Warbler said:

Hey, it's me. said:

Warbler said:

Hey, it's me. said:

Apologies but i was still a bit miffed after Warblers soapbox outburst lol

keep in mind that outburst happened because I was miffed that someone from UK called America an empire and compared us to the Soviet Union.

If I said anything about the UK that was not true, please correct me.

No you haven't to my reckoning. But I find the notion of America being the 'best' nation in the world pretty laughable to be honest Warbler. Misplaced patriotism just makes me laugh.

why is it misplaced?   What is wrong with loving and being proud of your country?

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It was like when the news of Bin Ladens death came on the news and it showed scenes of celebration in Times Square. People breaking out into the obligatory chants of USA! USA!.

what was wrong with that? The guy did 911, he murdered 3000 Americans and laughed about it.   He continued to taunt us and threat to murder more Americans.   I'm glad we got the bastard.

What about many in the UK celebrating Thatcher's death?

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It made my think if they were to turn the cameras on there at any time that's what would be happening (chuckle)

nope.

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So Bin Ladens dead. Well that's the trouble over with then. Sorted.

Bin Laden's death didn't solve all our problems, but it did give the friends and families of the 3000 that died on 911 some justice. It removed a major thorn in our side. It sent a message to anyone else thinking of f___ing with us. "you attack the United States, we will come after you and make you pay.   You will not get away with it, we will get you no matter how long it takes."   I have no doubt, if we hadn't stopped him, he would have eventually carried out another attack.

btw, what problems did Thatcher's death solve?

Firstly, Thatcher.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/14/thatcher-death-the-great-disrupter