On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:30:14 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:18:06 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:48:01 -0400, Wes wrote:

Mark Rand wrote:


You do realize that the number of British military deaths in the war were 90%
as high as US deaths and total British deaths were almost 10% higher than
total US deaths. Those numbers are dwarfed by the numbers of Russian deaths.


Correct myself. British Military deaths in WWII were 10% higher than US
military deaths.


I would hope the home team would try a bit harder. I'll leave it there. Many good men
died defending freedom.

Wes


More Canadians have died in Afganistan than Americans and Europeans
combined.


Why? Are most of your lads being shot when driving up to a village
with a casserole and offering to feed the vill?

Guner
No, they are doing the most dangerouas work, in the most dangerous
area (Handahar) of the country - where France, Germany, and the other
Nato countries won't send their people. Like in the second world war,
where the canadians did the dirty work and the yanks got the credit.


"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner