Very interesting - just read a book called Friendly Fire - all about how the americans got europe to go to war with a false promise of there help - they basically nearly made us bankrupt sold us lots of crap equipement and lost us our empire. they came out from a depression to a world leader!!!!!!!
Did you know that on the 31st of December this year we pay the last war debt payment!!!!!!!!!
we did have a few payment holidays - the last one being 2002 - just after that I ended up in the Gulf - must have been one of the concessions!!!!!!
Russia had alot more than us during the war from the states but only paid a fraction back
anyway a very good read, one that makes you think how the hell did they get away with that -well anyone who got in the way was bumped off, we went to war to free Poland - then gave it away to one of the countries who invaded it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its interesting for me as I used to have an interest in history.
The USA today has an economy which is on the verge of going pop and have its currency devalued due to the huge national debts. It continues to seek and secure the one thing needed to maintain its economy....oil.
In history this has happened on more than one occasion, the most recent being Hitlers Germany where all things were good with full employment thanks to an inflation driven economy and the growing war machine.....we all know how that finished.
The USA is now in my opinion carrying out a similar response be it on a more publicly acceptable scale (media and communciatiosn is much better these days)........but for how long can it go on. People will always rebel against this type of action in what ever manner they feel is most effective, unfortunately it tends to be violence.
I must admit we have had a close escape....this time but, there will be more.
Now if they targeted Blair and Prescott rather than Joe Public......(how could youmiss Prescott, simply pop a hand grenade in a pie and place it within 500m of him....)