They never lost their empire. Just ask them. In May, they held a ceremony for the king & queen in dedication of the "Order of the British Empire." Their words.
Until the "Commonwealth" is dissolved and everyone goes their separate ways, and until Britain gives up meddling in the internal affairs of these countries, there is still an empire.
Unbelievable at my age & a subject that used to interest me so much, until i deprogrammed myself from Western imperialism, the shite history keeps from us, thank you Kit
May you be rewarded for keeping us sane, honest, interested in our own historical record. By the very funding that keeps us alive. Free Palestine. Fund Kit Klarenburg et.al.
It is my understanding that as evil and genocidal as is the U.S., the true evil resides in Britian, and, perhaps, has been there at least for 500 (?) years. The U.S. Is merely a useful slut. When the U.S. falls, like cockroaches and rats deserting a sinking ship, they (it) will scurry back into its hidey holes until it can find another whore to do its bidding.
I think the Iranians have it right when they describe the US as the Great Satan - a lumbering beast - and Britain as the cunning fox by its side. A conniving little shit…
Those familar with the "Looney Tunes" canon may rcall the yappy little dog that follows Spike The Bulldog around, singing his praises, getting slapped aropund, and getting Spike into fights with black panthers and such.
I think there is a lot of truth in it, though I’m not sure if there’s an agenda there. Perhaps that the elite is so well dug in that we can’t defeat them?
Big shit, little shit, what’s the difference? At least the British populace doesn’t blame everybody else. But blaming outside agents keeps the divisive fires 🔥 burning, eh.
The British have a lot to answer for - just as the Americans do ... Wherever the US is on the wrong side, doing the wrong thing - we find the Brits waiting in the wings, encouraging the worst impulses of the US' Empire...
We're in an abusive relationship with Britain. We could easily push back if we had actual patriotic leaders. But when we do get them, they mysteriously are shot at by "lone gunmen."
Let’s get one thing straight. Brits care what their elite do abroad. Americans don’t. Nor can they ever take responsibility for. It’s always some other malign influence.
In Africa for decades I've been telling my Western friends that the West especially US, UK, and EU are evil colonisators, imperialists, thieving African resources yet telling the world that they help Africans. They put in charge, African puppets who they bought, to implement their agenda. African continent is not poor yet most Africans live in poverty because of the West's looting their resources and causing wars and coup d'etats for decades. Belgium massacred over 2 million Congolese yet non one even mentions or talks about this genocide! France, for example, has the second gold reserves in the world yet France does not produce gold: Gold for France = Guinea French Furniture = Congolese Wood Fuel for France = Gabonese Oil
Of note further, be aware the efforts of the crown's Cecil Rhodes, (Rhodes Scholars) who wrote:
"Why should we not form a secret society with but one object the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole uncivilised world under British rule for the recovery of the United States for the making the Anglo-Saxon race but one Empire."
Of course - the Indian army. Good old Blighty - it's instructive that, for all its virtues such as the "welfare state", Attlee's Labour seems to have been stupidly attached to Empire, the Bomb we couldn't afford but have been saddled with ever since, and war, with needless lives lost following WW2. I suppose Attlee had to try to keep Uncle Sam happy - a futile task, as Labour were commies in Uncle Sam's book.
I think Paul Johnson wrote about this. The idea was that the Brits wanted to bolster French morale after WW2 so it tried to help France rebuild its colonial empire. And to think the Brits went to war to save Polish independence and freedom! What was the point of Britain declaring war on Germany and essentially leading to WW2 with many millions killed by the end of it. Neither Poland or central or eastern Europe were free or independent at the end of WW2.
US foreign policy is shit. It’s just far rightwing promotion of fascism and far right regimes and opposition to the tiniest hint of progressive reform. In many cases we overthrew governments for merely dating to raise the minimum wage.
they been dragging the US into wars to preserve the European Imperial Footprint since 1866
'On the morning of 18 May 1940, just eight days after Churchill had become prime minister and while the Germans were threatening to encircle the BEF in northern France, Randolph Churchill visited his father. The prime minister, who was shaving, told him to read the paper until he had finished. But then he suddenly said, ‘I think I see my way through,’ and returned to scraping away. His astounded son replied: ‘Do you mean that we can avoid defeat?… or beat the bastards?’ Churchill put down his razor and turned round. ‘Of course I mean we can beat them.’ ‘Well, I’m all for it, but I don’t see how you can do it.’ His father dried his face before saying with great intensity: ‘I shall drag the United States in.’'
It looks like Britain, Israel and the US neocons will be leading the world into WWIII if they give long range missiles to Ukraine and approve their use for attacks on Russian cities. Who is in charge in Washington? Is it President Artificial intelligence with Kamala and the mainstream media as window dressing?
Georgia is in the Caucus mountain range, Ukraine is directly connected to Polish and German capabilities - and NATO's.
As you yourself said, this was a PLANNED war by NATO in Ukraine. Now imagine instead of all that hardware being in the hands of Ukrainians, it was regular NATO troops from the second week? Without Russia's increase of manpower, war material, patriotism, war-fighting ability and experience over the past 2 years, let alone that hardware depreciation of NATO?
If Putin got this wrong, Russia would be plundered worse than the German Nazis would have done it, and his only other option was nuclear armegeddon.
He played it safe, and imo he called it right. We only need one mistake, and the luckier amongst us are toasted instantly.
It was obvious from the outset that Minsk and Minsk-2 were shams. Russia had eight years to plan for this war and did an inadequate job. The West was busy all that time.
Putin took a country turned into a 'developing' economy durng Yeltsin's Betrayal, - and just managed to defeat the combined military industries of the ENTIRE West, while still developing the economy, increasing diplomatic ties, developing the BRICS, creating a entirely seperate financial architecture, and all while under SEVERE Western sanctions post 2014 Kiev coup.
This is the Real World, not a movie, and that is a massive accomplishment. 'Adequate' on such a vast range of simultaneous challenges is good enough.
While you argue with points I didn't make, it doesn't matter how well you do, if you lose it all in the end. It doesn't matter that your enemies are more numerous amd richer, or that they cheat.
In Fletcher Prouty's JFK, the CIA and Vietnam, he remarks on the shipment of American surplus weaponry from the war taking place (also 1945) in some distant harbor and asks someone he knows there where these shipments are heading. The answer is Korea and Vietnam (which 2 harbors I forget; one was Hanoi I think.) So one might have surmised the allies had a post war agenda well in place already that included Vietnam. This is the first corroboration I've ever seen of that. Major further enlightenment, thanks.
Thank you.....I did not know this.
And the British keep going especially now in Ukraine........loss of Empire is/was too much for them!
They never lost their empire. Just ask them. In May, they held a ceremony for the king & queen in dedication of the "Order of the British Empire." Their words.
Hello Melvyn. Oh yes the British did lose their Empire which is why they attached themselves to the USA
Please take time to look on u-tube and see who is the most ardent supporter of Ukraine except for the USA.
YOU are not dissimilar to the UK!
Until the "Commonwealth" is dissolved and everyone goes their separate ways, and until Britain gives up meddling in the internal affairs of these countries, there is still an empire.
Attached to the USA!
Don't listen or hear anything about the British.
They may have lost their Empire,but they through their Greedy Multinational Corporations Drain the Resources of their Former Colonies.
Unbelievable at my age & a subject that used to interest me so much, until i deprogrammed myself from Western imperialism, the shite history keeps from us, thank you Kit
May you be rewarded for keeping us sane, honest, interested in our own historical record. By the very funding that keeps us alive. Free Palestine. Fund Kit Klarenburg et.al.
God bless you Theresa!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is my understanding that as evil and genocidal as is the U.S., the true evil resides in Britian, and, perhaps, has been there at least for 500 (?) years. The U.S. Is merely a useful slut. When the U.S. falls, like cockroaches and rats deserting a sinking ship, they (it) will scurry back into its hidey holes until it can find another whore to do its bidding.
So the USA isn’t equally evil? Just stupid? A bit like Trump during Covid. Hmm…?
I think the Iranians have it right when they describe the US as the Great Satan - a lumbering beast - and Britain as the cunning fox by its side. A conniving little shit…
Those familar with the "Looney Tunes" canon may rcall the yappy little dog that follows Spike The Bulldog around, singing his praises, getting slapped aropund, and getting Spike into fights with black panthers and such.
The UK is that little yappy dog.
Some would argue that is a ruse and that the British elite play a much more active role. See Matt Ehret’s podcasts on this.
I've heard the theory and find it unconvincing.
I think there is a lot of truth in it, though I’m not sure if there’s an agenda there. Perhaps that the elite is so well dug in that we can’t defeat them?
Big shit, little shit, what’s the difference? At least the British populace doesn’t blame everybody else. But blaming outside agents keeps the divisive fires 🔥 burning, eh.
The British have a lot to answer for - just as the Americans do ... Wherever the US is on the wrong side, doing the wrong thing - we find the Brits waiting in the wings, encouraging the worst impulses of the US' Empire...
We're in an abusive relationship with Britain. We could easily push back if we had actual patriotic leaders. But when we do get them, they mysteriously are shot at by "lone gunmen."
Let’s get one thing straight. Brits care what their elite do abroad. Americans don’t. Nor can they ever take responsibility for. It’s always some other malign influence.
I think you're confusing Americans - with their Anglo-American-Zionist Empire Rulers.
Paranoid delusion. The U.S. doesn’t need help from anyone to destroy all it touches.
https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/britains-kursk-invasion-backfires-4a1
Maybe you should talk LESS, and listen (or read) more… There's clearly a lot going on, that you just don't have any idea about.
But otherwise, (I guess) we always need good examples of the Dunning-Kruger effect, so there is some benefit to you going on, like this.
Sure I am….. 🤣
In Africa for decades I've been telling my Western friends that the West especially US, UK, and EU are evil colonisators, imperialists, thieving African resources yet telling the world that they help Africans. They put in charge, African puppets who they bought, to implement their agenda. African continent is not poor yet most Africans live in poverty because of the West's looting their resources and causing wars and coup d'etats for decades. Belgium massacred over 2 million Congolese yet non one even mentions or talks about this genocide! France, for example, has the second gold reserves in the world yet France does not produce gold: Gold for France = Guinea French Furniture = Congolese Wood Fuel for France = Gabonese Oil
Electricity for France = Nigerian Uranium
French Phones = Congolese Cobalt
French Chocolate = Ivorian Cocoa
French Cars = Mauritanian Iron
French Gasoline = Libyan Oil
Even French World Cup = African Talent
May Africa be blessed with a better future x
Yes the Money Grubbing Resources Raping Christian West has nothing to be Proud of.
The Yanks Reniged on an agreement to assist Ho Chi min to remove the French .no wonder the Vietnamese Hate the US.
The USA reneged on a promise?? What the...
Just ask Native Americans regarding treaties or Russia and the promise not to expand NATO or Iran and Operation Ajax.
The list is virtually endless...
... and exactly where, in Africa, did the USA build a colony?
They only need the international court of settlements. They do imperialism differently now.
Of note further, be aware the efforts of the crown's Cecil Rhodes, (Rhodes Scholars) who wrote:
"Why should we not form a secret society with but one object the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole uncivilised world under British rule for the recovery of the United States for the making the Anglo-Saxon race but one Empire."
Link: https://pages.uoregon.edu/kimball/Rhodes-Confession.htm
Of course - the Indian army. Good old Blighty - it's instructive that, for all its virtues such as the "welfare state", Attlee's Labour seems to have been stupidly attached to Empire, the Bomb we couldn't afford but have been saddled with ever since, and war, with needless lives lost following WW2. I suppose Attlee had to try to keep Uncle Sam happy - a futile task, as Labour were commies in Uncle Sam's book.
I think Paul Johnson wrote about this. The idea was that the Brits wanted to bolster French morale after WW2 so it tried to help France rebuild its colonial empire. And to think the Brits went to war to save Polish independence and freedom! What was the point of Britain declaring war on Germany and essentially leading to WW2 with many millions killed by the end of it. Neither Poland or central or eastern Europe were free or independent at the end of WW2.
Keeping Germany down. However that doesn’t mean, as some fools think, that Hitler was a good guy.
Amazing. I had no idea. Many thanks!
US foreign policy is shit. It’s just far rightwing promotion of fascism and far right regimes and opposition to the tiniest hint of progressive reform. In many cases we overthrew governments for merely dating to raise the minimum wage.
You are correct
they been dragging the US into wars to preserve the European Imperial Footprint since 1866
'On the morning of 18 May 1940, just eight days after Churchill had become prime minister and while the Germans were threatening to encircle the BEF in northern France, Randolph Churchill visited his father. The prime minister, who was shaving, told him to read the paper until he had finished. But then he suddenly said, ‘I think I see my way through,’ and returned to scraping away. His astounded son replied: ‘Do you mean that we can avoid defeat?… or beat the bastards?’ Churchill put down his razor and turned round. ‘Of course I mean we can beat them.’ ‘Well, I’m all for it, but I don’t see how you can do it.’ His father dried his face before saying with great intensity: ‘I shall drag the United States in.’'
The US can’t keep blaming everyone else for its patent evil.
It looks like Britain, Israel and the US neocons will be leading the world into WWIII if they give long range missiles to Ukraine and approve their use for attacks on Russian cities. Who is in charge in Washington? Is it President Artificial intelligence with Kamala and the mainstream media as window dressing?
Russian indecision and dithering have led to this.
Is that all? 🤔
Were Russia to have taken this war seriously from the outset, the point would have been moot.
We didn't see western intervention in Georgia or Czechoslovakia for a reason.
Georgia is in the Caucus mountain range, Ukraine is directly connected to Polish and German capabilities - and NATO's.
As you yourself said, this was a PLANNED war by NATO in Ukraine. Now imagine instead of all that hardware being in the hands of Ukrainians, it was regular NATO troops from the second week? Without Russia's increase of manpower, war material, patriotism, war-fighting ability and experience over the past 2 years, let alone that hardware depreciation of NATO?
If Putin got this wrong, Russia would be plundered worse than the German Nazis would have done it, and his only other option was nuclear armegeddon.
He played it safe, and imo he called it right. We only need one mistake, and the luckier amongst us are toasted instantly.
Alyou assume facts notmin evidence, considering that NATO has since escalated with impunity.
NATO has lost all fear of Russia.
There's an old Mike Tyson in the ring, he's long past his prime, almost doddering, but still looking mean, right at you.
You'd just walk up to him and punch him in the face then?
You'd be the living embodiment of "indecision and dithering", FF, lol :p
It was obvious from the outset that Minsk and Minsk-2 were shams. Russia had eight years to plan for this war and did an inadequate job. The West was busy all that time.
I don't like it, but them's the facts.
Putin took a country turned into a 'developing' economy durng Yeltsin's Betrayal, - and just managed to defeat the combined military industries of the ENTIRE West, while still developing the economy, increasing diplomatic ties, developing the BRICS, creating a entirely seperate financial architecture, and all while under SEVERE Western sanctions post 2014 Kiev coup.
This is the Real World, not a movie, and that is a massive accomplishment. 'Adequate' on such a vast range of simultaneous challenges is good enough.
While you argue with points I didn't make, it doesn't matter how well you do, if you lose it all in the end. It doesn't matter that your enemies are more numerous amd richer, or that they cheat.
You still lose.
I do but I take him with a very large pinch of salt.
Ritter is a professional bullshitter.
why do you think so?
In Fletcher Prouty's JFK, the CIA and Vietnam, he remarks on the shipment of American surplus weaponry from the war taking place (also 1945) in some distant harbor and asks someone he knows there where these shipments are heading. The answer is Korea and Vietnam (which 2 harbors I forget; one was Hanoi I think.) So one might have surmised the allies had a post war agenda well in place already that included Vietnam. This is the first corroboration I've ever seen of that. Major further enlightenment, thanks.
I'm beginning to wonder who wasn't involved in the Vietnam War...
I would suggest the IRA during the Anglo Irish war used successful gorilla tactics against the British 1919 to 21
Not to mention the Boers during The Boer War, various tribes fighting Alexander, etc..
The IRA and the Provisional IRA are two very different kettles of fish, the latter being terrorists and feared even by most Irish catholics,