[vyper]

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[aldo_14]

Originally posted by vyper
I'd just like to interjet and say the UK is probably one of the countries capable of standing up to the US, contrary to what was earlier posted.

With a non-conventional arsenal in this situation it's not so much how completely you can annihilate the enemy, its how hard and how fast you can cause him pain. Victory is a mute point if we're looking at nuclear conflict.

Of course, we'd end up getting flattened by a few hundred thousand megatonnes afterwards...............

[vyper]

Ye well now u've quoted it...

True, but we'd hurt them like hell first. Thats the point.

[Rictor]

No offense to your Brits, but I somehow don't see Blair standing up to ****. When Dubya is allowed to land a helicopter in the Queen's lawn, and flatten the royal garden, it is painfully obvious that you have no say in the matter of world politics.

Its like that Warner Brothers cartoon, with the big dog and the little dog. The big dog, appropriatley enough, is called George. I think the smaller one is called Winston, I'm not sure though. Its a perfect analogy.

[vyper]

just cos that ****wit didnt do much doesn't mean we can't.

[Grey Wolf]

Originally posted by Rictor
No offense to your Brits, but I somehow don't see Blair standing up to ****. When Dubya is allowed to land a helicopter in the Queen's lawn, and flatten the royal garden, it is painfully obvious that you have no say in the matter of world politics.

Its like that Warner Brothers cartoon, with the big dog and the little dog. The big dog, appropriatley enough, is called George. I think the smaller one is called Winston, I'm not sure though. Its a perfect analogy.

I thought the little dog was named George.

[beatspete]

Originally posted by vyper
just cos that ****wit didnt do much doesn't mean we can't.

Yeah, we need a real leader. And I'm not talking about voting Charles Kennedy into power or anything.

Isnt the Queen supposed to sort out things like this?

[Grey Wolf]

The power of the monarchy has really been declining since the Stuarts were temporarily kicked out by Oliver Cromwell. Actually, you could probably trace the decline of the monarchy to the Magna Carta, if you really wish to. The royal family is basically a figurehead and tabloid fodder.

[beatspete]

Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
The royal family is basically a figurehead and tabloid fodder.

And so is Tony Blair the Goverment.  Thats the problem.

[Grey Wolf]

So are you ruled by the bureaucracy then, or just sort drifting without any true leadership?

[vyper]

It's more of rule-by-media arrangement. Really needs sorting out.

Anyone want to form a political party?

[Flipside]

LOL I'm almost tempted.....

The problem is with British elections is that it really doesn't matter who we vote in anymore, the pocket-lining ball is rolling and none of the parties want to stop it. I don't think there is more than a handful of politicians in Britain that honestly give a toss about anything more than what they can grab for themselves.

Which makes the just like the Media

[Rictor]

The same is true in America, only the system is even more entrenched. I mean, Kerry could tommorow announce his candidacy as a Republican and I wouldn't be the least bit surprised.

[Grey Wolf]

Originally posted by vyper
It's more of rule-by-media arrangement. Really needs sorting out.

Anyone want to form a political party?

Sure. Think they'd care that I was an American running for British office?

[aldo_14]

The Royal Family are all hideously inbred (there's about 3 faces shared between them - and 1 is the corgis) and thick-as-2-short-planks anyways......   only one has ever gone to uni, and he pretty much failed at "history of art".

I mean, "history of art".  Fer fecks sake......

[Rictor]

I would have thought that they would all be very highly educated at the best schools in the world. I mean, they ARE royalty, I didn't think them the kind to be cheap when it comes to education.

Well, there you go. You learn something new every day.

[Grey Wolf]

Money doesn't matter when you are as stupid as a load of bricks.

[Grey Wolf]

Ummmm.... Maeg? You're in the wrong thread. You probably meant to post that in the Fallujah thread.

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]Cheers GW, too many windows open.
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