@Finn dAbuzz,
Finn dAbuzz wrote:
Ironically, izzy tends to be something of a British chauvinist. He gets all bent out of shape if he perceives that someone has insulted his Special Forces, and was quite delighted that the crooked bones of Richard III were unearthed and given their proper attention.
In my opinion, Sir Izzy reminds me of the True Believer that Eric Hoffer wrote about in his book by the same name. Eric Hoffer had worked on the docks on the west coast, back when the docks had real manual labor. Hoffer would write down his thoughts while at break, and eventually got published, and became a philosopher of the people for that time. If I remember correctly, the point that Hoffer was making was that many "movements" have their share of zealots that spend years/decades pursuing their goal, only to find that they wasted their best years in a futile effort. I say this since Sir Izzy once commented something about a world-wide socialist government. Even a high school student can understand that the global capitalistic economy is a leviathan that no one can stop or change its course, at least not on planet Earth.
Perhaps, Sir Izzy's enthusiasm reflects the enthusiasm of college students, before the realities of having to survive economically come to consciousness?
But, regarding the concerns about American troops on British soil, I just think that the U.S. will always have some sort of military presence on British soil, since Britain might just be an inviting target for some future rogue nation, and by having a military presence, not much coercing would have to be done to enter any fray, considering so many U.S. citizens are of Anglo-Saxon descent?
Come to think of it, I would like to see American troops in many European nations. Or, at least air bases (owned by the respective nation, naturally).
or offering them grammatical obsequience. 