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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (21232)	6/18/2004 12:11:59 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 80920

Gustave > Today, it's Europe that faces the challenge of "domestic decolonization" while the US has recklessly thrown itself in the throes of overseas colonialism Indeed so, and led by Israel, the world's first, and only, 20th Century "colony" -- a colony of British and American Zionists, no less. In fact, the US, UK and Israel, today, are carrying on exactly as Britain did under Queen Victoria. I frequently make the point that there is no difference in intent, or in those who were behind it, between the Boer War of 1899 and the Iraq Occupation of 2003. The only difference this time is it's about oil and the US is involved. But it's exactly the same "big money" and people of the same religious persuasion which are/were behind both. militaryhistory.about.com >>The Boer War: Greed, Gold, and Government The story of the Boer War is one of greed, gold, and government. Often considered the Vietnam of the Victorian Era, the Boer war began with little support from the British government and ended with more bloodshed than ever anticipated. The war began in 1899, just after Queen Victoria celebrated the Diamond Jubilee. The British Empire was enjoying a time of increasing material profits and high Victorian pride. Life for the Victorians was good, but not good enough. As soon as gold and diamonds were discovered in the Dutch Boer Republics of Transvaal and the Orange Free State the Victorians' diamond fever continued to rise. Alfred Milner, the High Commissioner of Cape Colony in South Africa, played an especially important role in the start of the war. He was not only interested in capitalizing on the riches of South Africa, but also in creating a Cape-to-Cairo confederation of British colonies to dominate the African continent << (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/8141/boerwar.html) >>The Boers were a fast and highly mobile guerilla force, using the new smokeless cartridges in their German Mauser rifles which greatly concealed their positions; and they employed hit-and-run tactics that not only caused losses the British couldn't afford, but thoroughly frustrated the Empire's view of a 'fair fight'. As costs and casualties mounted, with the generals continually professing that the end was near, and the war taking a bitter and brutal twist in the last two years, British public opinion soured. Thus began the long slow decline of support for the Imperial idea.<< Until it was reborn with the creation of the State of Israel.