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To: Gib Bogle who wrote (21209)	8/14/2007 9:00:08 PM
From: Slagle	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 219674

Gib, You British colonials and ex-colonials are a strange variety of pacifist and so terribly selective. In your view, there are the good wars, meaning those where we were screwed into mistakenly running to your aid, and then the bad wars, which would be anything where you or your mother country (and also maybe the Soviets) were not in immediate peril. Of all our wars, only two, and that would be the two really big ones, were a total mistake on our part. My countrymen died by the hundreds of thousands in wars that we should have completely avoided, but for the sake of a mistaken alliance with Britain. What we should do is to be strong as a nation and avoid entangling alliances with anyone, especially a country as perfidious as England or her colonies. If you are strong and well armed you don't have to fight. And a well armed public keeps a despotic government at bay. I don't suppose the Kiwis on the gunsmithing boards are likely to share many of your opinions. But they seem to be intelligent and well informed and their general opinion is that the country is toast and beyond saving. Some say they are getting out of the country ASAP. Like I said, I have never been there so I don't really know. I'm not likely to come there either and if I did I doubt I would like the place. I don't care for England or Europe either, lots to see, but it is so sad to see what is happening there. Not my kind of place. Too many rules and not enough freedom. Slagle

To: Gib Bogle who wrote (21209)	8/15/2007 3:58:06 AM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219674

We (most of the US) are pretty happy studying guns and war. There is even a dedicated Military cable channel. military.discovery.com They have shows about history, weapons, strategy, tactics, video from Iraq and Afghanistan, etc. When you get tired of that, there is The History Channel. This week has reviews of Mig-15 dogfights over Korea, the London Blitz, and an extensive martial arts series called Human Weapon. history.com There's also a hunting and fishing channel. Glad to know that someone worries about the US. We wouldn't want to spend 600 Billion a year on defense without something beyond Wayo ;-)