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Originally Posted by The Bear
All that I can think about are a bunch of inconsequential little islands that with the possible exception of the Falklands aren’t worth the effort, and Gibraltar that will soon be a part of Spain anyway as we all become a single USE.
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You really need to look at an atlas and see that some of these little islands are important staging posts and I'm sure the Gibraltarians will have something to say about Spain and the USE
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As for the shipping lanes, get real.
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A lot of piracy happens now how do you thing the British Empire evolved trade and the Navy - read some history
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Having the US forces in Britain makes us a target for any aggressor intent on attacking the US especially if we continue to put up with their radar outposts here and in the rest of Europe, radar that forms a part of the US defence shield and does Sweet Fanny Adams for us or Europe.
The idea that the US would come galloping to our aid if we were in danger was blown out of the water with the outbreak of WW2 where with the exception of selling armaments to both sides the US did nothing for us alone until they were given a bloody nose at Pearl Harbour.
We actually have far more to thank the Russians for than the US, had it not been for Hitler going after the USSR in the (correct) belief that he had crushed Britain he world have had his forces invade us and the US would have done NOTHING.
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Some American politicians where bias against the UK in WW2 Joe Kennedy for example but many others helped and supported as did many ordinary Americans
The big thing we can thank the Russians for is complicity with the Nazis in invading Poland which kicked off WW2 but I suppose people who don't study history and geography will continue to make idiotic statements like that.
I'm sorry Bear but many of your comments seem to be made without resorting to facts which as I said before is idiotic