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"®i©ardo" <> wrote in message
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> On 06/09/2010 18:32, Mr Pounder wrote:
>> I've just got yet another chainmail blaming America for the deaths of
>> British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
>>
>> I am not an historian, but I have never of the American people slagging
>> off
>> Britain for the deaths of American soldiers whilst they were fighting for
>> Britain in WW2.
>>
>> I lived in Australia whilst the Viet Nam war was being fought. To the
>> best
>> of my recollections the Australian people did not blame America for the
>> deaths of their soldiers.
>>
>> Mr Pounder
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> American soldiers were NOT "fighting for Britain" in WW2, they were
> fighting because Germany and Japan had declared war on them.

Are you really sure that Germany declared war on America?
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> As for Viet Nam, that's one thing that we can thank a Labour Government
> for in the UK - keeping us out of it.
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On 8 Sep, 16:18, "Mr Pounder" <MrPoun...@RationalThought.com> wrote:
> "®i©ardo" <h...@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> news:...
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> > On 06/09/2010 18:32, Mr Pounder wrote:
> >> I've just got yet another chainmail blaming America for the deaths of
> >> British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
>
> >> I am not an historian, but I have never of the American people slagging
> >> off
> >> Britain for the deaths of American soldiers whilst they were fighting for
> >> Britain in WW2.
>
> >> I lived in Australia whilst the Viet Nam war was being fought. To the
> >> best
> >> of my recollections the Australian people did not blame America for the
> >> deaths of their soldiers.
>
> >> Mr Pounder
>
> > American soldiers were NOT "fighting for Britain" in WW2, they were
> > fighting because Germany and Japan had declared war on them.
>
> Are you really sure that Germany declared war on America?
>

The day after Pearl harbour.