[BITList] Aussies are the best

[FS]

plus of course abandoning the commonwealth to join the EU
frank

On 5/11/2010 8:33 PM, John Feltham wrote:
> G'day Hugh.
>
> > All was going well until I got to the bit about the unconditional 
> solidarity
> > with the USA in its schemes.  Surely not ?
>
> Aussies have along memory of what the Brits have done to this country.
>
> First they sent a large bunch of crims here.
>
> Next they didn't provide any food or other supplies for the said crims 
> so the Officer Corp started selling the crims rum. The Officer Corps 
> had a momlpoly of the import of rum..
>
> Then they forbade any shipping to bring supplies from the closest 
> place able to supply the new colony, namely India - (The EIC had a 
> monopoly if you remember, on all trade in this part of the world). 
> Hence the Rum rebellion came about.
>
> Then they shot an Australian Soldier, Breaker Morant, (born in the UK, 
> I believe) in the Boer War for crimes that the Poms were doing.
>
> See...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaker_Morant
>
> and...
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/7207443/Australia-asks-Queen-to-pardon-disgraced-Boer-War-soldiers.html
>
> Then they asked for Aussies soldiers of Gallpoli to go and fight the 
> battles in Gallipoli. And the man who sent them there was a certain 
> WSC. After Gallipoli they sent the survivors to be sent as cannon 
> fodder  to the guns of the Some etc.
>
> This same WSC in the second World War, refused to send back the 
> Aussies fighting in North Africa when the Japs were pushing gown 
> towards Australia. Remember the two RN ships sent to defend Singapore 
> and Australia were sunk of Malaya by the Japs.
>
> When the Aussie PM demanded that the troops be sent back to defend 
> their homeland WSC finally agreed but when the vessels were in the 
> INdian Ocean he countermanded his orders and directed them to proceed 
> to the impregnable Island that is called Singapore.
>
> The Aussie PM again demanded that the vessel be sent to Australia. 
> Thankfully, for Australia, they were and some of those troops were 
> used to defend the Kokoda Track and helped to reverse the Japanese 
> advance on Australia.
>
> Hugh, don't start me off. There's more.
>
> I haven't even got to the cricket and the scandal of the 'Bodyline 
> series'.
>
>
>
> ooroo
>
>
>
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