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To: H James Morris who wrote (141081)3/29/2002 11:53:25 PM
From: craig crawford  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
>> The decline of the British empire took over 300 years <<

oh really? if you say so...

>> The British taxpayers simply couldn't afford to keep the empire together, because it was too expensive to maintain. <<

if that is the answer, then so be it. but then you need to explain to me why they ran out of cash flow. why did they have enough cash flow earlier to keep their empire alive, but not later?