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RE: The War of 1812!
May 10, 2018 at 8:52 pm
(May 10, 2018 at 10:19 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: (May 10, 2018 at 8:54 am)Tizheruk Wrote: We won 
If having one’s capital sacked and burnt constitutes a win.
Napoleon’s escape from Elba may have done more to prevent our greater defeat than anything of our heroics and genius. You'll have to asked the Americans about that .
And consider the fact that Canada isn't American i consider a win .
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RE: The War of 1812!
May 10, 2018 at 9:59 pm
(May 10, 2018 at 8:34 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: (May 9, 2018 at 8:50 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Interesting fact.
The War was over when the Battle of New Orleans was fought. A lot of Brits died for absofuckinglutely nothing.
Everyone who died in that war died for nothing
I disagree. The Americans, having foolishly started the war, were forced to fight. The Limeys expected to undo the mistakes they made during the Revolution and regain the colonies. Instead, they made the same mistakes over and over.
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RE: The War of 1812!
May 10, 2018 at 10:11 pm
(May 10, 2018 at 9:59 pm)Minimalist Wrote: (May 10, 2018 at 8:34 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Everyone who died in that war died for nothing
I disagree. The Americans, having foolishly started the war, were forced to fight. The Limeys expected to undo the mistakes they made during the Revolution and regain the colonies. Instead, they made the same mistakes over and over.
That sounds pretty much like all wasted lives to me.
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RE: The War of 1812!
May 10, 2018 at 10:18 pm
Only if you want to lay down and let the Limeys walk back in.
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RE: The War of 1812!
May 10, 2018 at 10:29 pm
(This post was last modified: May 10, 2018 at 10:33 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 10, 2018 at 8:52 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: (May 10, 2018 at 10:19 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: If having one’s capital sacked and burnt constitutes a win.
Napoleon’s escape from Elba may have done more to prevent our greater defeat than anything of our heroics and genius. You'll have to asked the Americans about that .
And consider the fact that Canada isn't American i consider a win .
You can burn a building, anom......but you can;t burn murrica! 
Thats what makes us so dangerous. Our True Country™ is untouchable. It doesn';t even exist on this plane to be touched. We're fundamentally un-rulable, much to our rulers chagrin.
....you realize that you could never defeat me....right?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: The War of 1812!
May 10, 2018 at 10:32 pm
(May 10, 2018 at 10:29 pm)Khemikal Wrote: (May 10, 2018 at 8:52 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: You'll have to asked the Americans about that .
And consider the fact that Canada isn't American i consider a win .
You can burn a building, anom......but you can;t burn murrica!
-thats what makes us so dangerous. Well you can't burn Canada either .
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RE: The War of 1812!
May 10, 2018 at 10:37 pm
(This post was last modified: May 10, 2018 at 10:38 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
We never tried. See..were transcendent like that. We forgive you for your indiscretion.
(if we tried you;d be a third world shithole...accept it)
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RE: The War of 1812!
May 10, 2018 at 10:43 pm
Yeah, we did. We had quite our share of fuck ups, too. Sending an army into a wilderness is not such an easy thing.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/arc...ar/258614/
Quote:The Warts of 1812: The Unglamorous Truth About a Hyped-Up War
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RE: The War of 1812!
May 10, 2018 at 10:44 pm
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As far as I;m aware, the british (and/or canadia)capital isn;t in the wilderness.
Sure, we;ve fucked up. We -all- fuck up. We were just looking to hit someone in the face, didnlt have to be -the- someone™. We're a young nation, rgr?
Don;t be a base commie, Min..or I'll pull you murricacard.
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RE: The War of 1812!
May 10, 2018 at 10:47 pm
(May 9, 2018 at 8:50 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Interesting fact.
The War was over when the Battle of New Orleans was fought. A lot of Brits died for absofuckinglutely nothing.
Treaties traveled slow back in the day.
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