Re: useless armies
wintermute, on host 172.181.120.33
Friday, July 5, 2002, at 06:20:53
Re: useless armies posted by Gortman64 on Thursday, July 4, 2002, at 15:47:16:
> > > That is totally inaccurate. Do you think that we would have won every single war he ever fought(except Vietnam) > > > > And 1812. And I think possibly others I don't recall offhand. > > WE DID *NOT* LOSE THE WAR OF 1812!!! England abandoned the forts along the Mississippi. They acknoledged the superiority of the United States. > > And Vietnam was the only war we lost.
Britain decided that they needed to commit more forces to the war in Europe (the Second Napoleonics, IIRC), and pulled troops out of America becuase "Hey, we've already razed Washington. That'll stop them getting so uppity again.", and essentially, holding America was a far lower priority than defending their own shores. Essentially, there was no resolution and no side can really be said to have won.
winter"And Americans definately lost the Civil War"mute
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