Dont feel bad. First of if you understand british hummor your above that of the average American. *turns on applause sine*
I myself have seen that so ******** much Im just desensitized to it. Great Job American media, you made the world stop caring. But I know all over the world while you guys were B'awwwwwwwwww-ing the rest of the world went.
"Well, Ill be the first to admit this is terrible but with a Foreign policy like that Im surprised this didnt happen 10 years ago."
So dont feel to bad. All Empires have some big internal or external force that causes lots of death before the fracture or collapse altogether.
Also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viGpk0oXiUw&feature=related