[skeet]

open my big mouth on this issue. Brit..if not for the fear of the retailiation by the US the Germans would have invaded England..and probably would have won the battles...but lost the war. I KNOW y'all wouldn't have left them alone for long. I really do know there were other factors involved in Germany not invading...but the statement above was by far the biggest reason. Also if not for the aid provided by the US ..Britain would not have been able to hold out as long as she did. I really admire that British stiff upper lip. My Father in law fought with some of your commando teams from 1940 to 1943(yes before we were involved and he wasn't alone) and he really liked what they did in France and North Africa...those were some wild people according to him... I know he was. He told me his favorite weapon was a British machete(cut a man clean in half with one of those...his statement not mine). One other little side note about the Brits and the US in WWII...If not for the peevish actions of Montgomery the war may have been shortened by a few months. He really screwed some things up. The US did not win the war in Europe alone...but we could have if necessary!

The big problem now is of course the Islamic fundamentalists..at least in most peoples minds but there are other problems that most aren't seeing!! The Russian bear isn't dead you all know...and the Chinese dragon is dedicated to total world domination. I know it sounds alarmist but it really is true. The Chinese and Russians are doing something they haven't done for more than 50 yrs. Holding joint military exercises. And Russia is hurting for money...but they are spending it on military stuff. While the world turns it's head from them to the Islamics they are working together again. Communism will never be dead as long as those two can work together. And for once in history the Europeans are working together...at least economically....but I really have my doubts that they can keep it together for any real length of time. Too much mistrust among them for each other. Everybody hates every body else. I hope the Brits get out of the EEU and stay out. Seems to me the EEU countries will sell anything to anybody for the right amount of money. I'm not flaming the people...just the leaders. I was told waayy back in the 1960's by a government analyst(CIA) that the next world war would be fought in...if you guessed Europe you would be right. The whole world can't afford that again..not just the US