LUFC
Ashley Tait
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Post by LUFC on Apr 2, 2007 14:10:41 GMT
Might be thick and pig **** ..... but they wouldn't make idle chit chat with a country thats just kidnapped 15 of their sailors, forcing them to lie on TV and parading them about So what we meant to do? Smash and grab? Last time that was attempted in iran 50+ died and their bodies paraded around. We cant go to war with iran yet. We need a more stable iraq. once iraq's military is sorted, and america has pulled out it's 120k troops from south korea (due to north korea disarming) then maybe we could attack iran, until then the UN and Negotiations are the only way forward. As for americans being dumb, we have dumb people too. It's the closed minded nature based in alot of western world countries unfortunatly.
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Helen
Ross Lambert
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Post by Helen on Apr 3, 2007 21:47:05 GMT
From my experiance the USA does seem to have more than its fair share of stupid people! On holiday last year my parents were asked by an American woman "What language do they speak in England?" ;D I once had my passport checked by a security woman in Washington. On seeing my passport we had the following conversation (she was being serious): Her: Is Great Britain in England? Me (a bit stunned): Err ... England is in Great Britain. Her: Is England in London? Me (trying not to snigger): London is in England. Her: Have you met Lady Diana? Me (surprised at the way she asked expecting me to have met her on account of being British, but also telling the truth): Yes. Her: Cool, have a nice day. I've been at college in America since August and seriously, some of the things I've heard... "Is Great Britiain is in England?" "Is the United Kingdom part of GB?" "Is the United Kingdom in England? "England is part of France, right?" "What part of England is Ireland in?" "Why don't English people have American accents?" "Have you met Robin Hood?" "I have friends in London...they're called ***, do you know them?" "Are there any black people in England?" Oh, and a friend from Turkey has a professor here who believes Turkey is a French-speaking socialist country. Its been an interesting few months, thats for sure.
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