British Nationals Refused Entry to U.S. Over Twitter Tweets

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[citation][nom]JonnyDough[/nom]I work for the government and well...this is just embarrassing. Detaining tourists and then deporting them is sure to help our economy.[/citation]
Yeah, but you've only lost a portion of their cash 🙂 I'm sure they won't be getting any refunds on the flight tickets against US airlines or the hotel they were staying in.
 
[citation][nom]JonnyDough[/nom]I think you mean at our worst. You seem to forget all the things the U.S. has actually done for the world. Nobody even compares when it comes to giving away foreign aid, and remember WWII? Yeah, we gave blood there too. Hey, come to think of it...the U.S. has a history of being pretty decent. People are way too cynical. One stupid instance and now we're all stupid in the USA. What about all the tourists that come here without any problems? Should I hate everyone who isn't American just because you're an anti-American jerk?[/citation]
You joined in once we were winning - i am aware you are all taught in school you won the war however joining a WOLRD WAR 2 years after it has started (and only after you lost a harbor) is a pretty douche move. It's like letting your mates get pummeled and then only joining in when they start to win and a stray punch catches your chin.
 
You joined in once we were winning - i am aware you are all taught in school you won the war however joining a WOLRD WAR 2 years after it has started (and only after you lost a harbor) is a pretty douche move. It's like letting your mates get pummeled and then only joining in when they start to win and a stray punch catches your chin.

Err - "we" being who? Because Russia and the US won WWII. The UK was a convenient place from which to attack the western front. Without the US, the UK would not have had a hope.

(from the UK)
 
Do you have to put a shovel in the checked luggage or -if it is the foldable type- can you put it in the overhead compartment ?
Is there a surcharge by the airlines ?

You've got to research these things before you travel :)


 
[citation][nom]raggedstone[/nom]Err - "we" being who? Because Russia and the US won WWII. The UK was a convenient place from which to attack the western front. Without the US, the UK would not have had a hope. (from the UK)[/citation]

Hitler abandoned his hopes of invading the UK long before the US joined the war.

The whole western front was inconsequential to the outcome of the war. The vast majority of the fighting happened on the eastern front.

The Axis military suffered at least 80% of it's casualties in the east, the Russians suffered 85% of the military casualties of the Allied forces.
The Siege of Leningrad alone killed more red army soldiers than the US and UK military deaths combined.

The only major difference made by the western Allies was influencing the post war order of Europe.
 
I am NEVER going to visit the USA after reading this. Simply out of principle. This is the most retarded thing to come out of dumbland lately.
 
[citation][nom]JonnyDough[/nom]That does not extend to non-citizens. Furthermore, they were detained - not beaten.[/citation]


People like you are doing your best to destroy the USA with your complacency and acceptance. The country is much like the Titanic at this point. But the band plays on......
 
Not surprising considering some of the yokels that work for DHL.

We have given up freedom for a false sense of security. What a joke.
 
The whole thing with WWII and all, well to be perfectly blunt, Hitler had always hoped to peacefully settle with England, and that they would look the other way as Germany expanded. Hitlers error was trying to manage a war of two fronts, with Russia, and against the US (yeah, he wasnt very pleased with Japan over that one), and everyone else who was reorganizing after they got their nose broke by Germany. If he had not turned against Russia, and kept at England, England would have fallen sooner. It was already being razzed to the ground. Germany wasn't being razed like that until we got involved.

What little of a airforce England even had, many of their planes and quite a few of their seasoned pilots were actually on loan from us before we jumped into WWII officially, so its not like we were just leaving England to the wolves prior to Pearl Harbor. We were supplying military gear and personal secretly. And just to state the obvious, it wasn't even our fight. England, France, etc declared war with Germany initially, we did not. WE did not ask to be dragged into others crap half a world away.

England was not a military might, and lost many of its skirmishes during WWII. Many of its soldiers were rescued from both German and Japanese POW camps during WWII by the American military near the wars end. If America had not became involved in WWII, England would have surely fallen eventually after Germany either defeated or came to a truce with Russia. Already being razzed in the major cities, most of Englands major military was in shambles trying to restructure. Hitlers war on two fronts only truly backfired on him when the US got involved, because he had to divide many resources he needed for the Russian campaign to try to stem off the US, not England or Frances, assault.

If Germany did not have America to contend with, it could have focused more resources towards Russia's defeat, as resources were its key problem, fuel and other war essentials that were being spread to thin. Man power and technology itself was never a issue. It already had France in a box, and England was just a flea on its back when it was turning on Russia. Its always amusing to see how citizens, the youth in England now overstate their countries importance in WWII. If not for US intervention, its more likely then not that half to most of you wouldn't be here today, and that's a debt you and your countrymen will never be able to repay, or intend to for that matter. Proof in point, you canceled Mongrels. I just found this show on Hulu. It was amazing, and amazing to see it was canned after season 2. You wanna start repaying that debt? MONGRELS....SEASON....3....NOW! If you're good for nuthin else other then raping the Irish, the least you could do is give us some worthy entertainment.
 
[citation][nom]beardguy[/nom]Not surprising considering some of the yokels that work for DHL. We have given up freedom for a false sense of security. What a joke.[/citation]

You got that right! My parcels go missing all the time thanks to those losers! Bloody DHL...
 
Welcome toObamas new America! Better keep an EYE on your RIGHTS. Or wave BYE to them.
I never thought that this would happen here.
 
[citation][nom]techcurious[/nom]What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty? They did not tweet specifics of how they would literally dig up Marilyn Monroe or destroy America. People say stupid things to friends all the time! This is nuts..[/citation]
Yea but now people are saying stupid things to their friends on the internet where MILLIONS can read it and misinterpret it. Yea DHS overreacted but really now you should be careful about what you type where anyone can read it.
 
[citation][nom]JonnyDough[/nom]I think you mean at our worst. You seem to forget all the things the U.S. has actually done for the world. Nobody even compares when it comes to giving away foreign aid, and remember WWII? Yeah, we gave blood there too. Hey, come to think of it...the U.S. has a history of being pretty decent. People are way too cynical. One stupid instance and now we're all stupid in the USA. What about all the tourists that come here without any problems? Should I hate everyone who isn't American just because you're an anti-American jerk?[/citation]
Napalm? Mujahideen? Saddam has WMDs under his bed?
Your soldiers give blood, yes, however your government...spilt it, a lot of times.

The main thing that bugs me is the hypocritical nature of the US.

[citation][nom]JonnyDough[/nom]Most criminals are dumb. You would be surprised at just how dumb most criminals are. The educated prefer to work with the existing societal infrastructure, not make chaos out of everything.[/citation]
Terrorists aren't your average criminals. And, like someone else said, they're pretty much educated.
 
[citation][nom]Goldengoose[/nom]You joined in once we were winning - i am aware you are all taught in school you won the war however joining a WOLRD WAR 2 years after it has started (and only after you lost a harbor) is a pretty douche move. It's like letting your mates get pummeled and then only joining in when they start to win and a stray punch catches your chin.[/citation]


Even after the US joined the war, things still would have been very very different and very very bad if Hitler hadn't gotten so mentally unstable.

And yes, US history probably overemphasizes its contributions to the war, and everyone else's history probably underemphasizes it.
 
[citation][nom]JonnyDough[/nom]Most criminals are dumb. You would be surprised at just how dumb most criminals are. The educated prefer to work with the existing societal infrastructure, not make chaos out of everything.[/citation]

the best criminals are usually very smart, they use the dumb ones to run the ground opperations while they sit in a commanding position

 
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