Kilworthfox Posted 9 February 2007 Posted 9 February 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKDzTHvKRgw 1 situation i would never want to be in would be when an over reliance on american systems occured!
Trumpet Posted 9 February 2007 Author Posted 9 February 2007 "sucking your thumbs, like you did in WWII"
stez Posted 9 February 2007 Posted 9 February 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKDzTHvKRgw his neighbour is obviously fully up to speed on all the facts..............
Lukeh Posted 9 February 2007 Posted 9 February 2007 What a friging arsetwatface, we dont need ignorant people like that being interviewed.
marko Posted 9 February 2007 Posted 9 February 2007 What a complete f~@king c!_!nt And the stupid yanks wonder why every hates them! This guy must be related to George W Bush, surely.
Daggers Posted 9 February 2007 Posted 9 February 2007 And the stupid yanks wonder why every hates them! This guy must be related to George W Bush, surely. Why are all Americans stupid? Does everyone hate them? Is he really related to GWB? What is your problem with proper nouns? Seriously - if anyone wanted an example of stoopid then this post is it.
Cobbo Posted 10 February 2007 Posted 10 February 2007 That even managed to make me mad! Let's bloody wage war on the USA. We'll do ok, they'll kill each other loads. But it's a good job they have hero's like them.
lookwhaticando Posted 10 February 2007 Posted 10 February 2007 Why are all Americans stupid? Does everyone hate them? Is he really related to GWB? No, No and No in that order. What you have to understand about these Americans is their fierce patriotism. It's something we don't seem to have. When their soldiers return home on domestic airline flights, they're applauded by their fellow passengers. Two or three soldiers travelling home, and the rest of the passengers will clap and cheer just because they are active duty soldiers. In some cases, airline flight attendants will announce the soldiers' presence on the flight at the end - asking for passengers to allow them to de-board first to allow them quicker passage home, etc. It's intriguing, but hardly surprising. Unfortunately, the guy interviewed is a little too close to the case for objectivity - and that's where you get the image that he's a cold-hearted moron with simplistic views of the world. He's defending his close friend by attacking the victims as not really being victims. Regrettable, but he's supporting a fellow military man - and that's what most Americans, particularly those who've served themselves (as this guy had) would do. The guy came across as a bit silly, but it's only because he's so fiercely proud of his nation one way or another.
davieG Posted 10 February 2007 Posted 10 February 2007 No, No and No in that order. What you have to understand about these Americans is their fierce patriotism. It's something we don't seem to have. When their soldiers return home on domestic airline flights, they're applauded by their fellow passengers. Two or three soldiers travelling home, and the rest of the passengers will clap and cheer just because they are active duty soldiers. In some cases, airline flight attendants will announce the soldiers' presence on the flight at the end - asking for passengers to allow them to de-board first to allow them quicker passage home, etc. It's intriguing, but hardly surprising. Unfortunately, the guy interviewed is a little too close to the case for objectivity - and that's where you get the image that he's a cold-hearted moron with simplistic views of the world. He's defending his close friend by attacking the victims as not really being victims. Regrettable, but he's supporting a fellow military man - and that's what most Americans, particularly those who've served themselves (as this guy had) would do. The guy came across as a bit silly, but it's only because he's so fiercely proud of his nation one way or another. I seemed to remember a somewhat different attitude to their soldiers that fought in Vietnam - perhaps my memories gone awry.
MC Prussian Posted 10 February 2007 Posted 10 February 2007 "Terrorists around the world". Well, even the U.S.A. host numerous killers, murderers and criminals not in prison, but walking around unharmed. A few of them even work for the Government. Others live in Idaho. "And you guys better get on board." Does he really mean that or is this already a sign of despair? And that arrogant note on WWII, where he was still too young to be even involved. Can somebody please define the difference between "help" and "cooperation"?
potter3 Posted 10 February 2007 Posted 10 February 2007 How the **** can the guy that shot them be a hero??? edit: Here he is apologising the day after
lookwhaticando Posted 10 February 2007 Posted 10 February 2007 I seemed to remember a somewhat different attitude to their soldiers that fought in Vietnam - perhaps my memories gone awry. America became quite a different place earlier this century.
lookwhaticando Posted 10 February 2007 Posted 10 February 2007 Can somebody please define the difference between "help" and "cooperation"? If he was asking for help he's effectively admitting they can't win this thing alone. If he asks for cooperation he's saying, we'd like some assistance in winning this, but we can do it mostly by ourselves if needs be.
Jordan Posted 10 February 2007 Posted 10 February 2007 What else would you expect? If one is ignorant enough to still blindly support Republican policies on Iraq after everything we know now and everything that's happened over there, that person is surely ignorant enough to make complete ass-clown statements about everything else in the world.
Suffolk_fox Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 I served in the RAF and saw Americans first hand. Their training is sadly lacking, even their USMC are not as well trained as some of our infantry. They do fire indiscriminately, and killed more of our people than the Iraqi's did in both Gulf Wars. Sucking our thumbs in WWII? Sorry, I believe we were fighting for 3 years before the Septics decided to pitch up, and they were forced to. Agreed, they did help us a lot both militarily and financially, but it would have saved a lot more lives had they come in BEFORE half time. I really do hope the average American doesn't share this guys views. By the way, I have a great video which I will share with anyone who emails me. I might sling it on Youtube if I can be arsed. Put it on youtube, give it a while though...
C-man Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 I know he has since apologised, but he's still a C |_| N T The WW2 statement was a joke, they were only interested after Pearl Harbour, so they can fook off if they think we 'sucked our thumbs'.
Fox63 Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 I served in the RAF and saw Americans first hand. Their training is sadly lacking, even their USMC are not as well trained as some of our infantry. They do fire indiscriminately, and killed more of our people than the Iraqi's did in both Gulf Wars. Sucking our thumbs in WWII? Sorry, I believe we were fighting for 3 years before the Septics decided to pitch up, and they were forced to. Agreed, they did help us a lot both militarily and financially, but it would have saved a lot more lives had they come in BEFORE half time. I really do hope the average American doesn't share this guys views. By the way, I have a great video which I will share with anyone who emails me. I might sling it on Youtube if I can be arsed. Put it on youtube, give it a while though... Just watched the vid...what a load of dumb-asses some Americans are. Very funny.... but at the same time really scary!
MC Prussian Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 Just watched the vid...what a load of dumb-asses some Americans are. Very funny.... but at the same time really scary! Most Europeans do know more about Geography than Americans anyway. Same goes for foreign languages, but that's the same with British people. A friend of mine went to Kansas for an exchange year during high school and I had a steady contact with him during that period. What he told me in letters and what I heard from him personally after his return to Europe, totally baffled me. For instance, he never really excelled at French (and he openly admitted to that), but he was even better than his American teacher over there. He, too, was often confused with being Swedish, e.g. coming from Sweden. And I had similar experiences during my time in Canada. Some were also apologetic about their lack of linguistic abilities and other American idiosyncracies. The thought of being the world's centre of attention and importance is very omnipresent. Saying that, I've also met a lot of very smart and open-minded Americans. On the other hand, there's still States that teach creationism. Some American school books omit important parts of the American History, f.eg. the mass murder on Native Americans or Slavery. Go figure.
lookwhaticando Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 The understanding of geography tickles me every time it comes up. A study a few years ago stated that something like 40% of Americans aged 11 couldn't point to where America should be if you remove it from the Atlas. Most kids pointed to Canada and some pointed to Russia - because they're the biggest bits of land, mostly.
Simon Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 No, No and No in that order. What you have to understand about these Americans is their fierce patriotism. It's something we don't seem to have. When their soldiers return home on domestic airline flights, they're applauded by their fellow passengers. Two or three soldiers travelling home, and the rest of the passengers will clap and cheer just because they are active duty soldiers. In some cases, airline flight attendants will announce the soldiers' presence on the flight at the end - asking for passengers to allow them to de-board first to allow them quicker passage home, etc. It's intriguing, but hardly surprising. Unfortunately, the guy interviewed is a little too close to the case for objectivity - and that's where you get the image that he's a cold-hearted moron with simplistic views of the world. He's defending his close friend by attacking the victims as not really being victims. Regrettable, but he's supporting a fellow military man - and that's what most Americans, particularly those who've served themselves (as this guy had) would do. The guy came across as a bit silly, but it's only because he's so fiercely proud of his nation one way or another. At times I've been extremely jealous of the American's patriotism. What worries me is that in some quarters of the USA anything critical has now become 'unpatriotic', especially when it concerns the armed forces. And THAT is dangerous. But patriotism or not, the guy is still a dickhead.
lookwhaticando Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 At times I've been extremely jealous of the American's patriotism. What worries me is that in some quarters of the USA anything critical has now become 'unpatriotic', especially when it concerns the armed forces. And THAT is dangerous. But patriotism or not, the guy is still a dickhead. Yeah, he was a bit silly to be fair. Can't be sure he represents the majority. Quite sure he doesn't.
Thracian Posted 11 February 2007 Posted 11 February 2007 No, No and No in that order. What you have to understand about these Americans is their fierce patriotism. It's something we don't seem to have. When their soldiers return home on domestic airline flights, they're applauded by their fellow passengers. Two or three soldiers travelling home, and the rest of the passengers will clap and cheer just because they are active duty soldiers. In some cases, airline flight attendants will announce the soldiers' presence on the flight at the end - asking for passengers to allow them to de-board first to allow them quicker passage home, etc. It's intriguing, but hardly surprising. Unfortunately, the guy interviewed is a little too close to the case for objectivity - and that's where you get the image that he's a cold-hearted moron with simplistic views of the world. He's defending his close friend by attacking the victims as not really being victims. Regrettable, but he's supporting a fellow military man - and that's what most Americans, particularly those who've served themselves (as this guy had) would do. The guy came across as a bit silly, but it's only because he's so fiercely proud of his nation one way or another. American patriotism - genuinely deep regard and love for their country and way of life - is pronounced. They also seem extremely bewildered by and vulnerable to outside criticism right now which makes them even more eager to defend their country and attitudes. The loyalty to their way of life was demonstrated at Christmas when my youngest son had his American fiance over and we teased her a bit about British and American sports saying the yanks could never cope with proper football because all their games needed to be high scoring. We pointed out that the Americans got bored if there wasn't a score every few seconds - hence their love of basketball - and that football would only catch on if the size of the goals were doubled and no-one above the size of a midget could be a goallie. Next thing I see is our lovely American friend in tears and heading up the stairs. It was honestly all said in jest but they don't go for teasing and even less any teasing of America. Happily she was soon back to her smiling self.
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