British have invaded nine out of ten countries

[Nitro Express]

Whenever the British tobacco trade comes up, I think of this.

[Angel]

The French were awful too. Even in modern times. My father In-Law was a US Air Force consultant to the French in indo-China when the French were fighting the Viet Cong. He said the French soldiers treated the Vietmese nationals so shitty he just about punched some of them.

I've spent a lot of time in latin America and the history of the Spanish atrocities is maddening. One thing I do credit the Chinese for is they aren't going into countries and giving them an IMF loan and then taking their resources when they default nor are they invading Africa or other places with troops. They come in and become a good customer. That might change in the future who knows. Their treatment of Tibet has been quite harsh.

The French were better here than the Brits. They were much nicer and had a sharing relationship with the Natives.

Sent from my GS2, bitches

[Nickdfresh]

Thought that was the Dutch was loved the slave trade in those days. It was the limeys who loved the tobacco/cotton trade so they could "sell" to god forsaken places in the Far East in between bouts of raping women for exchanged goods.

King Leopold was the worst cunt ever by far in his little Congo protectorate. The novel Heart of Darkness by Conrad sort of mirrors it and was the basis for Apocalypse Now. WWII set a whole new standard for imperial cuntiness with the Japanese "advances" into China...

[Nickdfresh]

Oh yeah the Germans. Not the best imperialist. They had a bad habit of invading people. Right now the US is running on the German model of operations.

Germany wasn't a coherent country until the late 1800's and largely missed out on the carving up of Africa. They did have some small colonies and fought the British in Africa in WWI, but the invasions of WWII are really a whole separate category...

[vandeleur]

British imperialism makes me think of the british class system , Blackadder goes forth sums it up :

Edmund: Well, you see, George, I did like it, back in the old days when the
prerequisite of a British campaign was that the enemy should under
no circumstances carry guns -- even spears made us think twice. The
kind of people we liked to fight were two feet tall and armed with
dry grass.

George: Now, come off it, sir -- what about Mboto Gorge, for heaven's sake?

Edmund: Yes, that was a bit of a nasty one -- ten thousand Watusi warriors
armed to the teeth with kiwi fruit and guava halves. After the battle,
instead of taking prisoners, we simply made a huge fruit salad. No,
when I joined up, I never imagined anything as awful as this war.
I'd had fifteen years of military experience, perfecting the art of
ordering a pink gin and saying "Do you do it doggy-doggy?" in
Swahili, and then suddenly four-and-a-half million heavily armed
Germans hoved into view. That was a shock, I can tell you.

[Seshmeister]

The countries never invaded by the British:
Andorra
Belarus
Bolivia
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Republic of
Guatemala
Ivory Coast
Kyrgyzstan
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Mali
Marshall Islands
Monaco
Mongolia
Paraguay
Sao Tome and Principe
Sweden
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Vatican City

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21240676

Mali crisis: 330 UK military personnel sent to West Africa

The UK is to deploy about 330 military personnel to Mali and West Africa to support French forces, No 10 has said.

This includes as many as 40 military advisers who will train soldiers in Mali, and 200 British soldiers to be sent to neighbouring African countries, also to help train the Malian army.

[Nitro Express]

There must be something worth stealing in Mali.

[Seshmeister]

When I made this post last year I really didn't think I would be scoring any of the last 22 off the list this soon.

Hope we invade the Vatican City next...

[Nitro Express]

When I made this post last year I really didn't think I would be scoring any of the last 22 off the list this soon.

Hope we invade the Vatican City next...

Sounds like a good idea to me. I consider the vatican one big pedophile ring. Auction off all the artwork to the highest bidder and feed the poor with the money. Now that would be real charity. Send the gurkhas in. Those goofy looking Swiss guards won't know what hit them.

[Seshmeister]

It should be a police action - gather evidence and make arrests just like you would with anywhere else.