Only in retaliation for a bunch of Ugly American tourists (called the US Army at the time) for burning down the capitol of Canada at the time.
darned tourists anyhow. They are the real bane. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nick McClure > To: CF-Community > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 11:01 AM > Subject: RE: We bombed ourselves again :-( > > > Don't forget the War of 1812, You know the whole British > Burned down > the > Capital and Dolly Madison saved the paintings. > > And the War with Mexico, where America fought a war against > Mexico for > the > sole purpose of gaining land. > > America hasn't seen battles on her soil sense the Civil > War. After the > > Civil War we stopped trying to gain land through war. All > of the land > that > is the US with the exception of Alaska and Hawaii was a state or a > territory by the start of the Civil War. > > At 04:11 PM 12/5/2001 +0000, you wrote: > >But all this talk of "I was in the service" is totally > futile, as is > all > >this talk of WW1 & WW2... remember that until Sept 11, America was > untouched > >by any major "war" ever fought... civil war not included, oh and > Japanese > >Balloon bombs... wooh scary. > > > >I am just waiting to see when the majority of people turn > and start > stating > >that the war is wrong as americans erc are dying - and if > I look back > at the > >list, these are the chaps etc.. which were advocates of bombing > anything > >that moved. > > > >And all this Bush talk of going after Iraq next - jeez? what a > muppet, > >probably wont be long before a new flag is draped over the > pillars of > the > >White House. > > > >Again, just my $0.02 > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
