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To: combjelly who wrote (259440)	11/11/2005 8:58:30 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577191

Sounds interesting... Frankly, I don't think you can maintain an empire in this day and age. Britain could exploit the locals and resources to pay the military expenses... it was not politically correct but it was accepted practice. Now I think the world would howl bloody murder if we were to, for instance, take Iraqi oil for our own. Disregarding moral authority, the Iraq adventure is a bad business decision. John

To: combjelly who wrote (259440)	11/11/2005 11:39:51 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577191

"I never did like to take a test this early in the morning... but I'll guess George Bush?" Sorry about that. Oddly enough, the answer is no. The quote is from a speech that General F. S. Maude made when Britain invaded in 1917. The parallels are sort of chilling. They went in under the cover of liberators. They got the League of Nations involved afterwards to give it an air of legitimacy. After a couple of years to stabilize things, they held an election where a king was elected, a constitutional monarchy being the obvious model. After a couple of years, they handed control over to the king, yet still were involved in maintaining security and making sure the king et al didn't make any decisions they didn't like, for example, joining the Axis during WWII. They were there until the 1950's when the British Empire totally unraveled. What's even more chilling is that the Brits felt they had the right to annex Iraq because France and they had divided up the ME in a secret agreement. Their claim was a piece of paper drawn up by the two countries. Its always the same.......one evil act begets many more. And people like MM wonder why the world hates white people.