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2011-05-17 Britain

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Posted by Besoeker 2011-05-17 00:03|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I bet our guys have pulled some real whoppers too!

Posted by Bill Clinton 2011-05-17 00:18|| 2011-05-17 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Reda the reactions of the readers: quite enlightening about America's (ex)-brothers.

BTW: Except Americans and British have near nothing in common and a a radically different vision of life. Take a look at a newsreel where you see British kowtowing in front of the Royals or visit respective war cemeteries and meditate about the place religion has in American life t

Posted by JFM 2011-05-17 02:45|| 2011-05-17 02:45|| Front Page Top

#3 JFM,

As it is unlikely that I will ever visit a British military cemetery, I would appreciate understanding their differences from the Americans'.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-05-17 07:15|| 2011-05-17 07:15|| Front Page Top

#4 There is also a difference in how the Union Jack is treated compared to the Stars and Stripes. At several joint US/Brit bases I was appalled at the way the Brits handled their flag at evening colors. The contrast was stark, as it contrasted directly with full on honors of the national ensign by US Marines!

Posted by My two cents 2011-05-17 08:51|| 2011-05-17 08:51|| Front Page Top

#5 @NS

In Norlmandy you can visit both the magnificent Amercan cemetery at Colleville (BTW it is American soil so I can say I have been in America) with graves marked "A soldier known only to G.d) and the plain unwalled British cemetery at Bayeux you could take for a civilan cemetery except that it is plainer.

Posted by JFM 2011-05-17 09:30|| 2011-05-17 09:30|| Front Page Top

#6 My two cents: There is a rather odd reason for the seeming lack of respect for the Union Jack. Here's the background:

"No law has been passed making the Union Flag the national flag of the United Kingdom. It is officially a flag of the monarch, rather than the Union. Civilian use is permitted on land, but non-naval/military use at sea is prohibited.

"In 2008, a 'Union Flag Bill' was introduced in the House of Commons, that sought to establish the Union Jack as the national flag of the UK in law, but it did not receive a second reading."

It is worthy to note that England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales still have and maintain their own national flags. And the question remains whether Scotland will devolve the union and become a separate state.

If that becomes the case, the Union Jack would cease to be in its current form, because the white saltire on a blue background, known as the Saltire or St. Andrew's Cross, which is the flag of Scotland, would be removed.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-05-17 10:54|| 2011-05-17 10:54|| Front Page Top

#7 The original plan was apparently to assassinate the official and Israel only averted what would have been a huge diplomatic rift with Britain, when they decided the target was more valuable alive than dead.

Source? This "article" gives the name of a book but neglected the part about the author's names. My high school newspaper would send you back to your typewriter, pal.

It closely mirrored the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas arms trader, who was killed in his hotel room in Dubai last year using agents disguised as tennis players.

Except for the part about, you know, actually killing anyone.

Posted by Chris W. 2011-05-17 11:21|| 2011-05-17 11:21|| Front Page Top

#8 I would be tempted to counter JFM's comments but I fear he wouldnt hear me with his head so far up his own nationalistic ass.

We dont pledge allegiance to a flag , we pledge allegiance to the Queen

Always have , and always will .

"I swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her heirs and successors and that I will as in duty bound honestly and faithfully defend Her Majesty, her heirs and successors in person, crown and dignity against all enemies and will observe and obey all orders of Her Majesty, her heirs and successors and of the generals and officers set over me"

Compared to :

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Anyway , good one Mossad thanks for the intel. But do the naive posters here think we werent clued in ?

Posted by Oscar 2011-05-17 12:52|| 2011-05-17 12:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Thanks moose. I'm glad I didn't ask at the time.
Although there are differences, the important thing both have in common is the joy in thumping bad guys who so desperately need it.

Re: "whether Scotland will devolve"
Shudder!

Posted by My two cents 2011-05-17 13:20|| 2011-05-17 13:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Oscar, I am not an American, I am a neutral and my a.s is also a neutral one and in my neutral country some believe that Americans are just British who drink coffee. They are wrong.

Posted by JFM 2011-05-17 16:00|| 2011-05-17 16:00|| Front Page Top

#11 In the USA we pledge allegiance to the Flag because we won't pledge allegiance to a person or a government. Doesn't make us any better nor worse than the anyone.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2011-05-17 16:15|| 2011-05-17 16:15|| Front Page Top

#12 My two cents: If you ask an Englishman what would happen if Scotland devolved, he might very well answer "Sawney Beane". Were it not for the civilizing effects of scotch whiskey and their inflatable plaid screaming octopii, I might suspect the same.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-05-17 16:18|| 2011-05-17 16:18|| Front Page Top

#13 Oscar, the most important part of our Pledge of Allegience is "and to the republic for which it stands."

Unfortunately, too many ~~Democrats~~ Americans have forgotten that.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-05-17 18:43|| 2011-05-17 18:43|| Front Page Top

#14 Oscar: We don't pledge allegiance to any person. Those of us who have taken an oath before assuming a position with the government, no matter how mean or lowly it might be, pledge to "support and defend the Constitution", and to "bear true faith and allegiance to the same". As someone mentioned, there are plenty of people in our government and in our nation that have about as much respect for the Constitution as muslims do for Christianity. That's ok - in the end, those of us who believe that our Constitution is the foundation of our government AS IT IS WRITTEN, will still be standing when the libtards have all been flushed into the sea.

Posted by Old Patriot 2011-05-17 20:18|| 2011-05-17 20:18|| Front Page Top

#15 The comments on that website are for the most part crazy-go-nuts. Hard to believe that we all live in the same universe.

Posted by Secret Master 2011-05-17 23:00|| 2011-05-17 23:00|| Front Page Top

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