RE: France objects to "Waterloo" coin?
June 10, 2015 at 6:08 pm
(This post was last modified: June 10, 2015 at 6:10 pm by Minimalist.)
(June 10, 2015 at 3:29 pm)abaris Wrote:(June 10, 2015 at 3:17 pm)Minimalist Wrote: No. He was not.
British propaganda aside, Napoleon was socially far ahead of the reactionary monarchies of Europe who saw the status quo as in their best interest.
It also speaks volumes that Kissinger is among the few actually celebrating the Congress of Vienna for it's achievements. No large wars between 1815 and 1914 is the justification he gives in his dissertation if I'm not mistaken.
This of course doesn't take into accout the rather small and localised revolutions of the 1830ies, the widespread bloodshed of the 1848 rebellions, the Crimean War, the Italian campaigns of 1859, the Prussian Danish war of 1864, the Prussian Austrian war of 1866, the Prussian French war of 1870/71. Really, a century of peace.
LOL. Yeah. It's like when the republicunts claim that Bush prevented terror attacks....except for that one time!
Also ignores the fact that the Europeans were actively slaughtering natives in the rest of the world.... except for Isandlwana and a few other fuck ups.
