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  1. 10-25-2010, 14:07 #1
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    Default Re: What if Great Britain and France were still arch-nemeses up to now?

    Right so were talking about nowadays then France wins the race eventually.

    If UK and France were still arch enemies then the political landscape of Ireland, UK and France would be vastly different.

    The Irish government if there still was one would be a close ally of France the conflict in Northern Ireland would end up with France and UK backing there respective co-religonists.

    UK would quickly find it did not have the resources to fight France and even just trying to keep pace with France would not work.

    UK strength for last few years was based on financial services this would never have happened due to the instability.

    Trade especially free trade would never have happened for UK and so she would enter a slow decline. The channel would be UK's only defense but as every year went by it would be less and less useful due to technology.

    Unless UK managed to convince USA, Canada, Austrailia and New Zealand to back it France would end up winning this marathon.
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    Why do you think the Québécois haven't been given independence yet? As symbolic as it is, the Queen likes having French subjects under her thumb.
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    The only good thing the UK ever did was conquer India as this makes it eaiser for me to understand Tech support.

    Other than that they are a wretched, backwards, and sexually repressed society that somehow lucked into hyperpower status in the 19th century which led to the atrophy of republican and enlightment ideals.

    France on the other hand is the height of human achivement.

    The most backward peasant villiage in Auvergne has more class and culture than all the high rises in London

    To even mention these countries in the same sentence is tantamount to a warcrime

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    Default Re: What if Great Britain and France were still arch-nemeses up to now?

    Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
    The most backward peasant villiage in Auvergne la Drome has more class and culture than all the high rises in London
    fixed, and I salute you sir.

    N.B. Some Indians may disagree with your earlier postulation.
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