I clicked Michael Caine because not only is he a good actor but I found out he was part of the Glorious Glosters during the Korean war. NOt sure if he was one of the 37 at Imjin, but it is likely because after that nothing would phase him.
there was one other though that I consider the best actor I have ever seen (it just happened to be in a movie made here in NZ-didn't realize that at the time, about a NZer- they go that bit wrong as it was aussie kit) & he is British but wouldn't be considered an actor.
The film was "Merry Xmas Mr Lawerence" with David Bowie in the lead role. hard film to watch but brilliant.
Kia ora, another kiwi here, sorry mate but the pav is now definitely being found to have originated here. recipe official here decades before it showed in aussie.
love the Aussie Kiwi banter with occassional POM thrown in. As I keep telling this Aussie who has emigrated here. Only reason aussie economy is doing so well is all the Kiwis over there.
Anyway so many kiwis over there because as Sir Robert Muldoon said when asked was he worried about all the school leavers heading to Aussie "It is raising the IQ of both countries"
NO one is saying US is all bad but the US need to look at what they do. Rob does know what he is talking about.
there is comment that everyone asks US to step in. actually most of the time that is not true but they do draw a parrallel when their is oil involved but won't when it is humanitarian. there has being some changes to that over the last few years.
someone said well why did your govts always ask ours for help not to go do our own thing.
well ours did in regards to Nuclear weapons & powered ships.
NOw this will surpise many NZ's & others today but it wasn't that popular but new government & they felt they had being elected on that stand.
Now we are supposedly a democratic country, but once our government said no more nukes. The US threw its toys out of the cot & said "you will take our ships or else!" & we have being punished since over trade etc even though we have contributed troops to many joint actions.
That though was when the country went 'anti' US as we have a national trait. we don't like being told what to do(try being a cop or security as I am & tell people to conform, usually ends up in a punch up) & that is US problem. they say have freedom of choice but when countries do & the US doesn't like it then watch out.
Same has happened in Palestine. OK Hamas is not the best going but the US & Isreal basically entrenched their place in middleeast because it was all democracy until Hamas won the election. then it was oh no. you can't have it both ways.
If both had let Hamas do it they might of either being surprised at what they achieved or Hamas would of more likely failed & become non consequential.
The least free press I have ever seen was when I was in the US. it is totally manipulated & what happens outside the US unless they are involved just didn't happen. When I visited my reltions there (US born & bred) they said the same but then they have lived outside the US.
I see the same starting to happen here in NZ. silly little local things instead of world events & I mean silly.
best thing to see your own country is to leave it & live outside for a while. you come back to all the things that are good about it, but you also see what you couldn't see before.
it is not that everyone hates the US but it needs to learn from others mistakes before it repeats them.
that was also the comments I heard in Iraq from former Vietnam vets. IN fact coming from NZ & having trained under NZ vets in the army first thing we saw when we hit Iraq was all the same mistakes. Colin Powell saw the simularities & that is why he had his mate from there take over. He was kicked out quick & someone with a degree & was an analyst took over. knew nothing about the what was really needed to be done. they lost it there.
I see our friend from Taiwan says US not an empire. he is wrong but they have controlled it differently through economic power. that is now transferring to the IMF & China. How are people going to control China when it is the worlds policeman?
teaching history does not mean you understand it.
As I say quite powereful Americans are referring this as the collapse of the US Empire. we study history but we don't study financial history. what is happening now happened to the Roman empire but at a much slower pace. same mistakes.
Yes the economic zone & it is not recognized by the US.
as to your comment about roman empire & US. in fact those who are chatting to me from US call it the US empire & everything that is happening right now is an exact re inaction of what they did to their currency.
Iraq was not a legal invasion. UN resolution did not cover the way invasion was caried out.
China has a lot more control than you think & will as I said use that precedence set by the US to invade if they wish. You are likely right about the ceceding in the 1800's, but China still claims your islands. As Chairman Mao said 'politics through the barrel of the gun" or words to that effect. might has right but it doesn't mean it is right.
or as we say in military. Peace through superior firepower.
Gabrielle you are pretty much on the button. they have the best of intentions but have trouble learning from their mistakes. Colin Powell tried to rectify that after invasion of Iraq, but was sidelined by people who did not know their history. He saw Iraq was were they could learn from the mistakes of Vietnam.
NZ is no better in some respects. though we are trying in regards to our Treaty of Waitangi & race relations.
hey before you argue with people make sure of your facts. yes we have a 200 mile economic limit but the US doesn't recognise it & we don't have a constitution. we can't as yet because it wouldn't recognize the Treaty of waitangi. so it is wee way off before we have one.
You are right in fact US does at times go around trying as world policeman to impose their will & it upsets people.
but as others have pointed out what about China & if they collapse who ever takes over from them.
could be same issues different sheriffs. then they will become just as hated no matter if they are trying to do good.
actually they do Blain but we were in it way before the US. actually due to a mix up in communication NZ was the first country in world to declare war on Germany to mark official start of world war two. could of being embarrassing had someone foudn a solution. Casualties were highest in world per capita as it was in world war one, but we did much better in Vietnam (yes we were there, came straight from fighting in Malaysia first communists then Indonesians all in the jungle alongside the aussies & brits)
Conrad had a good point before. what iF China goes broke?
at present there is a worry that their bubble is about to burst but they are spending all their US dollars like made buying resources. then US dollar will not be world reserve currency anymore & US will not be worlds policeman anymore China will be & that could be an issue.
China could use the Precedence set by US in invasion of Iraq to invade say Taiwan.
No mate he is singing a famous song from down here.
just saying that if things are going to go bad in the world then the song says you are best to be wearing your gumboots. The Brits call them Wellingtons, others call them galoshes.
oh & we don't teach your constitution in our schools. Best gunship I seen in Iraq was a russian hind. they are mean. the old cobras are good the marines use but the apache not as good as made out.
I am learning it through Financial education from some US citizens as I said there Blain.
some of that is good to know because no matter what we think of the US this is going to affect us all.
History shows that fiat currencies (which is what the US dollar is & therefore the worlds currencies since Nixon took the US dollar off the gold standard in 1971 to help try to pay for the Vietnam war) only last 40 years before they go to zero. so that is 2011. If US dollar goes to sero then then NZ dollar might have up to 18 months before it does the same as that is usual time it takes for the effects to get here. So what will the world do then when no one can pay for the armies in Afghanistan.
so we are all in this together no matter what we think.
I am a Kiwi too, an ex soldier & worked security in Iraq. seems both sides are right.
The US has done a lot right & wrong. Probably biggest thing I saw in Iraq was they haven't learnt from Vietnam as to what hearts & minds are. The Iraqis were just crying out for the right help. Military were trying & learning but bureaucrats & politicians stuff ed it up.
What US people do need to be aware off is their & therefore worlds eocnomies are being manipulated.
Any person from US look for infromation on the Federal Reserve. It is not part of the US government but a privately owned enitity that controls economies. it is owned by families from across Europe. they also own the central banks of the top 50 plus countries including NZ, but not China. All the bail outs are smoke & mirrors & it is a deliberate attempt to collpase economy to fit with cycles & therefore transfer the wealth & more control to these families.
each time there is a war they print more money & in the last century some US presidents have actually violated your constitution.
For example President Roosevelt stopped US citizens from owning gold when in the constitution the only real money is gold & silver.
Where have I learnt this. in my financial education mainly from rich & powerful US Citizens.
So the bad things the US has done has tended to have being manipulated & tends to ignore the the wants or needs of the rest of the world.
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RE: Who do you think is the best british male actor of all times?
I clicked Michael Caine because not only is he a good actor but I found out he was part of the Glorious Glosters during the Korean war. NOt sure if he was one of the 37 at Imjin, but it is likely because after that nothing would phase him.there was one other though that I consider the best actor I have ever seen (it just happened to be in a movie made here in NZ-didn't realize that at the time, about a NZer- they go that bit wrong as it was aussie kit) & he is British but wouldn't be considered an actor.
The film was "Merry Xmas Mr Lawerence" with David Bowie in the lead role. hard film to watch but brilliant.