You forgot Lend-Lease or the hundreds of US merchant seamen who lost their lives running the U-Boat gauntlet before Pearl Harbor, never mind the thousands afterwards. Britain would have starved, frozen to death, and had no fuel for its planes or ammunition long before D-Day without it.
Funny how those who were there universally thanked the US for saving them, even to the point of France sending a boxcar of gifts on a train to every state in the union. Funny how the Polish, Czechs and other former Comecon countries are the most capitalist in the EU. It's only those who either are, or have been brainwashed by, the KGB planted fifth column (who were deliberately placed in the newsmedia and third level education) from the cold war who spout the sort of revisionist nonsense David has below. I guess if you are one of the "Ecotopia" desiring "Deep ecologists" a UK forced back to being an agrarian island with German dominance of the North Atlantic and a fortress Europe might be something you yearn for. Will those who love socialism PLEASE move to Cuba or Venezuela! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul M Moriarty Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 3:26 PM To: David Lodge Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [funsec] When are we going to start profiling? WAS RE: Don'tspend too much time in the bathroom...PLEASE >> > > I'm sick of this statement from USians: the US did not pull Europe's arse > out of the fire in the first or second world war. It joined late in both > wars when the war was already in its sodding endgame. If the US hadn't > been involved there would have been a similar result, it just would've > taken a tad longer and the Russians would've had more influence over the > rest of Europe. Except for that "little longer" part and the Russian influence part - yeah - how bad could it have been? As for what the US did for Europe? Two words: Marshall Plan Two more: You're welcome. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
