Red Chief wrote:Speedhump wrote:You see, you know absolutely nothing about me...I read all sorts of history, but prefer much earlier to modern.
But I certanly don't intend to turn this into a 'Koba exterminates the peasants' discussion forum!
Also, are you hinting at a 'Russian Empire'? Isn't it stretching the meaning of the phrase a little to call a few fleabitten eastern European countries and Afghanistan for a week and a half, 'an empire' ?
Big laughs !!!!
You (not me) was hinting "history...much earlier than modern". In modern history that "Empire" shrunk to very average island long time ago and their Tommies are food for powder in dirty wars of another country, your former colony.
Continue studying and dreaming.
You misunderstand again. I was talking older history, 0-1500 AD for example. haven't you even bothered to read my posts in other threads about such things?
Why do you keep harping on about the Great British Empire, why does it annoy you so? It' s such a surprise to me. OK, so it was within living memory, unlike say the Holy Roman Empire (which was anyway smaller), and your father and many more generations before him would have hated seeing such great success when USSR was unable to achieve much itself (see my signature line, which I think you fully deserve after all your crap
). But what is it that hurts you so much about it all, sunshine?
I really suggest you try to find another topic of conversation, or otherwise just: