A note of thanks to the USA from one of the more grateful Europeans.

[Akka]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
"Ah well, why am I loosing my time with such a troll ? "


You mean losing? As in wasting ?

Yes.

I hate your irregular verbs

(ok, not that ours are any better )

[Ned]

Any Germans heard from today on this topic? I'd like to know what they think since most of the gratitude, if any, is, well you know, because they were on the other side. But, in a way, we helped them become the nation they are today.

[Chris 62]

Just noticed this one

Originally posted by Akka le Vil
How touchy.
Being ridiculized at your own game and not liking it ?

You shouldn't have bothered, is that supposed to be ridiculed?
That's the danger of attempting "spell wars"

That's the danger of being cocky. If you nitpick someone on the spelling of a word and make fun about him with it, you should better not do the exact same error than him the very next line.

Like you just did?

Ah well, why am I loosing my time with such a troll ?

Talking to yourself?

Good night to you, boy. May I don't see you for a while.

You REALLY need to work on your English son.

[proffessor_ben]

I would just like like to express my deep and heart felt gratidude to the young men who risked and laid down their lives for countries on the other side of the world they probably barely knew existed. Thank you.
Also I would like to wish America a happy birthday and say how glad I a nothing terrible happened.
Also how anoying it gets all this america boasting/europeans slagging them crap. We made it through another day, thats all that matters.
One last thing, Rogan, chris et al, Get a life. Go out, drink a beer, get laid, anything! lifes to short for this incesant bickering about the the obscure and irelevent points of history. On the other hand if thats how you get your jollies who am I to complain.
The Proff has spoken.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
Americans of the 1940s and 50s did.

More than a few of us here spent years on the front lines of the Cold War, which didn't end until 1989.

Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
I am grateful that America helped Europe and the world but I see no reason to be grateful to the average American today, especially the obnoxious teenager who shouts "We saved yer asses" when the closest they came to doing so was watching Saving Private Ryan.

Fair enough. I think it's ridiculous for people to carry one forever about this stuff, just as it's silly to razz the Germans about Hitler or the Russians about Stalin. If you are kidding it's one thing, but each generation is responsible for generating it's own greatness, mediocrity or infamy.

[Sikander]

Re: Re: Didn't take long for the ingrates to show, did it?

Originally posted by Rogan Josh

You see, that is the whole problem with you types - you are always trying to 'win'. Life isn't all about 'winning' you know.

Well you certainly practice what you preach if your debating style is any indication.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Jaakko
I would also like to thank the US for providing equipment to the Soviets for use against Finland.

Okay, that's silly, but so is Americans asking Finns for gratitude in WW2.

But we sold you all those really cool Brewster Buffaloes!

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Saint Marcus
Nationals of dozens of nations fought in that war. And the Americans were present in only very limited numbers, and didn't win the war.

That's because it was our leftists who volunteered to fight there.

[Sikander]

Re: Re: A note of thanks to the USA from one of the more grateful Europeans.

Originally posted by Kamrat X

Not bloody likely. The american presidents have more blood on their hands than Hitler. No obscene amount of flag waving can alter that...

Would you care to quantify that so we can all see just how tortured your reasoning is? No one here expects much from a spoiled middle class "commie" like yourself, but I'm sure you could provide us with some amusement.

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by faded glory
A good portion of the pilots who fought in the battle of britian where americans who enlisted in the Canadian branch of the Air Force.

There were about a dozen American pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain. That hardly qualified as "a good portion."

[Tingkai]

The thing I find funny about the Washington Post article is that the writer goes on and on about how the US helped Poland, but makes no mention of the fact that when Germany invaded Poland, the US remained on the sidelines.

[Tingkai]

I'll add a note of thanks to the US for what it has done to preserve democracy. The US did not win the two world wars by itself, but without its contribution, far more people would have died.

A lot of what the US did was in its own self-interest, but that's true for most nations.

The US has been an example to the rest of the world in terms of what can be achieved through democracy. While that example has been tarnished far too often by the often criminal acts of the American government, the existence of the United States has helped other countries achieve democracy. Canada achieved self-government largely as a result of what took place in the United States. The existence of a democratic government in the US forced the British to grant democracy to the Canadian provinces.

[Dis]

This thread sux. Can't we all get along

I think this thread is proof there can never be world peace

[Pekka]

Of course we can get along . This thread is not a reason to start a war to me. Let's just get the booze on the table and sauna ready! (and naked ladies on the table too, redjon and boris can bring their own, because i'm not paying for male strippers, sorry )

[Dis]

well naked women does bring peace to Europe and the U.S. but unfortunately those silly middle eastern people don't like naked women