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<blockquote data-quote="ScottishJohn" data-source="post: 49200834" data-attributes="member: 99692"><p>Because we could no longer <em>afford</em> the size of military required to do anything about colonies who wanted to break away.</p><p></p><p>After WWII we were in hock to the US and they wanted the influence we had. Anything they disagreed with, they threatened to cut off the money.</p><p></p><p>We didn't hand back colonies out of generosity, but out of a complete impotence to do anything other than let them have their way.</p><p></p><p>The reason we <em>had</em> the colonies in the first place, now <em>that</em> was avarice, plain and simple.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScottishJohn, post: 49200834, member: 99692"] Because we could no longer [I]afford[/I] the size of military required to do anything about colonies who wanted to break away. After WWII we were in hock to the US and they wanted the influence we had. Anything they disagreed with, they threatened to cut off the money. We didn't hand back colonies out of generosity, but out of a complete impotence to do anything other than let them have their way. The reason we [I]had[/I] the colonies in the first place, now [I]that[/I] was avarice, plain and simple. [/QUOTE]
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