The Brits didn't give up their empire. They just couldn't maintain it so it collapsed into what it is today,...one of America's bitches.
Half right. The Brits didn't "give up" their Empire. Sure, both wars severely affected them in many ways, but it was US AND Soviet pressure that forced England and the other European powers to give up their empires, at least decades ahead of schedule. The cause, at least in our case, was a noble one and a lesson we've never learned; trying to turn nations and people, incapable of comprehending western values, much less our political systems, into our likeness and most with catastrophic consequences, with Iraq being the most recent.
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
