04-12-2016, 04:32 PM
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Re: So,,,,Germany held back secret EU Military plans during referendum
Originally Posted by Rehab44
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You're upset about the Rugby right? 
04-12-2016, 04:48 PM
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Re: So,,,,Germany held back secret EU Military plans during referendum
Originally Posted by Pumicestone
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Rehab, your ignorance of history is understandable.I'm sure that the realities of enormous "colonial" military sacrifice in support of "the Motherland" is rarely mentioned in British schools.
Not in terms of Australia playing any significant sacrificial role over and above anyone elses... is that how it is portrayed in Aussie schools?
04-12-2016, 04:55 PM
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Re: So,,,,Germany held back secret EU Military plans during referendum
Not at all Arty. You are quite right.But the context was ....
Originally Posted by realspeed
".... That just leave us (the British) to do the dirty work as usual to win the war ...."
Originally Posted by Pumicestone
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Mate, you neglected to mention the tens of thousands of "colonials" you suck into the fray as cannon-fodder for your incompetent generals.
04-12-2016, 05:04 PM
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Re: So,,,,Germany held back secret EU Military plans during referendum
Originally Posted by Pumicestone
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Couldn't give a rat's rectum about Rugby - but, good try to divert attention from the main plot
04-12-2016, 05:16 PM
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Not wishing to stir up this good humoured (I hope) banter about whether Australia should have come to the aid of the British (and the rest of Europe), but I recall that Japan was expanding southwards too and Australia was threatened by them just as much as Britain was threatened by Germany.I'd like to think that we were fighting together for our common good.
What I'm leading up to is the present day situation where Britain again is being threatened by another German expansion (under the guise of the EU) and we are, once again, fighting for our liberty - despite many fifth column collaborators within our midst.
My hope is that Australia (and others) will once more come to our aid by agreeing to trade with us to our mutual advantage!
05-12-2016, 05:05 AM
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I expect that Australia's political leaders will focus more on trade with Asia, JBR.Nations will always act in their own self-interest and the rapidly growing markets in Indonesia and China (and all points in between) are a 'natural' for our mining, cattle,sheep and grain exports.
Even seafood, fruit and wine are bringing in billions.
Already, tourism into Aus from these places swamps those coming from Europe (including the UK).
The tyranny of distance perhaps.
Touching very briefly on things military (I don't want to get into a bunfight either),
there is a perception here that Britain had little regard for Australia's interests in either WW1 or WW2.
WW1 posed no threat to Aus - but we lost many thousands helping defend Britain. Google Gallipoli.
In WW2, Churchill tried to stop Aus troops from returning home to defend Australia against the Japanese.
And that was after Britain had fled from Singapore and left us to our own devices.
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