"No wonder everyone laughs at the USA." And then tries to move here.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The path to 9/11 and other myths. > > All I heard about this is that it is not historically accurate, and > historians have asked for it to be pulled, and that it was > orchestrated by some right wing shennanigans in Holywood > > It would not surprise me that it is not accurate. The Americans made > a film in the '90s about a British sub that captured the German code > Enigma machine and the Brits kept it secret for years during the > war. Most US ships would have been sunk in the Atlantic by the U- > boats if it were not for this capture. However, in the movie it was > portrayed as an American sub captured it. So one of the most > important parts of WW2 was made to be an American victory, and the > whole war was portryed that way. > > Four main factors can be attributed to the winning of WW2: > 1. Montgomery's defeat of Rommels tank divisions in northern Africa. > 2. The Battle of Britain - a long air battle - Brits agains Germans - > won by the Brits with the mass of the German Luftwafe being > destroyed. > 3. The invention of radar during the war - a British invention. > 4. The capture of the Enigma machine - by the Brits. > > Once all this hard stuff had been done and the war had essentially > been won, the Americans came in with their grunts. > > Finally, another illusion Americans are under is that they beat the > Brits in their "War of Independence". Not true. The Brits, instead > of fighting the US, focused on a more important enemy - the French, > Spanish, and Dutch were all at full-on war against Britain in > Europe. Brtain won that war and gave the colonies to the > landgrabbers in the US. Twelve years or so later...the Brits > thrashed the Americans when the US tried to invade Canada. > > Now the right wingers are trying to re-write the 9/11 story. What a > ridiculouos country. No wonder everyone laughs at the USA. > > OffWorld > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
