Come on guys we got our asses kicked 90% of 1812. Andrew Jackson helped us out in the last battle but we got creamed. We can't paint it any other way. But it was the first last and only time a foreign army will ever set foot on our country's soil.
Shit today at work sucks.... On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:44:44 -0500, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, the British landed before the treaty was signed, and the battle is > still considered part of the war as news of the treaty didn't make it back > till long after. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:27 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Canada To Charge Bush w/ War Crimes? > > Didn't that happen after the treaty was signed? So technically it > cannot be included in the War of 1812. Moreover it was peripheral to > the main conflict and war aims of the US - conquest of the remaining > British North American colonies. If you read some of the writings of > the war hawks at the times, the similarities to what Rumsfled and > others said about the Iraqi people is rather striking. Same sort of > reaction as well. > > larry > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136666 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
