Hero of the Dutch

If you have 30 times the population of the other country, of course you'll be stronger, it's not something to brag about. ;)

Regarding the other discussion with the Yorkshire guy, my analysis of the situation is that you might bring up British rule in India and famines so often that you've become kinda infamous for it. And there might be a perception that you like to bring it up even when it has only the slightest relevance to the topic at hand. My opinion on that? Well, taken on its own in that single incident, bringing it up was pretty topical - the topic was "splendid isolation", so you were pointing out how everyone else is better off with Britain being isolated. :D (Could also have pointed out how the term was a bit of a misnomer, as I did in the same thread). Taken on its own, it's not objectionable, but I guess when you include all the other times you've brought Britain and famines up, other people would see it as an issue.

It's like if I were to bring up Chinese territorial aggression in the SCS at every possible opportunity. That would get old really fast and would only be counterproductive. Although I still hate the chinks for what they're doing, on this sub, I try to avoid posting about it.

As for this thread, you seem to have gone out of your way to belittle Canadians and Australians. At least that's how it looks to me. I think that was uncalled for. Sorry man. Whatever their total contribution to the war effort, Canada and Australia contributed out of all proportion to their (relatively small) populations. At least you gave proper credit to the French, which I appreciate. The Russians? They were poor soldiers whose only strength was in numbers. By the time of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Russia was in full collapse, with German troops advancing along the entire front.

As for Indian participation in WW1...I know the Commonwealth had millions of Indian soldiers in WW2. WW1 I'm not so sure about. Maybe in the Mesopotamia campaign, but I can't remember for sure. The one WW1 battle I know Indian troops participated in - the Battle of Tanga - they performed quite poorly. Again, sorry. :P

Also, sorry that this is a somewhat late reply, I was wondering how to word this rather long reply properly, and also I'm supposed to be studying for an exam now and not killing time on Polandball at all.

Anyway, lemme just quote what AspiringgMage said on the other thread:

Eh, fuck off. You're already set to become far more powerful than any European nation could ever hope to be; leave us to waste away in our continental retirement home in peace. >>

India's going to be the greatest superpower the world has ever known by the end of this century; surely you can afford to be magnanimous. Also, hurry up and become a superpower already so you can put the chinks in their place. :D

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