[Colonol Dekker]

We can still tryand bring the Empire back.........."crosses fingers for luck"

[vyper]

Neither our political parties or the general population have the balls for such an idea.

[Colonol Dekker]

DAngit, Stoopidparlimentarians. If only another civil war would kick off, They always do the UK some good....

[AlphaOne]

While I do agree that countries unde leaders such as Sadam should be helped there is a big diference in gooing there for good of the people and gooing there for economical rasons. Oh and regarding the whole ocupation sloghtering civilians stuff and someone I think said it seems normal then whi the hell did the Allies fight the nazies in ww2 . How is the US any different from other maniacs out there? No matter what reason you can not go around shooting unarmed civilians.

Also why disgusted by the EU???

[aldo_14]

But they didn't even try to rebuild it. Bush publicly stated that the US was not into nation-building, yet he ended up giving out hundreds of millions, if not several billion dollars worth of no-bid contracts for "nation-building" in Iraq.

It wasn't actually spent on such archaic things as building, though.

[AlphaOne]

Well actualy now US companies hold major contracts in all departments regarding the irakian rebuilding. From building public roades to railroad's to oil refineries.

If this is the kind of reconstruction Bush had in mind then I rest mi case this was nothing more then a hunt for irakian oil reserbes and money from the exploitation of its oil.

[Mefustae]

Well actualy now US companies hold major contracts in all departments regarding the irakian rebuilding. From building public roades to railroad's to oil refineries.

If this is the kind of reconstruction Bush had in mind then I rest mi case this was nothing more then a hunt for irakian oil reserbes and money from the exploitation of its oil.

But it would seem these contractors certainly paid heed to Bush's "not into nation-building" thing, instead choosing to spend the money on much more worthwhile things like tailoring for said contractors, namely the pocket-lining if i'm not mistaken.

[AlphaOne]

Regardless of what the actual companies do the situation in Irak seem to be more about oil and whatvere you can get your hands on and profit then actualy bringig democracy to that state. Come to think of Romania actualy said they would forget about some debts that Irak had towards this country. Cant remeber exactly what sum of meny or what know so dont take this as acurate.

[Kosh]

Oooooo, the Romanians......

[Colonol Dekker]

 

[AlphaOne]

What's that suposd to mean?? The total debt's that Romania has to colect from other countryes is something like severeal blion dolars. This may not be much to a state like the US or the UK or Germany or whaetever but for a small country like this such a debt rpresents quite a lot of money.

[vyper]

Also why disgusted by the EU???

Corruption. Extravagance at the expense of the tax payer. An increasingly centralised system of government. Three good enough reasons to be upset already...

Edit: Plus I'm British - I have this whole thing about wanting our imperial real estate back... 

[aldo_14]

Also why disgusted by the EU???

Corruption. Extravagance at the expense of the tax payer. An increasingly centralised system of government. Three good enough reasons to be upset already...

you could almost be describing Westminister, there.......

[vyper]

Yes but at least I can go down the road and lynch them should the mood take me...

[aldo_14]

Yes but at least I can go down the road and lynch them should the mood take me...

Well, not really (for example, the current government got less votes total than when John Major lost the election).  Pretty much every 'democratic' institution is ****ed nowadays, might as well point that out.  We're screwed either way.

[Colonol Dekker]

Also why disgusted by the EU???

Corruption. Extravagance at the expense of the tax payer. An increasingly centralised system of government. Three good enough reasons to be upset already...

Edit: Plus I'm British - I have this whole thing about wanting our imperial real estate back... 

Hear Hear!!!!!

We didnt beat the normans back, and etc<insert 5 hour ramble> to become part of the EU,
Its a Unitied Kingdom, people forget that, Kingdoms are meant to be independantly run.

[Flipside]

Well, we can't have a New World Order until we've gone through the New World Chaos apparently. It's human nature, I think.

[Colonol Dekker]

Hmm, New world Chaos, (steals concept and puts it in his "stolen pocket")

[Janos]

Also why disgusted by the EU???

Corruption. Extravagance at the expense of the tax payer. An increasingly centralised system of government. Three good enough reasons to be upset already...

Edit: Plus I'm British - I have this whole thing about wanting our imperial real estate back... 

Hear Hear!!!!!

We didnt beat the normans back, and etc<insert 5 hour ramble> to become part of the EU,
Its a Unitied Kingdom, people forget that, Kingdoms are meant to be independantly run.

WHERE IS YOUR KING NOW

[aldo_14]

Hear Hear!!!!!

We didnt beat the normans back, and etc<insert 5 hour ramble> to become part of the EU,
Its a Unitied Kingdom, people forget that, Kingdoms are meant to be independantly run.

Like the Kingdom of Scotland?