On Apr 21, 5:16*am, wrote:
On Apr 20, 7:23*pm, JollyRoger wrote:



On Apr 20, 10:36*am, Mike
wrote:

Keegan wrote:
On Apr 20, 11:55 am, didgerman wrote:
JollyRoger wrote:
On Apr 20, 12:30 am, didgerman wrote:
Keegan wrote:
On Apr 19, 2:30 pm, Shawn The Sheep wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...usa/5177344/Wo...
Woman makes cup of tea after being shot in head
An American woman who was shot in the head by her husband not only
survived but made herself a cup of tea.
By Our Foreign Staff and Agencies in Birmingham, Alabama
Last Updated: 5:29PM BST 19 Apr 2009
Police and doctors hailed the survival of Tammy Sexton, 47, as
miraculous after a bullet from a .38-calibre handgun struck her
squarely in the forehead, passed through her skull and exited through
the back of her head. She is expected to make a full recovery, while
her husband shot himself dead after the attack on his wife.
But law enforcement officers in Jackson County, Mississippi, were also
astonished that Mrs Sexton offered them tea when they arrived at her
home after the shooting.
Sheriff Mike Byrd said: "When the officer got there she said, 'What's
going on?' She was holding a rag on her head and talking. She was
conscious, but she was confused about what had happened.
"She had made herself some tea and offered the officer something to
drink.
* *You see? All this nonsense about guns being dangerous is just so
much liberal scaremongering...
* *Keegan...
Must've been shot at by some Yank: they couldn't hit a barn door if they
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Or unless they're saving your sorry ass from the Nazi's, hey Didge?
Channel islands aside, what the **** are you talking about?
Must we do this topic every time someone mentions the US?

* lend lease...

* Keegan...

Yes 'cos those terms were so generous.

How about we send the US a bill for the support that the UK has given
the US oil grab?

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How bout the US send you a bill (plus interest) for liberating your
country from a siege ;-)

Very interesting thread here Jolly. Except, of course, that it is
wrong. The Western Front did little to lift the Nazi "siege". The
pressure from the East was the most significant factor. In fact one of
the reasons that the western front was such a damp squid was that
Eisenhower was so fearful of over committing troops - so much so that
when the Germans attacked through the Ardennes at the Battle of the
Bulge the American Army with the exception of the Airborne division
had to be rescued by Montgomery.

JH

Really? Doing a George Patton impersonation? The idea was for Patton
and Monty to pinch off the bulge and capture most of the Germans in
it. Patton did his bit but Monty delayed long enough ( 3 days) to let
most of them escape through his designated area.

Eisenhower wasn't fearful of committing troops, his strategy was a
broad front advance as opposed to dagger thrust attacks. He thought,
correctly as it turned out, that Germany would not be able to resist
constant pressure along a broad front. Monty, on the other hand, with
all the petulance of a small boy and seeing his chance of glory on the
western front slipping away, threw a tantrum at Eisenhower until Ike
gave him what he wanted. Operation Market Garden. Monty got his arse
kicked, the only major defeat for the allies on the western front.


Keegan...