How do Americans feel about being lied to?

Question

as an Englishman who owns many major US based companies I feel I am in a position to ask this.
The Americans that I own are very naive and they are being lied to their own government.In recent wars including Iraq US have been branded the worst army for their terrible record of shooting so many of their allies,
I have a theory which could show the US government as liars.It is as follows
The US government need to keep expenditure of weapons to a minimum , so i believe the US are purchasing their guns and rifles from ex fairground owners.The guns are the same guns that were used at fairs to win prizes.The thing which the US government has not taken into account is that fairground owners have bent the barrells of the guns and rifles to prevent prizes being won on a regular basis.These guns are then given to US soldiers who are "none the wiser" and then they shoot the wrong people.
Anyone agree?

Answer 1

Hey Dude... why did you give away my secret?
I won beaucoup bread with my trick-shot rifle betting I could shoot around a pole to hit the can sitting behind it.
What a bummer you did.
Hope you go by way of the real Sid - you dig! lol

Answer 2

Why not ask your slaves? In the U.S. no one OWNS anyone, people aren't property. I don't know maybe it is just the terms you use across the pond. Now I will take back the idea that no one owns people, because sadly there is still an underground slave trade, so no one LEGALLY owns anyone. To be honest the problem is that our soldiers aren't being properly trained, there are a few that are getting rushed to combat. If properly trained I don't think that there would be as much of a problem.

Answer 3

The Americans are well used to being lied to by their governments as are we English (beef is safe)( the belgrano was a threat).

You on the other hand, are a different matter, which multinational fairground do you claim to own.

Answer 4

Sidney dear dear boy
you are fast becoming the funniest wind up merchant on here
the friendly fire hypothesis is wonderful
if you keep things up at this rate our colonial brothers may eventually understand and we may even witness the birth of sarcastic humour across the pond
i await your next contribution with baited breath
oh, and the answer to your question is not kindly, at best they will bind you to a pole, butter the soles of your feet and turn a goat loose

Answer 5

Terrible

Answer 6

Now come on Sidney I have a go at the yanks for this banter.....Don't be silly, Can you poke fun at the US government when our lot are just as bad......If companies were run on the same vein as what is going on in the Houses of Parliament they would be shut down for .......trading while insolvent, Not sticking to company guidelines or policies, Breaches of Health & Safety etc etc.....and as for the lies, I was worried by Blair but after the fiasco this week I am stunned at the incompetence of the present government......Now back to the issue of friendly fire I do not think it is something that should be joked about my son is in the Army and if he had been killed by friendly fire I would be seriously angry at some of the comments on here....Just remember those that die are someone's son,daughter,brother,sister etc etc. And as for the rifles coming from fair grounds surely you know they were sold to the Afghans, IRA years ago......But I do believe the friendly fire was mainly attributed to aircraft not ground troops........So last but not least no it is not a nice feeling to be lied to but we are in the same boat......the only difference is that our soldiers are trained properly and they know when to push that button lets hope the American President isnt the same as his Airforce.......
Gracious Dont start bringing in about WW2 you dont know what your talking about....just concentrate on Vietnem............

Answer 7

I feel like this has been going on from before I was born, and will continue after I die.. The fact that the Bush administration is so devious is enough to put suspicion in anyone.. Frankly speaking though, I feel happy, yet dislike our somewhat unruly government and our furher/emperor Bush..

Answer 8

First of all, you DON'T OWN any Americans, slavery went out back in the late 1860's.
Secondly, I don't find your feeble attempt of humor, the least bit comical.
Lastly, if you are British, I suggest you look back into your own countries history and remember EXACTLY what country(USA), saved your country(ENGLAND), in WWII.

p.s. - the original "Sid Vicious" died from an overdose of drugs, and I think you are well on your way to joining him......

Answer 9

Well, being a soldier myself, I know for a fact that my weapon did not come from a fair. While I do know that "carnies" are known for rigging their games to gaurantee losses for the player, they are not the manufacturers or purchasers of the M16A2 I carried in the desert.

Answer 10

If you own several major companies, you are in no position to be fooling around on the Internet. You are lying about that, aren't you?

That's a slap in the face to self-employed people (and employees too) who toil day and night to just get by.

I don't like being lied to, so please stop doing it.