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samjjones
12-22-2005, 05:28 PM
The idea of this thread is to show in one specific example why your country is better than some other country. For example,

U.S. vs. U.K.

Your "Pirate of the Caribbean":
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/walt_disney/pirates_of_the_caribbean__the_curse_of_the_black_p earl/orlando_bloom/pirates2.jpg

My "Pirate of the Caribbean":
http://theboxset.com/images/reviewcaptures/1974PIRATES_OF_THE_CARRIBEAN-0.jpg

Similar to "Picture Wars", but with a patriotic bent. U.K.'s turn.

Luv2DriveTT
12-22-2005, 05:29 PM
[ QUOTE ]
The idea of this thread is to show in one specific example why your country is better than some other country. For example,

U.S. vs. U.K.

Your "Pirate of the Caribbean":
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/walt_disney/pirates_of_the_caribbean__the_curse_of_the_black_p earl/orlando_bloom/pirates2.jpg

My "Pirate of the Caribbean":
http://theboxset.com/images/reviewcaptures/1974PIRATES_OF_THE_CARRIBEAN-0.jpg

Similar to "Picture Wars", but with a patriotic bent. U.K.'s turn.

[/ QUOTE ]

Isn't Johny Depp now a French citizen? He ain't your pirate anymore.

TT /images/graemlins/club.gif

Alobar
12-22-2005, 05:30 PM
mmmmm....imaginary lines on a map

MrWookie47
12-22-2005, 05:32 PM
I don't even get which one of them is supposed to be better. They're both fruitballs, and they're both lusted after by throngs of 12 year old girls. What's the difference?

Luv2DriveTT
12-22-2005, 05:33 PM
[ QUOTE ]
I don't even get which one of them is supposed to be better. They're both fruitballs, and they're both lusted after by throngs of 12 year old girls. What's the difference?

[/ QUOTE ]

Yeah. This thread sucks. Lets kill it.

Gunny Highway
12-22-2005, 05:33 PM
I don't get it. You want to say why onee country is better than another and the way to do that is compare two gay pirates (are they even from different countries?) from the same movie?

samjjones
12-22-2005, 05:34 PM
[ QUOTE ]
I don't even get which one of them is supposed to be better. They're both fruitballs, and they're both lusted after by throngs of 12 year old girls. What's the difference?

[/ QUOTE ]
Johnny Depp a "fruitball"? Wha-wha-what?

Gunny Highway
12-22-2005, 05:35 PM
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I don't even get which one of them is supposed to be better. They're both fruitballs, and they're both lusted after by throngs of 12 year old girls. What's the difference?

[/ QUOTE ]
Johnny Depp a "fruitball"? Wha-wha-what?

[/ QUOTE ]

Are you comparing the actors or the pirates? Either way, I can't say either is actually gay, but they're both pretty damn effeminate.

samjjones
12-22-2005, 05:36 PM
For example, a U.K. reply could be:

http://markleonard.net/fsblob/19.jpg

vs.

http://www.dailyraider.com/tv/americanoffice/03.jpg

The first is obviously better than the second.

4_2_it
12-22-2005, 05:36 PM
THIS:

http://img289.imageshack.us/img289/7357/lewis1zh.png

VS.

http://img289.imageshack.us/img289/3869/rowan8bu.png

is a much better debate, though I think it may be close to a draw..........

samjjones
12-22-2005, 05:38 PM
Yes, this is a good example of what I am getting at.

Gunny Highway
12-22-2005, 05:38 PM
[ QUOTE ]
Yes, this is a good example of what I am getting at.

[/ QUOTE ]

This would be much better with NSFW pics.

samjjones
12-22-2005, 05:40 PM
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Yes, this is a good example of what I am getting at.

[/ QUOTE ]

This would be much better with NSFW pics.

[/ QUOTE ]

Edited the subject title. Do it.

mason55
12-22-2005, 05:41 PM
I'm trying to come up with things but all I can think is things that make the UK better. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

diebitter
12-22-2005, 05:51 PM
[ QUOTE ]
I'm trying to come up with things but all I can think is things that make the UK better. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Me too /images/graemlins/smile.gif

http://www.threemoviebuffs.com/miscimages/connery1.jpg

http://xapz.com/movies/xxx_diesel.jpg

4_2_it
12-22-2005, 05:54 PM
How is a red x superior to Vin Diesel? Or is that just some British humor that I fail to understand?????

Gunny Highway
12-22-2005, 05:55 PM
Yours:
http://www.rdfunding.org.uk/images/WebImages/Image1153.gif

Ours:
http://www.qualitydentistry.com/snapshots/adaseal.gif

samjjones
12-22-2005, 05:58 PM
Yours:
http://images.contactmusic.com/images/artist/jasonstathamap.jpg

Ours:
http://aces.tabulas.com/tarebear/thumbs/grand-master-chuck-norris-bn.jpg

dcasper70
12-22-2005, 06:01 PM
US
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dcasper70/bush.jpg



UK
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dcasper70/twititp.jpg

Gunny Highway
12-22-2005, 06:02 PM
Whose side are you on? /images/graemlins/grin.gif

samjjones
12-22-2005, 06:07 PM
Yours:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/aberystwyth/images/anne_robinson_400x300.jpg

Ours:
http://img174.exs.cx/img174/5300/wink3xj.jpg

12-22-2005, 06:11 PM
US vs Poland

Polish chicks are the hottest.



US

http://xs36.xs.to/pics/05276/obese-hitthis.jpg


Poland

http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/5776/img12356jm.th.jpg

asofel
12-22-2005, 06:12 PM
UK

http://www.page3.com/wallpaper2/img/200105_b_keeley.jpg

US

...sry, distracted...um....brb....

SossMan
12-22-2005, 06:13 PM
ours:
http://www.umgoblue.com/images/Immortals4/cwdsn-18.jpg

yours:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38077000/jpg/_38077683_rio_beck_afp_200.jpg


thread over.

mason55
12-22-2005, 06:15 PM
UK:
http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/76/56/0312288220-books-resized200.jpg

US:

http://www.rikksrevues.com/ramones-cover-art-skew.jpg

I don't know who wins though

12-22-2005, 06:17 PM
[ QUOTE ]
ours:
http://www.umgoblue.com/images/Immortals4/cwdsn-18.jpg

yours:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38077000/jpg/_38077683_rio_beck_afp_200.jpg


thread over.

[/ QUOTE ]

you mean USA vs. The Rest of the World ?

come on, the real football is played with a foot, not with a hand...

samjjones
12-22-2005, 06:18 PM
U.S. vs. Australia

Theirs:
http://newsfeed.tcm.ie/images/people/russellcrowegladiator.jpg

Ours:
http://www.movie-winners.com/posters/pix/jphoenix.jpg

man
12-22-2005, 06:22 PM
ours:
http://www.yarga.net/archive/images/1996-97/HH_yellow.gif

yours:
http://www.joyofbaking.com/images/TEAPARTY.JPG

diebitter
12-22-2005, 06:25 PM
UK:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Mckellen_gandalf_ttt_poster.jpg

US:
http://www.vegasretro.com/entertainers/photos/roy_white_tiger_r.jpg

HopeydaFish
12-22-2005, 06:28 PM
[ QUOTE ]
US
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dcasper70/bush.jpg



UK
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dcasper70/twititp.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

This one made me laugh hard. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

B Dids
12-22-2005, 06:30 PM
[ QUOTE ]
US
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dcasper70/bush.jpg



UK
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40/dcasper70/twititp.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

THREAD SAVED

samjjones
12-22-2005, 06:30 PM
diebitter...you are oh-for-two with red x's. What's up?

MonkeeMan
12-22-2005, 06:32 PM
Asia
http://www.organicgourmet.ca/images/bowl-of-rice.jpg

US
http://www.chriskula.com/la/carlsjr.jpg

diebitter
12-22-2005, 06:33 PM
UK:
http://www.mfiles.co.uk/reviews/roy-budd-get-carter-cover.jpg

US:
http://www.pressunic.com/video/images/small/get_carter_small.jpg

Game, set and match, old beans.

diebitter
12-22-2005, 06:35 PM
[ QUOTE ]
diebitter...you are oh-for-two with red x's. What's up?

[/ QUOTE ]

Dunno. I can see em here. The first one was Sean Connery/James Bond, the second was Gandalf/Ian McKellen

The one I just did was get carter vs us version...

I can see em - must be a UK/US pipeline cache thing or sommat.

Blows my game...

ahhh, frak it, I'm off!

Cumulonimbus
12-22-2005, 06:42 PM
[ QUOTE ]
Asia
http://www.organicgourmet.ca/images/bowl-of-rice.jpg

US
http://www.chriskula.com/la/carlsjr.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

Hah. KKF pwned.

12-22-2005, 06:42 PM
You guys

http://www.larp.com/orcs/ltbob.jpg



US

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/SPIRIT.GIF

tonypaladino
12-22-2005, 06:53 PM
US vs Mexico

http://www.spacefame.org/vela.jpg

http://i.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/shuttle/astronauts.jpg

This was freakin half-assed. I wanted to find a shot of the mexican space program from south park

Noo Yawk
12-22-2005, 07:03 PM
[ QUOTE ]


http://xs36.xs.to/pics/05276/obese-hitthis.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

This wrong on so many levels. I need to wash my eyes with acid.

diebitter
12-22-2005, 07:05 PM
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]


http://xs36.xs.to/pics/05276/obese-hitthis.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

This wrong on so many levels. I need to wash my eyes with acid.

[/ QUOTE ]

You got wood, didn't you.

Voltron87
12-22-2005, 07:07 PM
this is a good one, NASA astronauts are badass. maybe a pic of the dog the soviets sent into space would have been good.

M2d
12-22-2005, 07:10 PM
[ QUOTE ]
UK

http://www.page3.com/wallpaper2/img/200105_b_keeley.jpg

US

...sry, distracted...um....brb....

[/ QUOTE ]

US, biatch!!
http://photoscelebrites.online.fr/jessica-alba/01/jessica-alba-001.jpg

Peter666
12-22-2005, 07:10 PM
The only wood I got was jabbing the stick into my eye sockets.

Noo Yawk
12-22-2005, 07:12 PM
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]


http://xs36.xs.to/pics/05276/obese-hitthis.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

This wrong on so many levels. I need to wash my eyes with acid.

[/ QUOTE ]

You got wood, didn't you.

[/ QUOTE ]

It depends. Does wood mean violently ill in the UK?

Cumulonimbus
12-22-2005, 07:14 PM
Why Canada is better than the US...

Canada:
http://www.hightimes.com/420images/24_issuegal_7.jpg


US:
http://www.mcccj.com/news2003/1028.JPG


Meh, shittty example.

diebitter
12-22-2005, 07:15 PM
UK: SAS Action Man - Double-hard bastard
http://toychestandcollectables.com/shop/media/sas-bbi300.jpg

US: GI Joe Marine - gay chic
http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/41/5e/Hasbro_GI_Joe_26th_Marine_Division-resized200.jpg

RunDownHouse
12-22-2005, 07:16 PM
Can we impose a penalty for those too stupid to rehost their pics, instead choosing to make a thread about 8 monitors wide?

Voltron87
12-22-2005, 07:18 PM
uh, i REALLY dont think the UK wants to go down the road of military conflict...

diebitter
12-22-2005, 07:21 PM
[ QUOTE ]
uh, i REALLY dont think the UK wants to go down the road of military conflict...

[/ QUOTE ]

Eh? Ok, Holmes, tell me why the UK should be ashamed of its history in recent military conflict? I gotta hear this.

RunDownHouse
12-22-2005, 07:24 PM
diebitter,

I believe Voltron will come back with a comment about the Revolutionary War. You guys did really well in the Battle of Britain, though, and Monty made a cute sidekick for Patton.

diebitter
12-22-2005, 07:31 PM
[ QUOTE ]
diebitter,

I believe Voltron will come back with a comment about the Revolutionary War. You guys did really well in the Battle of Britain, though, and Monty made a cute sidekick for Patton.

[/ QUOTE ]

OK, I thought it might be that or the 1812 ding-dong (which was a stalemate anyway). Yeah, I'll concede that one.

JimHammer
12-22-2005, 07:38 PM
UK
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d98/gymcone/guard.jpg

US

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d98/gymcone/secret_service.jpg

Voltron87
12-22-2005, 07:40 PM
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
diebitter,

I believe Voltron will come back with a comment about the Revolutionary War. You guys did really well in the Battle of Britain, though, and Monty made a cute sidekick for Patton.

[/ QUOTE ]

OK, I thought it might be that or the 1812 ding-dong (which was a stalemate anyway). Yeah, I'll concede that one.

[/ QUOTE ]

http://www.highrock.com/JohnGBurkhalter/beachlanding_b.jpg

you'd all be speaking german right now if not for...

RunDownHouse
12-22-2005, 07:44 PM
How were the Germans going to cross the channel, exactly? That's a criticism much more appropriate for the continent, not GB.

EDIT: PS diebitter, I can't believe you let me get away with calling Monty a "cute sidekick."

diebitter
12-22-2005, 07:49 PM
[ QUOTE ]
you'd all be speaking german right now if not for...

[/ QUOTE ]

And we shouldn't bring up our military history because???

What, we were pussies for fighting the nazis mostly alone since 1939? For being bombed the [censored] out of and keep fighting?

hahaha!

You don't get the British do you, bud?

And you forgot the Russians and the British in with your little history lesson. Americans didn't win it, we all did, and we all should be proud we worked together to do it. FYKnowledge. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

-RundownHouse
But he was a cute sidekick /images/graemlins/grin.gif

manpower
12-22-2005, 08:08 PM
The US has it on food.
http://www.cobritishfarming.org.uk/hamper.jpg

http://americangourmet.net/ProductImages/16315.jpg

diebitter
12-22-2005, 08:15 PM
UK speeches
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004WIB8.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

US Speeches
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/images/independenceday.JPG

12-22-2005, 08:17 PM
[ QUOTE ]
UK speeches
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004WIB8.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

US Speeches
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/images/independenceday.JPG

[/ QUOTE ]




Wait, you are making a case for the US here right? I dont care if god himself delivers a speech tonight, there will never be a better one than in Independence Day.

diebitter
12-22-2005, 08:20 PM
[ QUOTE ]

Wait, you are making a case for the US here right? I dont care if god himself delivers a speech tonight, there will never be a better one than in Independence Day.

[/ QUOTE ]

Awww, that's so charming /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Actually, I know a lot of people take the piss out of the speech in ID4, but I think it works really well, so let's call this an honourable draw?

'St Crispins day' is awesomely good too, check it out.

coffeecrazy1
12-22-2005, 08:29 PM
[ QUOTE ]
UK speeches
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004WIB8.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

US Speeches
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/images/independenceday.JPG

[/ QUOTE ]

Wait a minute...

Shouldn't it be:

UK speeches
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004WIB8.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

US speeches
http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/patton.jpg
?

Allinlife
12-22-2005, 08:30 PM
[ QUOTE ]
Whose side are you on? /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[/ QUOTE ]
vnh lol..had a good laugh.

Hamish McBagpipe
12-22-2005, 08:33 PM
Typical church from my country:

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/3917/20050830016inverness3sk.jpg

Typical church from your country:

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9718/badchurch2nq.jpg

Action Scott
12-22-2005, 11:42 PM
US:
http://www.bleachingteeth.com/girl.jpg

UK:
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/science/ks1-2/resources/examples/livingthings/teeth/badteeth.jpg

TheNoodleMan
12-23-2005, 12:31 AM
that took way too long.

12-23-2005, 12:32 AM
[ QUOTE ]
so let's call this an honourable draw?

[/ QUOTE ]

...and start giving equal time to Hollywood summer blockbusters in our English classes. Shakespeare's had his run.

/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

TheNoodleMan
12-23-2005, 12:33 AM
You can have your architecture, I'll take the beer church, thank you very much.

bwana devil
12-23-2005, 12:36 AM
[ QUOTE ]

The idea of this thread is to show in one specific example why your country is better than some other country. For example,

U.S. vs. U.K.

Your "Pirate of the Caribbean":

[/ QUOTE ]

dude, you suck at your own game.

bwana

emonrad87
12-23-2005, 12:42 AM
1. Revolutionary War
2. War of 1812
3. World War I
4. World War II
5. http://www.fabuloussavers.com/wallpapers/221s.jpg

7ontheline
12-23-2005, 01:18 AM
Didn't the British burn Washington in the War of 1812?

Hardly seems like a resounding U.S. victory. I don't remember London burning.

diebitter
12-23-2005, 02:19 AM
OK, if you're gonna pull that US great in the war stuff....



typical poster in the UK in the early 1940s:

http://www.townfield.doncaster.sch.uk/images/world%20war%202/world%20war%202%20Hitler%20will%20send%20no%20warn ing.jpg

And in the US at the same time:
http://ww2homefront.com/Neutral%20Square.jpg


Now lets leave the fkn wars outta this, okay. (Unless anyone French turns up /images/graemlins/smile.gif )

PoBoy321
12-23-2005, 02:34 AM
Wait, I don't get it. The British were getting their asses kicked and people didn't wanna gonna go save them, so all of a sudden, that's our fault?

lastchance
12-23-2005, 02:36 AM
Your book:
http://www.ageforcehgh.com/images/atkins1.jpg
Our Book:
http://www.golfinglyyours.com/products/book-art-of-war.jpg

diebitter
12-23-2005, 02:41 AM
[ QUOTE ]
Wait, I don't get it. The British were getting their asses kicked and people didn't wanna gonna go save them, so all of a sudden, that's our fault?

[/ QUOTE ]

I was responding to the previous poster, who suggested the US pwned the UK in the 2 world wars. I was pointing out how very, very late you came to these wars. So quit boasting about it, is all.

12-23-2005, 02:42 AM
But you did need the help eh?

PoBoy321
12-23-2005, 02:42 AM
How you get around:
http://www.offoffoff.com/film/1999/images/port-rickshaw.jpg

How we get around:

http://www.edmunds.com/media/news/column/carmudgeon/300c.chyslers.escalade/02.cadillac.escalade.f34.500.jpg

PoBoy321
12-23-2005, 02:43 AM
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Wait, I don't get it. The British were getting their asses kicked and people didn't wanna gonna go save them, so all of a sudden, that's our fault?

[/ QUOTE ]

I was responding to the previous poster, who suggested the US pwned the UK in the 2 world wars. I was pointing out how very, very late you came to these wars. So quit boasting about it, is all.

[/ QUOTE ]

Right, we came late, and until we came, you didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning it. I think that we have every right in the world to boast about it.

diebitter
12-23-2005, 02:45 AM
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Wait, I don't get it. The British were getting their asses kicked and people didn't wanna gonna go save them, so all of a sudden, that's our fault?

[/ QUOTE ]

I was responding to the previous poster, who suggested the US pwned the UK in the 2 world wars. I was pointing out how very, very late you came to these wars. So quit boasting about it, is all.

[/ QUOTE ]

Right, we came late, and until we came, you didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning it. I think that we have every right in the world to boast about it.

[/ QUOTE ]

sheesh. And without UK and Russian involvement, you didn't have a snowball's chance of winning either. So YOU didn't win, WE (the Allies) won.

Is that fair enough, can we let this go now?

diebitter
12-23-2005, 02:56 AM
[ QUOTE ]
But you did need the help eh?

[/ QUOTE ]
Yes. And very grateful for it, thank you. We also got a lot of help from the Russians, and appreciate their sacrifice too.

lastchance
12-23-2005, 03:01 AM
Your food:
http://www.jainworld.org/general/prem/Clip%20Art%20for%20Education/images/Meat%20-%20Hamburger.jpg
Our food:
http://www.regenttour.com/china/food/food1.jpg

riverboatking
12-23-2005, 03:03 AM
i'll take the latter over the former any day of the week and twice on thursday.

emonrad87
12-23-2005, 06:58 AM
You're hilarious. First you want to hear it, then woops, you're proven wrong and it becomes "let's leave this out!"

Vavavoom
12-23-2005, 07:08 AM
[ QUOTE ]
You're hilarious. First you want to hear it, then woops, you're proven wrong and it becomes "let's leave this out!"

[/ QUOTE ]

And you're a tad bit late...

With regards to WWII, the real reason the US came to war IIRC, is to do with not helping Allies but because they were attacked by the Japanese...

Anyways, as it stands in current affairs...the only friends the US has is the UK and vice versa....

Merry Christmas !

Il_Mostro
12-23-2005, 07:16 AM
Norway:
http://www.myphotographs.net/norway/norway0141.jpg

USA:
http://www.uni-koblenz.de/~tomato/bilder/usa/burn_in_hell.jpg

12-23-2005, 07:45 AM
[ QUOTE ]
Anyways, as it stands in current affairs...the only friends the US has is the UK and vice versa....

[/ QUOTE ]

Hey, don't forget the Aussies! /images/graemlins/smile.gif

12-23-2005, 07:48 AM
[ QUOTE ]
1. Revolutionary War
2. War of 1812
3. World War I
4. World War II
5. Bay of Pigs
6. Vietnam

[/ QUOTE ]

I'll skip a few. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Reminds me of the roman empire.

diebitter
12-23-2005, 08:03 AM
[ QUOTE ]
You're hilarious. First you want to hear it, then woops, you're proven wrong and it becomes "let's leave this out!"

[/ QUOTE ]

Nope. I was asking why we'd want to not bring up our military history. Nothing here has proved any of it shameful or an embarrassment in any way. I was very amused on the insistence that the US somehow won WW1 and WW2 pretty much single-handedly.

It's like george foreman and Ali going 12 rounds, both falling over, Ali staggering to his feet, and some little guy from the crowd coming in, knocking him down, and then the little guy insisting he won. Sheesh.

diebitter
12-23-2005, 08:05 AM
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Anyways, as it stands in current affairs...the only friends the US has is the UK and vice versa....

[/ QUOTE ]

Hey, don't forget the Aussies! /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Heere's a big up for ANZACs from me. You boys should be proud of your tradition too!

ChipWrecked
12-23-2005, 08:08 AM
The American way:

http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/iraqis_tortured/iraqis_tortured_60min2-g.jpg

The British way:

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WORLD/europe/01/19/uk.iraq.abuse/story.court1ap.jpg

I salute the British effort in Iraq, keep up the good work boys!

diebitter
12-23-2005, 08:11 AM
Yeah, a merry Christmas to all! We gotta stick together!

12-23-2005, 08:24 AM
Heya Diebitter,

We, like the US citizens, are overall proud and supporting of our troops and their work.

However, I think most ozzies were misled into this latest episode by the "superior" US intelligence. We went to war, according to our PM, because there was clear and imminent danger. I feel we have been misled, either by both our PM and the US government or by the US government only (which does not say much about ours). Fortunately we are living in a democracy here, where disagreeing with, and criticizing the govenrment is allowed.

I am simply sorry we got into this mess, for what, to me, were obviously false pretenses. We didn't go to war to topple Hussein..

Sorry mate, and I hope we are mates, but, in this instance, I think we were very wrong.. and so were we in vietnam, imo, by the way.

All that being said, I, personally, make a point to stop everything I am doing, during the repeat of Jim Lehrer's hour here, when they are, in silence, showing the pictures of those fine young, and not so young, men and women (they only show the US ones by the way), that offered the ultimate sacrifice they could for an idealism. And I think about it very much on a daily basis.

diebitter
12-23-2005, 08:27 AM
[ QUOTE ]
Heya Diebitter,

We, like the US citizens, are overall proud and supporting of our troops and their work.

However, I think most ozzies were misled into this latest episode by the "superior" US intelligence. We went to war, according to our PM, because there was clear and imminent danger. I feel we have been misled, either by both our PM and the US government or by the US government only (which does not say much about ours). Fortunately we are living in a democracy here, where disagreeing with, and criticizing the govenrment is allowed.

I am simply sorry we got into this mess, for what, to me, were obviously false pretenses. We didn't go to war to topple Hussein..

Sorry mate, and I hope we are mates, but, in this instance, I think we were very wrong..

[/ QUOTE ]

I agree with you completely. Well said.

Let's quit before we get shipped to politics.

12-23-2005, 08:30 AM
Ok mate /images/graemlins/smile.gif

12-23-2005, 11:03 AM
Alright... from an American, you Americans who are talking trash to the Brits about military history are f***ing morons. Yeah, we helped win WWII. We all did. We couldn't have done it without them, and they probably couldn't have done it without us. So let's just cut the bulls**t.

And while we're on the topic, the Brits were kicking ass, taking names, and running the world 100-odd years before we got around to it.

Gunny Highway
12-23-2005, 11:06 AM
[ QUOTE ]
Alright... from an American, you Americans who are talking trash to the Brits about military history are f***ing morons. Yeah, we helped win WWII. We all did. We couldn't have done it without them, and they probably couldn't have done it without us. So let's just cut the bulls**t.

And while we're on the topic, the Brits were kicking ass, taking names, and running the world 100-odd years before we got around to it.

[/ QUOTE ]

[ QUOTE ]
Loc: Japan

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I guess the exchange rate makes a sense of humor prohibitively expensive in Japan. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

12-23-2005, 11:25 AM
US > France

http://www.hometown.aol.ca/jeffmepp/images/vince%20carter%20olympic%20dunk.jpg

kyro
12-23-2005, 11:36 AM
Good one. Olympic basketball has been a real avenue for American pride lately. My goodness.

spamuell
12-23-2005, 12:06 PM
UK:
http://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/v3/youth/columbus/images/pub.gif

+

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5350/drunksex2gt.jpg

US:

http://www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_SM/0037-0504-2919-2029_SM.jpg

Mr_J
12-23-2005, 12:13 PM
The poms have lost their fair share of wars too /images/graemlins/wink.gif

krimson
12-23-2005, 01:17 PM
Us:
http://www.thebeerstore.ca/images/brand/0697_l.jpg
http://www.goharpos.com/images/menuitems/beer_bottled_moosehead.jpg


You:
http://images.saleshound.com/broadreach/dyn_li/200.0.75.0/Retailers/CVS/918565x01_millerlite24pk.jpg
http://www.steinville.com/bud_light4.jpg

The once and future king
12-23-2005, 01:39 PM
British Empire:

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/1008/britishempire22ao.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


V

American Empire:

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/1986/worldexpansionmap26rx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

CollinEstes
12-23-2005, 01:46 PM
YOU:
http://www.thebeerstore.ca/images/brand/0697_l.jpg
http://www.goharpos.com/images/menuitems/beer_bottled_moosehead.jpg


US:
http://static.flickr.com/7/7173226_72efe2e68c.jpg

http://www.liquidsolutions.biz/product/images/stone-imp-stout.gif



Canada can't come close to us in beer.

fyodor
12-23-2005, 01:58 PM
Please replace that Moosehead label with a Keith's label. They actually had to stop selling Moosehead in Nova Scotia at one point (that's where it's made) because no one would drink it. It only sells elsewhere because of the 'cool' label.

Keith's is the East Coast beer of choice. Even my mom buys it.

MonkeeMan
12-23-2005, 02:02 PM
Ever see the Seinfeld episode on "shrinkage"?

bwana devil
12-23-2005, 02:04 PM
http://photobucket.com/albums/b295/wrwalsh/USA.jpg

MonkeeMan
12-23-2005, 02:21 PM
English fish and chips
http://www.hobotraveler.com/128_02bristol/MVC-019F.JPG


US fish and chips
http://www.medinapokerleague.com/images/week1/finaltable.jpg

diebitter
12-23-2005, 03:25 PM
US/UK
http://www.thebrownhaze.com/seperated.jpg

err, maybe a draw...

TheMainEvent
12-23-2005, 03:31 PM
[ QUOTE ]
http://photobucket.com/albums/b295/wrwalsh/USA.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

What is "don't go here" on that map? It looks like part of China but why only a tiny spot?

ccrazy88
12-23-2005, 03:41 PM
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
http://photobucket.com/albums/b295/wrwalsh/USA.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

What is "don't go here" on that map? It looks like part of China but why only a tiny spot?

[/ QUOTE ]coughVietnamcough.

TheMainEvent
12-23-2005, 03:45 PM
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]


What is "don't go here" on that map? It looks like part of China but why only a tiny spot?

[/ QUOTE ]coughVietnamcough.

[/ QUOTE ]

Ah, thanks, I figured I was just an idiot

bdmcgraw
12-23-2005, 03:50 PM
[ QUOTE ]
British Empire:

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/1008/britishempire22ao.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


V




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American Empire:

http://www.ebibleteacher.com/imagehtml/images/800x600/World%20From%20Space%20800.jpg

The once and future king
12-23-2005, 04:00 PM
So American empire = Africa and Saudi Arabia? /images/graemlins/confused.gif

TheMainEvent
12-23-2005, 04:05 PM
[ QUOTE ]
So American empire = Africa and Saudi Arabia? /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Don't forget about Antarctica, baby. $$$$$$