Great Britain did a brilliant job in making a mess of the world for several hundred years. Some of the highlights include:
1. Dividing Africa according to Geographical lines with little or no regard to the ethnic peoples and their religion and thereby guaranteeing continued strife, wars and hardships after independence. For example the country of Nigeria was named as such by the British Governor's wife in 1904. The British didn't care that the north was muslim and the south east was Christian along tribal lines. Result was horrible wars (remember Biafra 1967-1970) and a mess throughout Africa ever since.
2. Divide and Rule policy of the British Empire. Encourage complex allegiances between different religions and tribes in India. Pullout in 1947 and then massive wars. Newly created Pakistan (in two parts) fights India. Then small Pakistan decides it wants to be known as Bangladesh = big war against Pakistan also involving India. Also Ceylon to Sri Lanka. Then Far East, Burma etc.
3. History of the slave trade. Taking slaves to America and the Caribbean to work on plantations. A history eagerly taken over by America.
The list is endless of Great Britain's contribution to history. America's history is much shorter but we have managed to take over from you in screwing up the world with our disastrous foreign policy. A lesson we learned from you guys. I hope our history is not as long or as "successful" as yours.
Have a nice day!
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Mahatma Gandhi
Great Britain did a brilliant job in making a mess of the world for several hundred years. Some of the highlights include:
1. Dividing Africa according to Geographical lines with little or no regard to the ethnic peoples and their religion and thereby guaranteeing continued strife, wars and hardships after independence. For example the country of Nigeria was named as such by the British Governor's wife in 1904. The British didn't care that the north was muslim and the south east was Christian along tribal lines. Result was horrible wars (remember Biafra 1967-1970) and a mess throughout Africa ever since.
2. Divide and Rule policy of the British Empire. Encourage complex allegiances between different religions and tribes in India. Pullout in 1947 and then massive wars. Newly created Pakistan (in two parts) fights India. Then small Pakistan decides it wants to be known as Bangladesh = big war against Pakistan also involving India. Also Ceylon to Sri Lanka. Then Far East, Burma etc.
3. History of the slave trade. Taking slaves to America and the Caribbean to work on plantations. A history eagerly taken over by America.
The list is endless of Great Britain's contribution to history. America's history is much shorter but we have managed to take over from you in screwing up the world with our disastrous foreign policy. A lesson we learned from you guys. I hope our history is not as long or as "successful" as yours.
Have a nice day!
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Mahatma Gandhi