Britain has fought in two world wars, alongside America. We fought in Korea. And the Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan. And every American knows how the British were the first at their side after ‘9-11’. Even in Vietnam, we quietly both sent the SAS and also trained US SF units in Hong Kong.
The reason we didn’t send troops (officially) to Vietnam was that we had just fought a very similar war in Malaya 1948-60 (we won btw), and between 1962
and 66, were fighting yet another similar war in Borneo (again victory), not to mention other British conflicts at the time (South Arabia, the Radfan, Aden, Northern Ireland).
Not to mention (successful) counterterrorism in Kenya and Cyprus, both of which only finished in 1960.
At the time we were asked to join in Vietnam, we’d just come out of one war and were fighting another two or three conflicts!. I don’t think Americans are aware of this.....
The British, even after being stabbed in the back by America in 1956, has stood by the US. Your comments are a disgraceful slur.
“May those that love us, love us.
May those that don’t pray God turn their hearts.”
You know the rest (even though I’m not sure if this is Scottish or those other guys...)
I’ve been saying for years, Britain should join the US and not the EU. Maybe, a piecemeal approach?
I should say so! Even I didn’t know they helped in Vietnam until a few years ago. Also, I remember reading a few years ago that even your left-leaning Prime Minister, Tony Blair, wanted to go into Iraq even when Bill Clinton was President. He got really frustrated with Pres. Clinton when he fiddled around about what he wanted to do. (like Barack Obama, eh?) When George Bush got in, he approached him about it and was impressed that he made up his mind much more quickly! Seems to me that Tony Blair said he would’ve tried to deal w/ Iraq, even if Pres. GWB decided not to!
Don’t minimize our relationship with Australia; they’re Americans with warm Christmases, while English people are much more like their German cousins (though their beer isn’t as good).
BTW, I think you have that other point wrong: Americans saved Britain in two World Wars.
Was the Suez stab in the back as bad as the events leading up to 1812?