even more humorous than the common interpretation of the USA as a kind of a minor offshoot of the UK is the interpretation of the statue in Daniel 2 and the beast in Daniel 7 where the WHOLE world power is actually ROME! Of which the UK is an 'offshoot' and the USA an 'offshoot' of that.
Of course, studying these prophecies like in the daniel book, the amount of discussion and extra verbiage as these verses are discussed has the effect of lengthening and seperating the elements of what may be a single verse in Daniel so that it appears the prophecy is actually discussing the millenia of history from rome to usa. but when god steps in to kick some ass, its actually ROME he attacks according to WT interpretation. figure THAT out! bet you americans didnt know youre basically just a roman colony, eh?
eg
Dan 7:11 Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking. I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.
according to WT, the beast is ROME and only the horn is UK (USA) so how much sense does it make that the beast and body are the final targets of gods judgement?
mox