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Oberon · 05-26-12, 12:04 PM

I fully agree, it was a foolhardy endeavour, but at that point Britain was still in the frame of mind of about six or seven decades earlier. It needed taking down a peg or two, and it was systematically done so in South Africa, China and Afghanistan over the next century, and then came the Great War and the end of the Empire.
Every empire runs up against a brick wall eventually, be it expansion through hard or soft power.

05-26-12, 12:04 PM	#58
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I fully agree, it was a foolhardy endeavour, but at that point Britain was still in the frame of mind of about six or seven decades earlier. It needed taking down a peg or two, and it was systematically done so in South Africa, China and Afghanistan over the next century, and then came the Great War and the end of the Empire. Every empire runs up against a brick wall eventually, be it expansion through hard or soft power.