At PrepCom3, a dramatic last-minute deal drawn up by the EU may mark the end of the US government's control of the internet. In essence, [the EU called for] a new version of the current overseeing body ICANN and an end to the US government's overall control of the DNS. The US was scathing about the proposals, within minutes telling delegates that it "can't in any way allow any changes" that would prevent it from having overall control of the internet. Other countries, like Brazil, China, Iran and Cuba support the proposal. Brazil's ambassador outlined: "It is not a question of being anti-ICANN, it's about having a very clear and open and democratic and inclusive mechanism of overview of certain functions that today are performed by ICANN with no kind of supervision."
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Member since:Hey dylansmrjones, you say you know a lot about WW2? LOL yeah right
The engines in the british airplanes were american engines, you say
Are you having laugh or are you deliberatly setting yourself up for ridicule?
:cough: I actually think you will find they were Rolls Royce engines!
well done moron
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Actually they weren't Rolls Royce.
Rolls Royce got them from USA through the UK Government.
So... the engines in most Spitfires and Hurricanes were american engines, or based on american parts, since british industry couldn't produce fast enough.
It was our luck that Göring wanted the Luftwaffe to have the credit, and then changed tactics towards bombraids on cities. That saved UK in the Battle of Britain. UK would have lost if the Nazis had stuck to their first strategy.
Now go read some more "moron". And stop the name calling.
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Get your chronology right. By the time the US joined, the Battle of Britain had been won, so there was no danger of an invasion of the UK. Also, Germany was losing on the eastern front. To be sure, the US joining helped bring the 3rd Reich down, but it did not save the UK from invasion.
Actually the Battle of Britain was one after american resources came to England. The engines in the british airplanes were american engines. Without the financial aid and the resources sent from USA to Great Britain, Nazi Germany would have had the victory. Nazi Germany was - at the time USA entered the war - actually winning on ALL battlefields, including the eastern front. The setbacks did not come until 1943.
And no, I'm not american. I'm danish. I just happen to know a lot about WW2 (sort of a hobby one might call it).
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