--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "No wonder everyone laughs at the USA." > > And then tries to move here.>>
Well, if you travel abroad much you will find masses of Americans who have moved out of this country and never want to move back to it, and billions of people who would never want to move here. (I came here by an accident - not intentional) OffWorld > > > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <no_reply@> > 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/
