Why We Lost The Vietnam War

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Spiv" wrote in message
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I know it is not small, I live here.

Then you are not in a position to make a comparison.

I am.

t bothers you though.


Why would I be bothered by the size of the UK?

You obviously dream out it.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Spiv" wrote in message
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That was a man o war only carrying people who flew it.

But a people carrying jet,

The people were not cargo, they were crew.

just as the Nene Viking.

Wrong again. The Nene Viking carried people as cargo.

You will have find out the difference between cabin crew and passenger.
There is a difference.

you can acquire a lot of information from these forums.

Not from the likes of you.

"Spiv" wrote in message
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No, yet again you fail.


Logic does not fail.



When importing large qualities of grain, etc from
north America, It meant the UK could concentrate on war
production. Simple when you know how.


Apparently they didn't know how then, as the UK still had to import arms as
well as grain.

"Spiv" wrote in message
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I am.


If you visit a large country you will see that the UK is small.



You obviously dream out it.


Dream out of it? Some British expression?

"Spiv" wrote in message
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The people were not cargo, they were crew.


But still people.



Wrong again. The Nene Viking carried people as cargo.


Prove it.



You will have find out the difference between cabin crew and passenger.
There is a difference.


Ah! You're learning! There may still be hope for you.



Not from the likes of you.


You can learn a great deal from me and many others that frequent these
forums, if you're willing.

"Spiv" wrote in message
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Nonsense. Britain invented globalisation in the 1700s.

Dont be silly, goods were being traded around the known
world by the Phoenicians. In Iron age graves in the UK
archaeologists have found wine jars from the Med
while Cornish Tin and Welsh gold have turned up in
Rome, Etruria and North Africa.


The UK has
consistently imported produce and products that are cheaper than the home
market. When it comes down to it, it can feed itself.

No it cant, for a very few years in the 80's and 90's by
using vast amounts of fertiliser, mono culture and with
heavy subsidies we came close but the cost was exorbitant
both in cash terms and in environmental terms

The levels of nitrates in the water that ran off streams
killed the fish in the rivers and lakes and threatened
human health.

In 1939 it was not
ready,still importing vast qualitioes of food from the empire and others.
By
1945 internal food production was way ahead of 1939.


But still nowhere near self sufficiency. In fact food rationing was worse
in the years immediately following WW2 than during the war itself
as much of the food available from US, Canadian and other countries
was diverted to feed a starving Europe.

Keith

"Spiv" wrote in message
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No, yet again you fail. When importing large qualities of grain, etc from
north America, It meant the UK could concentrate on war production.
Simple
when you know how.


It meant nothing of the sort. Women were conscipted to work
on to the land to increase food production. By 1940 every plot
of land that could grow food including school playing fields
had been ploughed up and planted.

It still wasnt enough.

Keith

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Spiv" wrote in message
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You obviously dream out it.


Dream out of it? Some British expression?


Naw its pure Spivian, LOL

Keith

"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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Naw its pure Spivian, LOL


Isn't "spiv" itself British slang?

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Spiv" wrote in message
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No, yet again you fail.

Logic does not fail.

It fails you.

When importing large qualities of grain, etc from
north America, It meant the UK could concentrate on war
production. Simple when you know how.

Apparently they didn't know how then, as the UK still had to import arms
as
well as grain.

Please read and get the point(s). I know you find this difficult. They did
know how and went near to doing it, but the battle of the Atlantic was won,
so cheap and plentiful grain could be brought from its colony, Canada, and
the USA. It says this further down the thread. The British Army was
overwhelmingly supplied by UK produced arms. Various arms the UK imported,
as there were agreements wit the USA who would make various items, etc.

The same is today. The UK still imports arms because of trade agreements.
The UK could make all it wanted.