanese.
I guess we'll have to archive these jokes for the next war.
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You mean due to the fact that their army didn't last even five minutes against us, and that we make them eat rat?
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