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| energyman76b wrote: | | aidanjt wrote: | | Naw, the Brits sucked at pacification, they were just really really really good at turning them against themselves. |
where? when? |
Pick anywhere the British have been, and any time during their occupation or after their withdrawal native peoples of the land will have been pitted against each other.
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| aidanjt wrote: | | energyman76b wrote: | | aidanjt wrote: | | Naw, the Brits sucked at pacification, they were just really really really good at turning them against themselves. |
where? when? |
Pick anywhere the British have been, and any time during their occupation or after their withdrawal native peoples of the land will have been pitted against each other. |
india. |
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aidanjt
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| juniper wrote: | | aidanjt wrote: | | energyman76b wrote: | | aidanjt wrote: | | Naw, the Brits sucked at pacification, they were just really really really good at turning them against themselves. |
where? when? |
Pick anywhere the British have been, and any time during their occupation or after their withdrawal native peoples of the land will have been pitted against each other. |
india. |
Perfect example.
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aidanjt
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| zixnub wrote: | | Like the good ol' british saying goes: Divide et impera |
Hey, you can't speak *cough*Rwanda*cough* 
Then again, Britain had a hand in creating Belgium, so I guess they're indirectly to blame for Rwanda too lol
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| aidanjt wrote: | | juniper wrote: | | aidanjt wrote: | | energyman76b wrote: | | aidanjt wrote: | | Naw, the Brits sucked at pacification, they were just really really really good at turning them against themselves. |
where? when? |
Pick anywhere the British have been, and any time during their occupation or after their withdrawal native peoples of the land will have been pitted against each other. |
india. |
Perfect example. |
i know, that's why i gave it. |
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| energyman76b wrote: | lol, cut spending.
Again 'spending cuts' and 'small government' are the root cause of the problem.
You are always free to move to Somalia if you don't like governments. |
Obviously the problem in Somalia is way too much government. Is there any government, anywhere in the world, that has not, at one time or another, intervened in Somalia?
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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| zixnub wrote: | | Like the good ol' british saying goes: Divide et impera |
Yeah, the good ol' British and their Latin. Those British are so clever, coming up with new ideas like this.
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| pjp wrote: | | ak47gen wrote: | | pjp wrote: | | ak47gen wrote: | | How do I say this without being racist |
How well do you think you performed compared with the goal? |
"The goal" or "your goal"? |
I just asked a question about the goal you set. |
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