> Not at all what he said. Everyone involved help to win the > war but he was talking about Truman's achievements not > Churchill's or the British peoples or anyone else. You need > to get past that.
No, I believe the passage I was referring to said "Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won World War II." The wording of the article is designed to paint the US administrations over the years in the best light possible. By associating the current administration with previous ones, the article is attempting to put its message in a better light. This technique is one of the primary tools for propoganda writing and you can see this over and over again throughout historical documents. For the article not to have any mention of the allied forces is simply arrogant. FDR did not win WW2. The allies won WW2. America was one of those allies and her contribution was of immeasurable importance. > > Your soaring economy is an illusion. It is being funded by > the largest > > national defecit in American history. > > Ummm it's not an illusion it's real. Saying the economy will > collapse in the future because of the deficit is putting to > much trust into your crystal ball. My crystal ball is based on historical observations. The same patterns are emerging today as have emerged before every major economic crash in recent history. What is different about this time that means it will be sustainable? Please, do tell? At some point or another, the money funding this process will run out. If China recalled all the loans she has issued to America, then her economy and several others throughout the world would be in serious peril. It's like two people holding loaded weapons at each others head saying "If you don't pull the trigger, I wont!". Do you not agree that this is a dangerous situation to be in? For the Cold War, this approach worked because we had mutually assured destruction and it was a dead cert; launch the nukes, kill 'em all.... For the financial equivalent, mutually assured financial destruction isn't guaranteed and China has far more manpower and industry right now to work it's way through the sort of financial disaster we are talking about than any other nation on the planet. China would suffer but it would recover more quickly than other economies simply due to it's size. Our current need to outsource work to increase the margins in every sector, be it Steel, I.T., energy or any other is a dangerous path to take and unless you can guarantee a relationship will continue to be stable between nations then you are playing life or death with your economy. The UK is doing the same to a lesser degree. I'd say we are a couple of years behind the US in terms of the levels of outsourcing of industry to other nations. I.T. has been the first industry to feel the pain of outsourcing this decade, our coal, gas and oil production is waning and has been for the past 2 decades. The UK government is looking at the possible introduction of nuclear power again in an effort to be independent in terms of power generation. We are not in an energy crisis yet but we could see one. All of these worldy circumstances do not bode well for the "soaring" US economy continuing as it is today. > > You go to the wrong pubs. > > Could be. I don't hang with the lords often, too stuffy. Maybe you should. You may learn something. If only you could get past the "stuffiness"... > > No I'm not, if you pay attention to all of my posts, even I > believe we > > should be in Iraq. I am also disgruntled about how our respective > > administrations got us there. > > So then ignore that statement I wouldn't need to if you read my posts properly. Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:185984 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
