Argentina didn't take the Falklands, they invaded the locals resisted the British task force turned up and fucked them royally. Secondly Bomber and fighter command saved Britain during WW2 not Lend-Lease

I'm no "America saved the day so kiss our ass" kind of guy, but without the US lend-lease, the UK would've ran our of material to fight with. Bullets, ammunition, food, etc.

Hell, most Commonwealth vehicles were redesigned American vehicles. (Ex. Sherman Tank).

The US loaned so much shit to the allies that the UK was sunk with debt, mostly owed to America.

And besides, the Soviets beat Germany being that nearly 90% of all German casualties came from the Eastern front. That's counting civilians, and the RAF/USAF slaughtered German civilians by the millions.

Dont ever forget about the canadians as well, we built the Lanchester, invaded the beaches of normandy with our american and allied brothers and were the first to complete the objectives, toke sicily and marched into rome liberating most of italy and liberated holland!

I realize that. I left an "A" out of the acronym. Sue me, anon.

u know dumbshit ur practically british too if ur american

false bitch im american and im barely british im german frnech scotish irish the irish is from southern ireland not the northen tterritory and scotland i don't count as part of britain because even most of them hate britian im canadian and that canadian was from france so no british there only if any a small tiny tid bit that i don't even like

Lol, cause Americas doing so brilliantly..

Britain created the: Reflecting telescope, Steam pump, Steam engine, Marine chronometer, Steam engine, Steel pen, Gas turbine, Smallpox vaccination, Solid-fuel rocket, Railroad locomotive, Electric motor, Electromagnet, Telegraph, Bicycle (with pedals), Photography, Antiseptic surgery, Telephone, Cathode ray tube, Air-inflated rubber tire, Motion picture camera (kinetograph), Two-color motion picture camera, Television, Modern gas-turbine engine, Ejector Seat, Hovercraft, Clockwork Radio, CAT (computerized axial tomography) scanner. Ya' know, little things like that.

Shut up, you're why people hate us.

Despite Building the Empire the sun never set on? Been the country that science for hundreds of years was free to explore and experiment, being the place for great cultural advancement ranging from theatre to punk music. Created photography. The telephone. Television. and the turbojet engine. National heroes being, William Wallace, Sir Francis drake, William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Arthur Wellesley. Who all accomplished seemingly impossible feats in their respective fields. But your right Britain obviously didn't contribute anything to the world.

Though this is going to get me thumbed down to oblivion I'm going to say it anyways.
Britain did not invent the telephone, nor did they invent TV. Photography was in fact invented by a French scientist.
I kind of find it ironic that the British brag about their former empire and yet continue to criticize the US for being "imperial." But I digress.
William Wallace fought for Scottish independence and was tortured and killed by the English. Don't know if you're English or Scottish but saying "British" hero is kind of the exact opposite of what he was fighting for.
I also saw your comment earlier about "America doing so brilliantly" and I would like to point out that the UK is in a stage of almost total economic collapse.
You also make fun of the US for SOPA but I would like to point out your Digital Economy Act is pretty much everything SOPA was supposed to be.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Economy_Act_2010

I didn't bring up SOPA, Britain's economy is only as close to collapse as Frances Germany or Americas, infact its better than Frances atm. Television was created by John Logie Baird a Scotsman, William henry Fox Talbot went on to patent and create early developments for photography before Louis Dagurre even played with the idea of photography. And I said National heroes, heroes from all nations off GB, Northern Island, my place of birth, Wales where I currently live, Scotland and England, William Wallace a national Hero of Scotland died to ensure Scotland was not a slave nation to England and through the act of union 1707 Scotland and England were seen as being equal, something William Wallace supported. And I did not criticise the US For being Imperialist. Also Alexander Graham bell designed and invented the Modern telephone, but not the earliest principles or designs, but the modern phone can be traced to him. So i apologise for not making that clear.

theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/tag/u-k-economy
Louis Dagurre invented the first permanent methods of photography, or at least the first ones that actually worked.
Act of Union declared the King to be Scottish, but as of now (and since then) Scots have not felt that they have received "equal" treatment. This is one of the main reasons the SNP has decided to hold a vote for Scottish independence in 2014. Wallace I know wanted Scotland to be free, equal maybe, but as many Scots did and still do today, see the Act of Union of 1707 as the Nobles selling them out to the English for money and power.
My point is what the British make fun of the US for, such as SOPA and being imperialist. Not you but I've seen it many times.
Bell was Scottish I know, but he patented the idea in Canada right before an American did. (Some speculate he stole the idea from the American but no matter). But he didn't invent it until he came to the US and had the help of his American colleagues. I can tell that you're already well educated and that I don't need to bring up the fact that the first phone call was recorded in Boston.
Also as far as the television goes: In 1911, Boris Rosing and his student Vladimir Zworykin created a television system that used a mechanical mirror-drum

You're an idiot.

Because the rest of the world would let that happen

War isn't like a school fight. If we decided to attack Britain for no reason, it's friends aren't gonna stand there and watch the fight. And our friends aren't gonna help us out when 90% of Europe kicks our ass.

But if we WERE stupid enough to elect people who would suddenly just turn on one of our largest allies (and I don't doubt the stupidity of the human race), then I would've left anyway and lost all care in the matter. A suicidal country has nothing to offer me.

the US technically has 46 states, so it would be 47 if the US managed to do so, highly unlikely though

lolwut

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKX0T_YKrS0

watch this, if you dont watch QI start watching it, it makes you smart as fuck

If the U.S started a war with Britain, the U.S would be raped in the ass by every single NATO nation. And then by their already fucked up economy. Keep dreaming about American superiority, kid.

as far as i know (not saying its a bad place) but america is one of the most hated country in the world if not THE most hated, and i know it sounds bad but the UK might have wee bit more backup than the US

If we ever had a leader that was so intolerant, so insane, and so greedy that he would wage war against our brothers across the pond, the people would catch notice and sooner tear him out of the White House with their own bare hands before the rest of the world would turn and say "What the fuck is going on here?"

Just saiyan.

You say war is so simple that we would just wage war and it would automatically be a 1 vs. 1 fight, with all of the people standing behind the act, and all of the other nations just standing aside and letting the conflict just happen.

That's literally the equivalent of saying Bruce Banner would automatically kick Tony Stark's ass if they fought butt naked.
That would never happen, War is not that simple, and it wouldn't just simply be one fight.

LOL! YOU ARE ALL IDIOTS! You sit here and talk as if US were to attack Britain, then we would have to fight other countries. BUT your slow ass mind doesn't see that attacking Britain can gain allies that we don't currently have. You guys are really dumb as fuck. Think outside the box dumbasses.

GG

oh sorry, how could I not recognize the all mighty political power of the queen

They don't have any real political power over us anymore though, the Queen is just a figurehead to the Commonwealth and Britain itself now.

The queen also has some control over our [Britain's] army if I remember correctly. Not too sure about Canada, though.

**alanthewhite rolls 835,884,882** But then, I took a nap, motherfucker.

the russian empire was significantly larger than the USSR

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tordesillas
it was and old treaty regarding who could own what part of the americas

You mean, why they didn't take the area of the actual Brasil? That was the result of a pact between Spain and Portugal. And they didn't conquer the north of the continent, because, you know, England won them.

<-- Spain now

nice going dipshit, you just made america look stupid

america is now full of arrogant dumbasses. I am an american and i do love my country, but it is you and countless others who make me wonder why i even try to stick up for my country any more.
you make me feel ashamed, I know people from the UK who are great people and i can't find any reason to put them down.

have a great night dumb ass

You forgot this.

Dosh, grab it all!

As someone from the USA, I must say that we are not all like this anon and I apologize on his behalf.

You're a fucking stupid git.

Idiots like you make all US citizens look bad. You are why people think we're stupid. Go die in a hole you ignorant fuck.

I believe this was the point that Great Britain was at it's largest, not a coalition of all territories owned, therefore the 13 colonies would not be included.

Thanks, I was also wondering why the colonies weren't on there

really only most of Europe and Japan

Most of europe and japan?? It was a lot with the help of japan and italy.
more like most of europe,northern africa,and all the asian pacific island...

I read something on the economist saying that the U.S. still exports more than China, sure they make all the cheap shit, but think about all the stuff that they don't make.

The US is number 4, not bad, but not great either

He's right about the owning apart. See the Opium Wars.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War

Not exactly. Canada is doing fine. As a matter of fact, we just celebrated Dominion Day (commonly known as Canada Day, the day Canada got recognized as a Dominion under the British Empire). This meant that Canada was recognized as Canada, and not British North America. We still celebrate this day - July 1st - as a day that we gained some independence from Britain, BUT we are still a Constitutional Monarchy. This means the Queen holds the highest power in Canada, second to God (as written in the Constitution). Then after WWI, we became recognized globally as a country, not a colony or a want-a-be country (after the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917). In 1965, we got our present flag of the Maple Leaf. We got rid of the Red Ensign (similar to the British merchant naval flag). Then, in 1982, we gained almost 100% independence from the British, BUT we can still join the British navy, army, and air force without hindrance. We also maintained the Constitutional Monarchy, but we have our own Constitution that was introduced that year: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We still have a Governor General; the Prime Minister appoints our Senate; when the Queen is not around to pass our Bills into Laws, the Governor General does. Without the Royal Seal from the Queen or Governor General, all Bills - even from the provinces and territories - cannot become law. The Queen, along with the Governor General, can dissolve parliament if Canadians do not want the present party in control anymore (vote of non-confidence).

Well, to sum up what I have been saying: No. She does not fully rule us.

(Not meant to start a shitstorm)

He still needs to sign all Bills before they can become law. He also has the power to dissolve parliament. He can still say no to Bills.

that is correct the queen is one bad ass lady who owns a lot of country's

Also, if she decides to majorly flip her shit, she has the power shut down parliament and play tyrant Queenie for as long as she wished.

pic unrelated (kinda obvious I guess)

thats why im kinda scared fro the day she dies because i have know idea what the next monarch will do

*The Falklands. It'll still be called that while the islanders want to be British.

But you mean Malvinas?

No, I mean the Falkland. What it is called internationally and throughout the rest of the world.

A Spaniard guy or latin speaking won't know them as Falklands. It's directly Malvinas. Because latin speaker don't know how-to-engage-English-speaking.

Alright, then it is called The Falkland Isles throughout the rest of the English speaking world, which is a very large amount. It is probably one of, if not the most used language in the world and by which is what I mean most people call it. If that makes sense o.O

As an American, you sir are awesome and should feel awesome.

Reminded me of this shirt.

I think this sums up everything I have to say.

i know you're probably trolling, and yes thats an awesome british bill buttttttttttt

Thats a huge stereotype. everyone on FJ is an extremist but in reality you cant catagorize an entire population of people based on a dated/regional stereotype

Don't worry I'm not stereotyping Americans. I know that you aren't all ridiculously religious. I just felt like I had to reply the thebenders post, which is now deleted, making mine look slightly offensive if taken to literally.

Huh.. they actually put Charles Darwin on that? Is there an explanation as to why they specifically put him on it? I'm actually curious.

Luuccckkkyy

Our money is boring. The only thing that I remember changing was that they put a light shade of orange on our $10 bill.

Bunch a' bullshit, I tell ya.

All of our money has the Queen on it. On the other side it has someone who has contributed a significant amount to the progress on mankind. These people have changed over time, some include William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Charles Dickens and Florence Nightingale. That is just the notes, our coins have thousands of images on them, at the moment our 50 pence has images if the different events of the Olympics on them.

Neat. Thanks for the info good sir.
Sadly you wouldn't see any of that stuff around here with how christian our government really is...
If anything is too far against the christian belief there's a chance it won't be allowed.

are you talking about america? you think the u.s. government is christian? u.s. money is 'federal reserve' notes anyway. its printed by the fed and sold to the government. the current chair of the fed (ben bernanke) is jewish. vice chair (janet yellen) also jewish.

the framers of the u.s. constitution were rather adamant about no official state religion..thats why its in the first amendment. unlike the church of england...

None of this changes the fact that the Christians here have major influence in many things in politics...
I'm not talking about officials that are christian but the christian people (yes i said government but I didn't mean it literally). They have more influence than those that may be Muslim, atheist, etc.

meh. the pres. has finally accepted gays into military service. abortion is still legal. if the religious had such a sway, im sure these two things at least would be different. what specific 'religious oppression' do you feel? that side is always pushing, i give you that, but the other side is pushing back. the school voucher idea is just a thinly veiled way to get us to pay for parochial schools so folks can teach their kids creation 'science' but i dont think its going to fly unless things change drastically in november.

Like.. I remember hearing about some people trying to get schools to teach creationist ideals and removing ideas of evolution in textbooks. Complete bullshit.

Sorry forgot to post the picture

hey now, dont lump all of us americans in that believing in god shit with that "we" crap.

But we have punctuation.

How does that make any difference? I think you're just running out of snappy comebacks.

Did I ever say I hated American people or America in general? I talk to quite a few and most of them are great, funny, intelligent people. It's people like you that lower the average intelligence of your country to the point where it makes you whole place look stupid. You ever see the episode of south park where Cartman fails gym and brings the whole class down with him, It kind of sums up my point.

No one here hates Americans, no one here hates British people. This is the internet where we mock every nation, race and religion. But in the end we all are equal, because we mock each other as equals. You are being criticized for you poorly thought out, and badly written post.