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"Fred G. Mackey" wrote:

> Eeyore wrote:
> > David Hartung wrote:
> >
> >>Correct me if I am wrong, but until the US entry in to the European war, you
> >>were primarily fighting a defensive war.
> >
> > Up to a point.
> >
> > Then we went on the offensive in N. Africa. And *won* !
>
> But "you" didn't win in Africa until 1943 and of course that was with
> assistance from the US.

We successfully defeated Rommel's forces unaided.

Graham

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Eeyore wrote:
> "Fred G. Mackey" wrote:
>
> > Eeyore wrote:
> > > David Hartung wrote:
> > >
> > >>Correct me if I am wrong, but until the US entry in to the European war, you
> > >>were primarily fighting a defensive war.
> > >
> > > Up to a point.
> > >
> > > Then we went on the offensive in N. Africa. And *won* !
> >
> > But "you" didn't win in Africa until 1943 and of course that was with
> > assistance from the US.
>
> We successfully defeated Rommel's forces unaided.

LOL. Those tanks you used weren't made in GB. Not all of them, at
least.

And the aid from U.S. air power was not insignificant.

E.P.

"Matthew T. Russotto" wrote:

> Eeyore > wrote:
> >
> >England - actually Britain and its Empire *resisted* Hitler but Russia delivered
> >the knockout blow.
>
> Wrong, as usual.

The war ended after Russian troops captured Berlin.

Graham

Adam Albright wrote:
>
> On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:53:47 GMT, David Hartung >
> wrote:
>
> >Adam Albright wrote:
> >> On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 04:52:18 GMT, David Hartung >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Eeyore wrote:
> >>>> Bill Bonde wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> What should the US have done in Kuwait? Do you think it should've
> >>>>> decided who would be running Kuwait not based on who ran it before
> >>>>> Saddam did his thing?
> >>>> Well, the USA decided who should be running Iraq after a fashion !
> >>> I seem to remember open elections in Iraq, or is my memory faulty?
> >>
> >> Sure... like the "open" elections they had in the old Soviet Union.
> >
> >Do you have anything other than your opinion to show that the Iraqi elections
> >were "fixed"?
>
> Look at the process of who and how they got on the ballot. Actually
> have somebody explain it to you since you're far too dumb yourself to
> do either the research or understand what you read.
>
So Iraqis gave their lives to vote in a fake election? Why aren't they
saying that now?



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