German survey: Men want cars, women want stars

"WE" won. Who´s "WE"? Athletes who have the US passport, right. Not you, not your family, and probably none of your friends. The US has the largest delegation, and considering this, the performance was rather bad, compared to other nations (especially the Chinese).

But, many athletes from other countries who medalled, in fact, do live here in the US, even though they still compete for their home countries. That says it all about the USA.

And now go and lecture someone else.

Hah! -- Try as hard as you might -- you will never be able to escape the wrath of your lecturer!!

Seriously, lighten up, dude! ;-)

I am sorry, but regarding WW2 you are simply wrong. Germany was on the defensive LONG time before Normandy ´44. It was not Stalingrad or El Alamein that broke the German army, it was Kursk in ´43, where the German army was finally put into the defense. Calling the defense of ´44 a "retreating guerilla war" is nonsense, sorry to put it that clearly. Surely the US did not "kick Germany´s ass", as the other joker put it. IIRC there is a study that said that Germany imposed a casualty rate of 1.2 or 1.4 US/UK losses for every lost German, and something like 3.0 on the Russians. I can of course come up with the source (American historians) if needed. The German army of 1944 was bascially a beaten one.

"Russian weapons technology was a joke."
Care to elaborate?

"America is certainly made up of individuals, but since America consistenly produces the finest examples of humanity, it is logical to extrapolate that America is the best at producing the best."
This is nationalist bs.

You are right regarding the Olympics though.

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