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Originally Posted by whocarz
, the Brits just said "Fuck it, we'll deal with you later." Then you have the War of 1812, which was basically the British coming back saying "Ok, that thing with the French has died down thanks to their own revolution, we want our colony back." That didn't turn out too good for the Brits.
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It's AMAZING to me sometimes how Americans think.
See where I grew up (Canada) we were always taught that the US declared war on British North America (Canada) and we fought back with a everything we had and a few British Regulars who could be spared from the war with Napolean, and a whole bunch of first nations warriors who wanted nothing to do with Uncle Sam having seen what you guys did to their brothers and beat your asses back across the boarder.
You see, it was the USA after all who declared war, not the Brits. They were too busy fighting Napolean to be so stupid as to start a war thousands of miles away.
There isn't a Canadian kid alive who doesn't know the name General Issac Brock or Tecumseh the first nations warrior chief.
Strangely enough, as soon as the Brits polished off Napolean and could turn the full fury of their military on those gob-fly Americans, you yanks sued for peace. But not before we burned the white house to the ground and President Madison ran away dressed as a woman into the hills of Virginia.