Why are England and France still on the planet? because they knew enough to stay..

[orpupilofnature57]

...out of our Civil war ,and who helped keep them out, Russia.Shrubs ignorance of history and World cultures have cost us dearly.http://www.civilwarhome.com/europeandcivilwar.htm

[DavidDvorkin]

1. An interesting Web page. However

Intervening in the U.S. Civil War would hardly have made England and France vanish from the planet. It might well have made the U.S. vanish. At the least, it would have considerably slowed the ascent of the U.S. in the realm of world powers. So I don't understand your subject line.

I also don't understand the relevance to Wee George. Iraq in 2003 and the USA/CSA in the 1860s are utterly different.

[orpupilofnature57]

3. I think nosing in on someone Else's Civil War is a disaster ,and obviously

so did England and France.Also in reference to the relevance of the Civil war in 1861-1865 and Iraq 2003- , is my answer to the parallels of Viet Nam ,which have nothing to do with Iraq, if a I could have I would have used the American revolution I would have ,but that was a war about freedom and democracy.

[damntexdem]

5. And an even bigger disaster occurs when ...

a country helps bring about someone else's civil war -- a la Iraq.

[orpupilofnature57]

7. Right on!!!

[butterfly77]

2. They know that bush and adm are as nutty as a fruitcake...

and that they believe that they can fight the whole world...

[damntexdem]

4. Why still on the planet?

Well, where else were they thinking of going? ;-)

[orpupilofnature57]

6. I'm sorry ,Bankrupt would have been a better scenario