alf85 wrote:
Young lady there is nothing good about war, we did not start WW11, Hitler did, but remember this, if it was not for all those men and women who fought and died for our's and your freedom, you may not have been alive today, so the next time maybe you will not be so lucky.
Regards, Alfie.
Veteran, 22reg' SAS.
There is always something else that virtually no one gives the US credit for. After WW2 the US virtually owned the following countries. West Germany, Austria,Spain, Italy Norway, France, Poland,Japan, phillipines, All of North Africa, Western China, Burma, Most of the South Pacific. We had the right to plant the Flag on these conquered countries (as had all previous victorious nations) and declare them as American colonies. Thats what Russia did when it formen the USSR. However we did not do that. What then did we do? Through the Marshall Plan we restored , with a great deal of US money, them to a free society and gave them back to the people. Some of which had never before known freedom. We rebuilt much of Europe Japan etc. We discovered oil in North Africa. Etc Etc Etc. That is why we are an exceptional nation. We brought modern industry To Germany an Japan so much so tha they are now out competing us. No other countrt berfor or since has demonstrated such largess. Most of Europe forgets and gives the US little credit for the reason that their national languages are not German. There are manyt cemetaries filled with American dead thgat gave their lives so the Europe can complain about American imperialism. How many European cemetaries filled with dead europeans in the US are there..I will tell you NONE.Every day the people of those liberated nations should bow down and thank the US for their freedom!!!