Grow Up. If a British contractor is based on US soil then I think if you had spent a minute more thinking about the situation rather than disappearing into a cloud of illogical views, that you may have realised that the jobs in the US are delivered by US citizens! Moreover, in an increasingly global market environment, British companies are no more expanding onto US markets than US companies are expanding into offshore markets - or is that ok by your thinking?? Oh and lets now look at the anti-British slant to your message. Aren't the British essentially your countries last remaining friend? In which case you may wish to embrace their investment into your economy. Certainly without foreign investment your markets would be even more worse off than if they were left to Bush's economic programme. Indeed this investment is sustaining jobs in the USA. So I think you may want to re-evaluate your myopic argument.

Wow... a blind person calling me myopic. Either this is a clear attempt at obfuscation or you are the one who cannot see the forest for the trees. This has nothing to do with the company being British or foreign investment. It is the idea of many military vehicles stacked up and ready to go.

To follow your logic, we should welcome the US jobs... but who is paying for those jobs? US taxpayers. I would rather have those tax dollars going to jobs that improve our country - or better yet - return the money to the citizens.

Bottom line is the stockpile of military vehicles... that is not a good thing.

That facility has been there for at least 15 years and has almost always had large numbers of military vehicles, mostly truck type vehicles.

We may indeed be in for a long war, but that isn't necessarily an indicator of it.

Thanks Davebo,

It certainly didn't appear new - I just had never noticed it. Until the past couple of months, I rarely traveled that stretch of highway and it may be that the truck perched on the mound of earth is relatively new.

Me blind? I don't think so - but why make such a crude comment? You anti blind people too?! But sadly Chris you were myopin in your argument and confused about what it was you were arguing about. Worse still is your rebuttle which is quite disturbingly self-absorbing. I guess it is your blog and as such you can say whatever you like. But a balanced argument might be more appropriate. On the subject of stock piling military equipment, without seeing the vehicles in question I would guess this is replenishment of the huge stock of military equipment being lost in your various campaigns across the globe - I know news in the USA is filtered still but I am sure there is sufficient info for you to all understand the huge cost of lost military equipment and more sadly life. If you are trying to argue that war is a bad thing and that such expenditure should stop then I agree subject to extraction in a sensible non-destabilising way. However, your original blog was making some points about loss of profit offshore, how bad it is being reliant on the Brits blah blah. This was a inaccurate picture as I think I pointed out before. As for US tax payer paying for these jobs. I guess that's true. However, your nation elects your government and your government sets your international and military policies. So if that is your reason for being upset then say that in your original blog. Don't go blaming overseas companies just because they are better able to operate your businesses. Indeed their ability to do so means that your jobs are retained, that technology advances, that the monies they earn get pumped back into your economy thus stimulating growth across your country. Surely that is a good thing isn't it? And lets not forget that those tax dollars are buying leading edge technology that hopefully keeps your men and women alive when fighting the wars your government wishes to undertake. Of course we could always follow your logic and close the facility, deepress the area for employment, slow your weakening economy even further and leave your brave men and women exposed in the field of danger - interesting logic you have Chris!! So I simply suggest you may want to take a deep breath and rethink your argument(s) if indeed you really have one.

Wow... Corrector of Fools (if that IS your real name - haha.) You ask me to 'rethink my argument if indeed I really have one." That is the point - I DON'T have an argument... I have an opinion. I won't be sucked into a stupid discussion by a comment troll with an obvious agenda.

Look, I don't care if the company is British - I don't care about your circular arguments on why I should love your beloved company.

I have an opinion and I have a forum. It may not seem like it at times, but we still do have freedom of speech in this country.

What happened to "live and let live?" Why the attacks? Why not get your own blog? (Blogger has them for free)

I am fine with even giving you 'this' forum to go off on whatever interests you. I just don't understand the vitriol.

Oh, and feel free to mix in a paragraph break every once in a while - it makes your opinion easier to read.

Dearest Chris

Last response I promise, just a few of corrections

1) I don't work for the company in question
2) I have no agenda
3) I am not a comment troll (excellent expression though :-)

I am simply responding to your original blog which I felt was making a poor argument/comment/opinion - aka I am enjoying my freedom of speech, just like you.

Isn't that why you have a blog? So you can express your emotions and thoughts and invite others to comment?

I don't tend to read blogs and have never bothered to respond before, but those few that I have read allow others to comment on what has been posted. It is uncommon for the originator to take umbridge and fire back messages of disagreement. But hey it's your blog - you set your own rules :-)

Anyways, you will be relieved to see I have added paragraphs and more relieved to hear I won't reply again. Heck! What's the point :-)

Anyways, enjoy your blog, enjoy your thoughts, enjoy sharing them with the world. But if you do, then expect others to want to comment back and don't take it so personally.

Happy Blogging!

p.s. of course 'Corrector of Fools' isn't my real name - but it was a good one though :-)

CoF,

Please do come back in the future and add to discourse. I would suggest that a civil discussion that doesn't start with the assumption that the person you are talking to is a "Fool," would be a better way to start.

You make some excellent points.