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Old 30-12-2010, 09:43 PM #11
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Originally Posted by angus58 View Post
Just goes to show how much the yanks drag their feet in doing anything constructive or helpful unless there's something in it for them - altruism is not in their vocabulary as evidenced by the fact that they have to be "BEGGED" to do the decent thing rather than stepping in of their own accord. No such reticence when there's oil or other valuable resources to plunder though, eh?
Yeah, enter wars late, refuse to take advice from the more experienced, spend massively, lose troops and material needlessly, make enormous profits on replacement weaponry, bring the glory (and the plunder) home - 20th century USA .....
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