America - Hollywood v Reality
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:06 am
Hollywood would have us believe that Americans are the bravest people in the world.... time and again, films such as Independence Day and the current War of the Worlds have the (American) heroes battling insurmountable odds against better equiped and vastly superior enemies and emerge triumphant.
The reality, as we know, is that America is best summed up by "Government of cowards, by cowards, for cowards"
During the height of the IRA bombings in Britain, many Americans stayed away for fear of being caught up in a terrorist bombing (although many had helped fund the IRA through NORAID). At the same time travellers for mainland Europe continued to visit our shores in the same numbers as before.
After 9/11 Americans (already well known for hardly venturing outside their own state) travelling abroad decreased dramatically, even though the attack had been on their home soil (reason enough, perhaps, to find peace and quiet elsewhere?).
Today we learn that America has banned its airforce personnel based in the UK from travelling to London for safety reasons.
Isn't it about time we told these people to fuck off, and to take their McDonalds and Starbucks, etc., with them? We don't need them... never have, never will!
The reality, as we know, is that America is best summed up by "Government of cowards, by cowards, for cowards"
During the height of the IRA bombings in Britain, many Americans stayed away for fear of being caught up in a terrorist bombing (although many had helped fund the IRA through NORAID). At the same time travellers for mainland Europe continued to visit our shores in the same numbers as before.
After 9/11 Americans (already well known for hardly venturing outside their own state) travelling abroad decreased dramatically, even though the attack had been on their home soil (reason enough, perhaps, to find peace and quiet elsewhere?).
Today we learn that America has banned its airforce personnel based in the UK from travelling to London for safety reasons.
Isn't it about time we told these people to fuck off, and to take their McDonalds and Starbucks, etc., with them? We don't need them... never have, never will!