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On 29 Oct 2004 10:06:02 GMT, [email protected] (ARKADYA) wrote:
>> Guess what, nobody has won a colonial war in the last 200 years
>China in tibet. Indonesia in all of its eastern Islands.
>US in Guam
Well bully for you!
> and Puerto
>Rico.
is that the full list of US successes as a colonial power?
>Britain in the Falklands
no.
>. Russia in Chechnya.
no
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>> Guess what, nobody has won a colonial war in the last 200 years
>China in tibet. Indonesia in all of its eastern Islands.
>US in Guam
Well bully for you!
> and Puerto
>Rico.
is that the full list of US successes as a colonial power?
>Britain in the Falklands
no.
>. Russia in Chechnya.
no
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:21:36 +0200, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 26 Oct 2004 10:23:40 GMT, ARKADYA wrote:
>>>You got that bassackwards. Kerry's base support comes from naive urban
>>>"Yanks"
>>>of the northeast because socialists infest the states there.
>>
>> Not everyone here. Im from the Northeast and Im voting for BUSH. Jersey is
>I didn't know the Channel Islands could vote in teh US elections.
He didn't mention Jersey's crushing defeat of the colonial power
either. :-)
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 26 Oct 2004 10:23:40 GMT, ARKADYA wrote:
>>>You got that bassackwards. Kerry's base support comes from naive urban
>>>"Yanks"
>>>of the northeast because socialists infest the states there.
>>
>> Not everyone here. Im from the Northeast and Im voting for BUSH. Jersey is
>I didn't know the Channel Islands could vote in teh US elections.
He didn't mention Jersey's crushing defeat of the colonial power
either. :-)
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:22:23 +0200, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 26 Oct 2004 10:23:40 GMT, ARKADYA wrote:
>> Not everyone here. Im from the Northeast and Im voting for BUSH. Jersey is
>> split right down the middle.
>Oops. My last post should have had the above as the qouted text.
your speeling chekker is going off at half cock today :-)
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 26 Oct 2004 10:23:40 GMT, ARKADYA wrote:
>> Not everyone here. Im from the Northeast and Im voting for BUSH. Jersey is
>> split right down the middle.
>Oops. My last post should have had the above as the qouted text.
your speeling chekker is going off at half cock today :-)
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On 29 Oct 2004 10:06:02 GMT, ARKADYA wrote:
> Britain in the Falklands.
The Argentineans failed in their colonial attempt for the Falklands.
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> Britain in the Falklands.
The Argentineans failed in their colonial attempt for the Falklands.
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:33:10 +0200, [email protected] wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:22:23 +0200, Tim Challenger
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On 26 Oct 2004 10:23:40 GMT, ARKADYA wrote:
>>> Not everyone here. Im from the Northeast and Im voting for BUSH. Jersey is
>>> split right down the middle.
>>Oops. My last post should have had the above as the qouted text.
>
> your speeling chekker is going off at half cock today :-)
It should have spotted that one, bloody smelling pisstakes.
At least it's not a spell checker, although it is getting close to
Halloween.
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> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:22:23 +0200, Tim Challenger
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On 26 Oct 2004 10:23:40 GMT, ARKADYA wrote:
>>> Not everyone here. Im from the Northeast and Im voting for BUSH. Jersey is
>>> split right down the middle.
>>Oops. My last post should have had the above as the qouted text.
>
> your speeling chekker is going off at half cock today :-)
It should have spotted that one, bloody smelling pisstakes.
At least it's not a spell checker, although it is getting close to
Halloween.
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[email protected] wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:21:36 +0200, Tim Challenger
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On 26 Oct 2004 10:23:40 GMT, ARKADYA wrote:
>>>>You got that bassackwards. Kerry's base support comes from naive urban
>>>>"Yanks"
>>>>of the northeast because socialists infest the states there.
>>>Not everyone here. Im from the Northeast and Im voting for BUSH. Jersey is
>>I didn't know the Channel Islands could vote in teh US elections.
> He didn't mention Jersey's crushing defeat of the colonial power
> either. :-)
I'm missing the news. Has NY tried invasion?
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:21:36 +0200, Tim Challenger
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On 26 Oct 2004 10:23:40 GMT, ARKADYA wrote:
>>>>You got that bassackwards. Kerry's base support comes from naive urban
>>>>"Yanks"
>>>>of the northeast because socialists infest the states there.
>>>Not everyone here. Im from the Northeast and Im voting for BUSH. Jersey is
>>I didn't know the Channel Islands could vote in teh US elections.
> He didn't mention Jersey's crushing defeat of the colonial power
> either. :-)
I'm missing the news. Has NY tried invasion?
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[email protected] wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:18:05 +0200, Tim Challenger
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:27:10 +0200, [email protected] wrote:
>>>On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:47:57 +0200, Tim Challenger
>>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:00:16 GMT, devil wrote:
>>>>>Guess what, nobody has won a colonial war in the last 200 years.
>>>>Brush up on your history pal.
>>>>...
>>>>France takes Algeria 1843
>>>France lost Algeria in 1962
>>True, but it was a win in 1843. The comment wasn't "no colonial wars were
>>won in the last 200 years that were't lost later".
>>>>First Sikh War (1845-46)
>>>Britain's last colony on the Indian subcontinent or what?
>>We were trying to colonise India at the time, I suppose.
> Every colonisation started with a win, but in the long term almost
> every one ended in a defeat.
> Isn't it time to throw the Normans out?
They lost out to the Scots years ago. Then the Germans took over.
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:18:05 +0200, Tim Challenger
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:27:10 +0200, [email protected] wrote:
>>>On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:47:57 +0200, Tim Challenger
>>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:00:16 GMT, devil wrote:
>>>>>Guess what, nobody has won a colonial war in the last 200 years.
>>>>Brush up on your history pal.
>>>>...
>>>>France takes Algeria 1843
>>>France lost Algeria in 1962
>>True, but it was a win in 1843. The comment wasn't "no colonial wars were
>>won in the last 200 years that were't lost later".
>>>>First Sikh War (1845-46)
>>>Britain's last colony on the Indian subcontinent or what?
>>We were trying to colonise India at the time, I suppose.
> Every colonisation started with a win, but in the long term almost
> every one ended in a defeat.
> Isn't it time to throw the Normans out?
They lost out to the Scots years ago. Then the Germans took over.
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>I didn't know the Channel Islands could vote in teh US elections.
Channel Islands? oh ita limey British reference. thats why only 6 people knew
it
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Channel Islands? oh ita limey British reference. thats why only 6 people knew
it
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>> Britain in the Falklands.
>The Argentineans failed in their colonial attempt for the Falklands.
The Falklands arent a colony of Britain? Thew US should have helped the
Argentines on that one. Those should have been British sailors at the bottom of
the sea
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>The Argentineans failed in their colonial attempt for the Falklands.
The Falklands arent a colony of Britain? Thew US should have helped the
Argentines on that one. Those should have been British sailors at the bottom of
the sea
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On 28 Oct 2004 23:42:59 GMT, [email protected] (ARKADYA) wrote:
>Never Forgive, Never Forget
> 9-11-01
Everytime this person posts I just wonder what happened on the 9th
November 2001 (or perhaps it was 1901, or 1801).
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>Never Forgive, Never Forget
> 9-11-01
Everytime this person posts I just wonder what happened on the 9th
November 2001 (or perhaps it was 1901, or 1801).
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:38:25 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Julie
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On 28 Oct 2004 23:42:59 GMT, [email protected] (ARKADYA) wrote:
...
... >Never Forgive, Never Forget
... > 9-11-01
... >
... Everytime this person posts I just wonder what happened on the 9th
... November 2001 (or perhaps it was 1901, or 1801).
Welcome to the club.
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On 28 Oct 2004 23:42:59 GMT, [email protected] (ARKADYA) wrote:
...
... >Never Forgive, Never Forget
... > 9-11-01
... >
... Everytime this person posts I just wonder what happened on the 9th
... November 2001 (or perhaps it was 1901, or 1801).
Welcome to the club.
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You did notice that you were posting to a group about Europe didn't you.
Well then again you probably don't notice where you are posting. Or
what for that matter.
ARKADYA wrote:
>>I didn't know the Channel Islands could vote in teh US elections.
> Channel Islands? oh ita limey British reference. thats why only 6 people knew
> it
> Never Forgive, Never Forget
> 9-11-01
Well then again you probably don't notice where you are posting. Or
what for that matter.
ARKADYA wrote:
>>I didn't know the Channel Islands could vote in teh US elections.
> Channel Islands? oh ita limey British reference. thats why only 6 people knew
> it
> Never Forgive, Never Forget
> 9-11-01
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:20:34 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "Frank F. Matthews"
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... You did notice that you were posting to a group about Europe didn't you.
... Well then again you probably don't notice where you are posting. Or
... what for that matter.
http://politicalhumor.about.com/libr...urmorewars.htm
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... You did notice that you were posting to a group about Europe didn't you.
... Well then again you probably don't notice where you are posting. Or
... what for that matter.
http://politicalhumor.about.com/libr...urmorewars.htm
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>You did notice that you were posting to a group about Europe didn't you.
UK isnt in Europe. Its an Island in the North Sea
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UK isnt in Europe. Its an Island in the North Sea
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>Everytime this person posts I just wonder what happened on the 9th
>November 2001 (or perhaps it was 1901, or 1801).
Thats because your reading it backwards, European style, Einstein
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>November 2001 (or perhaps it was 1901, or 1801).
Thats because your reading it backwards, European style, Einstein
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