We Americans need to repay the English someday

[LtHans]

Thanks, Brits.  You guys are great.

I'm hoping there is something the United States can do for you guys in the future.  
Nations are judged by their navy, and nowadays that means aircraft carriers.  My brother and I did some research found the RN had the next largest number of aircraft carriers, four of them that operate VSTOL Harriers.  France has one nuke powered carrier in the traditional fixed wing jets (the Jean of Arc), and the Russians have the one Admiral Kuznetzof large carrier.  Everyone else has only one carrier, and its a smallish VSTOL carrier.  Then you get to the USN and adding in our assault ship VSTOL carriers to our more traditional flattops we have 22 carriers.

Maybe we should transfer/sell one of our super carriers to the RN?  They seem to come in really handy during these international crisis.  Just looking at Pakistan's riots on TV right now makes me very glad the USN has those larger carriers.

You are getting (and are involved in the project) for the new Joint Strike Fighter at any rate.  It will be nice for the VSTOL guys to finnally have a mach speed fighter.  Hopefully its the Lockheed/Martin X-35 that wins.  The Boeing plane is just to butt-ugly, like a pregnant whale.

There are three versions of the plane.  One is just a single engine fighter to replace the F-16 in USAF use, another is a carrier plane with a tailhook, and the third is a jump jet version.  That version has an articulated tailpipe that can swivel down, and a clutched lift fan behind the cockpit that has doors covering it.

           

Like I said, the Boeing competing one is butt ugly.

     

Keep your fingers crossed that the X-35 is better than that X-32.

Hans.

[Tumor]

Hmmm....the ugly part of the Boeing is WHY I like it.  We haven't produced a truly ugly plane since the A-10, except maybe the Mowhawk but that doesn't count lol.

Tumor

[Ripsnort]

English paid in full beginning in 1939 to 1945.

[easymo]

I was thinking we could send them some baseballs, and some bats.  They seem to be confusing the game with field hockey.

[Swoop]

FFS sake will you cretins stop calling all of us the English.  That's like referring to all Americans as Yankies.

As a nation the English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, Brummies, Cornish, Geordies, Scousers, Lancastrians, Londoners and Forresters are known as the British.  Well, maybe not the Cornish until they learn to speak English and move outta the stone age.  


Now back to the point.  Rest assured that when America goes to war us British will be in there with ya.    We'll be the ones ducking and looking nervous when US planes go overhead.....it's a learned reaction.

 

[Ripsnort]

I always wondered how a coalition war is conducted on the ground with vehicles, when with British Ground vehicles, do they conform to our standard of right hand side of the road, or do we convert to their left hand side driving?  

[AKDejaVu]

Rip.. I seem to recall very precise rules regarding these issues.  Basically, it was determined that in any NATO activity, the British would not be allowed to drive at all.

AKDejaVu

[indian]

Ok from now on you english are Britt's!!

As for rips question they drive on the left we drive on the right and shoot any thing in the middle and on respective sides!!!  

[mrfish]

i meant english specifically - i'm never sure if that war with wales is over so i try not to mention them   the scots.....em need i say more, and the others i can't understand enough to tell if they are part of the whole mess. some of us like to stick with what we know.
 

[Hobodog]

UM....well i think like rip said the we paid the Corns back hansomly during WWIII.  

[moose]

I dont think WWII is a debt paid to the Brits at all.

Just my opinion, though.

[Tac]

rgr moose, the UK held back nazi germany.

Just imagine if the UK had fallen in the first few months of 1940. The US wouldve never entered the war and quite probably have been invaded around 1948 or the early 50's (by me262's while the US would be fielding the P-47).

If at all, the "favors" of each nation greatly benefited (and saved) the other one.

[Elysian]

All I have to say is I too appreciate the brits support in this.  They are obviously a great ally *cheers*

Ely

[LtHans]

Well, for what it is worth I happen to be serious.

We do need to repay them for sticking their neck out.  From what I understand the other 16 members of NATO are publicly standing behind the USA, but behind the scenes at NATO headquarters they're each begging the USA to NOT ask anything of them.  The only other country that publically will help us with troops is France, and their not even in NATO.

Sure, when it was their butts on the frontlines in Warsaw Pack/NATO conflict, the USA wouldn't hesitate a minute to jump in.  Now its our butts in the sling, and they want to reneg on their promises?  Turkey especially.  At this rate I almost expect more from Russia than I do from NATO!

Maybe I'm just paranoid.  After all the crap that has happening (and still is), I actually am getting really paranoid.  This Antrax thing isn't helping either.  I want all the help we can get.

Sheesh.

Brits, you guys are class acts.  Straight up and honest.

Hans.

[ 10-09-2001: Message edited by: LtHans ]

[LtHans]

And for Pete's sake, stop calling us American's Yankies.    We've got New Yorkers, Bostonians, Rednecks, Californians, Texans (special breed of bow legged trash talkers), and a couple Indian tribes (Pawnee around where I live, Chipewa back home at my dad's farm).

And the Amish, though I don't know what to make of them.