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<blockquote data-quote="wigan_rlfc" data-source="post: 110747"><p>Eh.. most of that is complete bullshit. I mean come on, you claim to be a world power.. like your economy would bust if you tried to join the euro lol. Your "Empire" you had was made up of parts of the poorest and weakest countries of the world. India, a few islands off Africa, parts of America lol, Ireland. Even then, you were forced out of Ireland because your ECONOMY could'nt sustain holding an Army in Ireland. You have 60mil people, if we had 60mil people we would be far richer than the UK. </p><p></p><p>Yes were a little country, with a big mouth. Look at every president of the USA, nearly ALL of them have Irish blood. Half of South America was freed by Irishmen, most of whome were BORN in Ireland. For a little nation, we battle abouve our waight. Get over it. :wall: Give us back our land :zzz: :wacko: :ranting:</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Why would we want an Empire made up of poor countries? Thats right, we didn't. Canada, Australia, South Africa, India etc. Vast natural resources from gold, diamonds, vast cropland etc. I would hardly call controlling an area from Cairo to the Cape of good hope 'a few islands off Africa'. And Ireland wasn't in the empire, Ireland was an equal part of the UK i.e 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'. And this high number of US presidents are mostly decended from the Ulster-Scots protestant tradition who emigrated to America a long long time before the more famous emigration that occured during the Irish potato famine.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="wigan_rlfc, post: 110747"] Eh.. most of that is complete bullshit. I mean come on, you claim to be a world power.. like your economy would bust if you tried to join the euro lol. Your "Empire" you had was made up of parts of the poorest and weakest countries of the world. India, a few islands off Africa, parts of America lol, Ireland. Even then, you were forced out of Ireland because your ECONOMY could'nt sustain holding an Army in Ireland. You have 60mil people, if we had 60mil people we would be far richer than the UK. Yes were a little country, with a big mouth. Look at every president of the USA, nearly ALL of them have Irish blood. Half of South America was freed by Irishmen, most of whome were BORN in Ireland. For a little nation, we battle abouve our waight. Get over it. :wall: Give us back our land :zzz: :wacko: :ranting: [/b][/quote] Why would we want an Empire made up of poor countries? Thats right, we didn't. Canada, Australia, South Africa, India etc. Vast natural resources from gold, diamonds, vast cropland etc. I would hardly call controlling an area from Cairo to the Cape of good hope 'a few islands off Africa'. And Ireland wasn't in the empire, Ireland was an equal part of the UK i.e 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'. And this high number of US presidents are mostly decended from the Ulster-Scots protestant tradition who emigrated to America a long long time before the more famous emigration that occured during the Irish potato famine. [/QUOTE]
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