THE BRITISH THREAD II

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McTag said: By the way, if the Scots secede, the average IQ of the remnant of Great Britain will fall by about 20 percentage points, at a conservative estimate.

Breaking away from mighty England will mean little scotland will be all on her own in the big nasty world, and if the jocks think that'll be a good thing it doesn't say much for their IQ!
Like I said, the english, scots, welsh and N.Irish are an A-team who've stood shoulder to shoulder on battlefields for centuries to conquer half the world..

For example the British army at Agincourt consisted of English, Scots, Welsh and Irish troops, and Shakespeare includes some of them in his play 'Henry V'-
Cpt. Jamy – a Scot
Cpt. Fluellen – a Welshman
Cpt. Macmorris – an Irishman

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Builder said:A@RF- again, thanks for the laughs. I'm not a closet Aussie.

Here's something else to make you laugh mate-
WIKI- "Australia does not have nuclear weapons "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction

But these do.. Smile

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@Romeo Fabulini,

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Here's something else to make you laugh mate-
WIKI- "Australia does not have nuclear weapons

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZMwKPmsbWE

If it comes down to hurling nukes at eachother's back yards, I'm not so sure that having them is actually going to be a plus, though our listening bases at Exmouth and Pine Gap are crucial to the US of A's surveillance abilities in the southern hemisphere, so they're targets, of course.

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230 million muslims are on Australia's doorstep in Indonesia, they could invade Darwin and the north coast any time they liked in the future at a future and sweep south, turning the map of Australia a pretty green.. Smile

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Religions_2012_zps1a611c24.jpg~original

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@Romeo Fabulini,

What you're failing to factor into the equation, is the massive areas of nothing that Australia actually is. The current war effort from Indonesia is in Irian Jaya, formerly Papua New Guinea. The fact that this region is still under constant attack from the former owners of the land, is one of the best kept secrets of the corporate world.

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It's the lush fertile eastern Australian seaboard that the invading muslim hordes will have their eyes on first, then after conquering the infidels there they'll no doubt pop over to Perth and grab that for good measure.
They won't want Ayers Rock of course, they'll leave that for the abos.
While all this is going on, we English will be sitting back smiling and munching our popcorn as we watch it on TV, especially if Oz decided to split from England.. Smile

Charles Kingsford Smith (centre). he and other pioneering Oz aviators gave their lives to forge strong links with England, or "the old country" as he called it.
And now some modern Oz nationalists want to break those links, shame on them.. Wink

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/CMSF/Smith_Southern_Cross_zps714c865a.jpg~original

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@contrex,

contrex wrote:

Romeo needs to get his geography/history right.

Britain is not "England". It's bad enough having to keep telling the Yanks that, without ignorant Brits getting it wrong as well.

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I used to call myself 'British', but now that a lot of Scots and Welsh want to split from Britain, I've started calling myself 'English' so nobody'll think I'm a jock or taff.. Smile

RAMBURES (before Agincourt): "That island of England breeds very valiant creatures, their mastiffs are of unmatchable courage."

CONSTABLE of FRANCE: "And the men do sympathize with the mastiffs in robustious and rough coming on, leaving their wits with their wives,
and then give them great meals of beef and iron and steel, they will eat like wolves and fight like devils"
-Shakesp's Henry V

English bull mastiff

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/bullmastiffB.gif

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@Romeo Fabulini,

You said "they could invade Darwin and the north coast any time they like".

And then what? Walk to the "lush green" east coast? It's not England, my friend. Three days drive to the "lush east coast".

Three hours south of Darwin (drive time) is RAAF base Tindal, and I'm sure those people are just gonna high-tail it outta there at the first sniff of an invasion, right? Not to be forgetting the base at Darwin itself, of course.

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Darwin is the nearest city to Indonesia so they'll take it first and use it as a staging port to pour in men, tanks and supplies before mounting their Big Push to the eastern seaboard.
The Japs bombed Darwin in WW2 because it's such a strategically important place.

But let's look on the bright side, the Indos never dare invade as long as Oz and England are buddies, because they know English nuclear submarines and bombers will soon toast them.. Smile

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@Romeo Fabulini,

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But let's look on the bright side, the Indos never dare invade as long as Oz and England are buddies, because they know English nuclear submarines and bombers will soon toast them

I'm not sure you've got your finger on the right pulse, ol' chum.

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Future development
The target is to have a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) based in Australia by 2017, which equates to 2,500 marines. A MAGTF includes command, ground combat, logistics combat and aviation combat elements. An aviation element typically contains around 25 aircraft/helicopters, and Australian planners are currently figuring out how to accommodate such a force in the Darwin area. A USMC spokesman told the author, "The speed at which the rotational force will grow is contingent on a number of factors such as force availability and logistical considerations." It is also dependent on necessary agreements between the US and Australian governments. MAJGEN Krause's team is planning how to build up to the deployment of a full MAGTF, but he stressed the decision to go ahead has not been taken at political levels yet, as approvals for further rotations will only be made step by step. The USMC stated, "Our intention is that we are not a burden for our Australian hosts."

Articlehere

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No matter how good Oz's military forces and 2,500 US Marines are, the Indo forces are going to be 10 times bigger, and the only way to win against an army that size is to nuke 'em.
Problem is, Oz has no nuke weapons.
England has got plenty of nukes, and will rush to use them to defend Oz IF Oz is still part of the Commonwealth.. Smile

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@Romeo Fabulini,

Again, you're openly demonstrating your ignorance, RF.

You don't "nuke" a country you plan to utilise down the track, and it doesn't matter how many Marines are stationed here, any attack on a US facility will, of course, result in US backup.

Do yourself a favour, and take a look at the ANZUS treaty. It, of course, does not involve Britain. It's a three-way agreement between New Zealand, Australia, and the big palooka, the US of A.

I'm not particularly fond of this trinity, but it exists.

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Don't argue with Romeo, he's a successful international strategist.

(as well as a jingoistic idiot)

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@McTag,

Back to the cricket then. Smile

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Builder said:@RF- take a look at the ANZUS treaty. It, of course, does not involve Britain. It's a three-way agreement between New Zealand, Australia, and the big palooka, the US of A.

Well that's alright then, England won't get drawn in when the shooting starts!
And it proves what I said earlier about Darwin being the strategic gateway to Oz from muslim Indonesia, the yanks know it which is why they're stationing US Marines there!
You've got to hand it to the yanks, they don't miss a trick and can recognise at a glance the key strategic squares on the world chessboard.. Smile

PS- it's a pity we haven't had US Marines stationed along Hadrian's wall to keep out the jocks over the years.. Smile

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@Romeo Fabulini,

The "strategic gateway to OZ" from Indonesia, is the airport.

We're doing deals with Indo's govt re the boatloads of refugees fleeing wartorn centres of oil-rich regions that the monarchy prefers to have under their jurisdiction.

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@Romeo Fabulini,

Romeo Fabulini wrote:

PS- it's a pity we haven't had US Marines stationed along Hadrian's wall to keep out the jocks over the years..

Since you use the "we" quite often, and since I'm not a native English speaker like you - who is "we" here? You are actually an American? Or do the US-Marines belong to the Royal Forces?

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