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A quick recap of American Military History:
1770s:
America's birth as a nation began as a rebellion against the British Empire. Lead by General George Washington, the Americans fought a losing campaign against England's 2nd string forces until a Prussian officer named Baron Von Steuben arrived to show them how to fight. The war dragged on for many years until the Battle of Yorktown, where France provided artillery and gunboats. Faced with the superior French forces, the British decided the colonies were too expensive to maintain and retreated. America was now independent. 1812: After hopelessly watching it's sailors get drafted by foreign navies, the fledgling nation declared war on England. The young Americans had their ass kicked badly, the British marched on Washington DC, burned down the White House, and went home laughing. American forces also attempted 3 invasions of Canada. All failed. 1860: America goes to war once again. Against other Americans. Despite military and economic support from France, the Union forces were outclassed on the battlefield and lost most of the battles, but had better logistics and thus were able to force a Confederate surrender. America finally earns its first unaided victory in war. 1898: Incompetent American sailors accidentally blow up their own ship. Itching for a war, the American government finds a harmless scapegoat in Spain and declares war. After a short time, glorious victories are achieved over relatively undefended Hawaii, Cuba, and the Phillippines. 1917: After sitting on the sidelines for 3 years trying to decide what to do in "The War To End All Wars", America sees that the French and British are gaining the upper hand on Germany and joins the winning team. Thousands of Americans travel to Europe, and are used primarily as REMFs by the French military command. At the end of the war, American General Pershing was finally allowed to fight. He sent thousands of troops "over the line" against the defeated and demoralized German forces who were ready to surrender anyway. Glory all around. 1941: WW2, Pacific Theater. After doing nothing for years while Japan marched all over Asia, America joined the war after being attacked at Pearl Harbor. America re-captured hundreds of meaningless sand bars all over the Pacific, and when faced with an invasion of Japan, America flinched. Recruited a group of foreign scientists to develop the A-bomb, and dropped it on Japan, forcing a surrender. 1944: WW2, European Theater. The war in Europe had been raging for years while the Americans mostly provided fighters and bombers to their British and Russian allies. By 1944, the war had been decided. Russia had defeated the Wehrmacht and was rapidly closing in on Berlin, so the Americans decided to join the fight. Their presence was mostly a nuisance to Hitler, who sent all of his best troops to the Eastern Front. The Americans spent a year fighting German boys and old men and finally met the Russian Army in August 1945, who had been sitting in Berlin enjoying their victory and awaiting the American arrival. 1952: American forces are kicked out of Korea by Chinese forces. Americans manage a meager comeback and fight to a stalemate which is still going on today. 1965-1975: American forces, paranoid about Communism, fight and lose a war to a bunch of Vietnamese peasants. U.S. Marines, whose motto is "These colors never run" flee from Saigon with their tails between their legs. 1980: After the American embassy is taken over by Iranian students and hostages are captured, America launches a massive special-ops mission to rescue the hostages. The helicopter crashes in the desert before the mission even starts. Americans give up, and Ronald Reagan finally trade weapons in exchange for the return of the hostages. 1982: Hundreds of U.S. Marines killed in Beirut during a single bombing. Reagan loses his will to fight and orders an immediate retreat. 1983: American pride is restored during the glorious invasion of Grenada, a tiny undefended island in the Carribbean. 1991: After gathering up as much international support as possible, President Bush bombs Iraqi troops in Kuwait until they're ready to flee. American armor rolls into Kuwait, then stops, not wanting to fight the Iraqis on their home turf. A long cease-fire ensues, in which American bombers patrol a "no fly zone" and Iraq resumes its WMD program. 2003: The son of the first President Bush decides to change tactics in the 13-year-old war and go for a full-scale invasion. Gets ass kicked by a bunch of unruly Muslim savages. America sucks. |
how about Ukrainian military history?
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most unbiased recap of american history ever!
your kinda forgetting the part where we rose up to become the strongest country in the world, but this is just troll bait so have fun with your thread buddy... |
Jealous you could never join a real man's fighting military?
Small penis syndrome? I pity you pal :1orglaugh :1orglaugh |
Somewhat selective but amusing nonetheless. My grandfather who fought in WWII was always less than complimentry about the abilities of the American Armed Forces leading to the old joke from the time
"When the Germans opened fire the British ducked When the British opened fire the Germans ducked When the Yanks opened fire everyone fucking ducked!" |
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Talk about taking some liberties in revisionist history... lol |
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Have a nice day ASSHOLE! :321GFY |
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[to NTM] -- It's OK, buttercup, we know you're sad and lonely. It's alright. Don't cry. We're here for you, so buck up, pop tart. |
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stickeyidiot is going to tell some other moron not to do business with you.....oooh run away...lol this is going to be a good day |
Another anti-American troll. Fuck off.
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btw, I forgot to mention the invasion of panama in which 10000 unarmed civilians were killed by errant gunfire to capture some half witted pineapple faced dictator. |
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they actually learn exactly what the ruling elite wnats them to know about...and nothing else.....you should see the list of banned books it is crazy |
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Why don't you be a pal and post it for us. :) |
all of these and many more were banned at one time or another in the usa
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Blubber by Judy Blume Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Canterbury Tales by Chaucer Carrie by Stephen King Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Christine by Stephen King Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Cujo by Stephen King Curses, Hexes, and Spells by Daniel Cohen Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Decameron by Boccaccio East of Eden by John Steinbeck Fallen Angels by Walter Myers Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure) by John Cleland Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes Forever by Judy Blume Grendel by John Champlin Gardner Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling Have to Go by Robert Munsch Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Impressions edited by Jack Booth In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak It's Okay if You Don't Love Me by Norma Klein James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Little Red Riding Hood by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Lord of the Flies by William Golding Love is One of the Choices by Norma Klein Lysistrata by Aristophanes More Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier My House by Nikki Giovanni My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara Night Chills by Dean Koontz Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer One Day in The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Ordinary People by Judith Guest Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women's Health Collective Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz Separate Peace by John Knowles Silas Marner by George Eliot Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain The Bastard by John Jakes The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Devil's Alternative by Frederick Forsyth The Figure in the Shadows by John Bellairs The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Snyder The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks The Living Bible by William C. Bower The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare The New Teenage Body Book by Kathy McCoy and Charles Wibbelsman The Pigman by Paul Zindel The Seduction of Peter S. by Lawrence Sanders The Shining by Stephen King The Witches by Roald Dahl The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Snyder Then Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary by the Merriam-Webster Editorial Staff Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the Halloween Symbols by Edna Barth |
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Dude, context is EVERYTHING and you're ignoring it. MOST of those books were banned by individual schools and the ACLU and such. VERY, VERY few of those were banned by the actual government and of THOSE, the vast majority were banned like a hundred years ago or some shit.
You made a statement implying that our Government regularly bans books these days which is PATENTLY FALSE. Heres a list of some of the "banned" books in Canada WITH context and I think you'll find it similiar. http://www.freedomtoread.ca/docs/challenged_books.pdf You do occasionally bring up a valid point on one issue or another, but it's really sad when you pull little shenanigans like this man. Come on. |
Incidentally.. Speaking of Books and Speaking of war, I'd like to chime in with how awesome of a book '1778' is. Worth a read no matter who you hate or love - :)
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another funny quote: if you can read this, thank a teacher. if you're reading this in english, thank a soldier ... |
Hey... be nice to the Germans.... they just get a little land hungry every now and then.... It's been 50 some odd years.. i bet they are itching again
BTW... my grandfather fought for the Germans in WWII.... Marched on Moscow in their ill-fated winter attempt against the Russians.... interesting to hear the perspective from the other side (not that they all loved Hitler or anything) |
how come there's no mention of VP in there?
VP is a force that can't be ignored. believe it |
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One of the most important days in US history that you forgot to post..
November 10, 1775 Semper Fi |
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Agreed! :thumbsup |
You are Not Thinking Moron
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Once again the anti-American dolts are posting ignorant bullshit. If you ever needed help we'd be there to get you out of trouble. Go back to masterbaiting to Rossie Rossie Odonnel.
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After hopelessly watching it's sailors get drafted by foreign navies, the fledgling nation declared war on England. The young Americans had their ass kicked badly, the British marched on Washington DC, burned down the White House, and went home laughing. American forces also attempted 3 invasions of Canada. All failed. hahaha.. british fought with the navy.. canadian farmers and native americans did the dirty work.. and most of the american forces "invading" didn't want the war in the first place.. |
scew u, america ruless
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