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Note above comment to the other geezer, and refer it back to yourself.
And the IRA was made all the more difficult to defeat due to the arms (Hey, you said the arms were shoddy, are you that bad at making weapons now boys?)and financing they received from our closest ally, the USA. So cheers for doing your bit in killing British soldiers, we wont forget, nor forgive.
You idiot. We British dont care about 'Empire' anymore. Funnily enough the only nation wno does at the moment is a Republic, in much the same vein as France before Napoleon took over. Comparisons anyone? Emporer Dubya, or Empress Condi....

WWI wasn't our war. The Germans weren't hundreds of miles away from American territory. The war in Europe wasn't our war either - Germans weren't forty miles away from our territory, either. The fact is that we lost four hundred thousand dead fighting two British wars - and you're giving us a hard time about losing a hundred dead? Gimme a break.

And the IRA was made all the more difficult to defeat due to the arms (Hey, you said the arms were shoddy, are you that bad at making weapons now boys?)and financing they received from our closest ally, the USA. So cheers for doing your bit in killing British soldiers, we wont forget, nor forgive.

No offense - we lost four hundred thousand soldiers helping to fight off Britain's enemies during WWI and WWII. We're entitled to a bit of slack. Note that Britain helped the Confederates during the Civil War - a war in which we lost a million men on both sides. During the entire course of the IRA campaigns, you have lost less people than we lost during 9/11. Note that we haven't even started counting the number of Irish dead inflicted by the King's men during their genocidal military campaigns in Ireland. A few thousand dead really isn't very many, is it?

Funnily enough the only nation wno does at the moment is a Republic, in much the same vein as France before Napoleon took over. Comparisons anyone? Emporer Dubya, or Empress Condi....

Funnily enough, at the end of WWII, we had more troops in Europe than Napoleon had at the peak of his glory, and we went home without taking with us the combined sum of the European treasuries. Could we have annexed the UK, given that we had more troops than any other Western belligerent? But of course. But that never happened. Have we taken the Iraqi treasury home with us? No. We've pumped in a hundred billion dollars, and counting. Did Napoleon loot or contribute funding to his conquered territories?

What I find really amusing is how touchy the Brits have been over their token contribution to the common defense in Iraq, when Americans have lost so many men defending them. It just goes to show that Britain does have no permanent friends, only allies it uses and discards.