Michael Pollak wrote:
> As for the British Empire, they weren't foresighted. They stepped back
> from
>
>India and Palestine -- which started the avalanche rolling -- a couple years
>after WWII for one simple reason: they couldn't pay the bills. It wasn't a
>theoretical thing, it was as obvious as the nose on your face. The lights
>were going out and the houses were cold.
>
So, I don't quite follow: if the colonies were a source of wealth for
the Brit Empire -- the gold of India, the whatever of Palestine, how
would letting them go benefit the Brits?
Joanna