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Originally posted by james t kirk
Oppressing you???
How is that?
If you mean that the British were not allowing you to trade with Napolean, you would be correct.
Britain had told the USA to stop aiding and supplying Napolean, but the USA didn't listen. The us figured it had every right to trade with a homicidal dictator intent on conquoring all of Europe.
If you wade into a war (Britain verses Napolean) you have to expect consequences. That's hardly oppression.
I wonder how the USA would react if France was aiding and supplying Saddam Hussein recently? Do you not think that the the USA would not prevent France from shipping aid and supplies to Iraq???
Not quite.
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I guess you never heard of the taxation without representation thing. So I assume if you were taxed heavily on your work, and had no avenue or access to your government, all would be cool? And Canada was still England at that time, it was a loyal part of the crown. And France WAS Shipping weapons to Irag, in fact they Russia and CHina were the three biggest violators to the sanctions on Iraq, and one of the reasons why we had to go to war. Hmmm, odd, the three biggest violators were the three biggest naysayers against the war.