Um. The way they teach it up there, the US tried to invade and did not succeed. Ergo it lost a war of aggression. Canada was not looking to be liberated from the British, particularly by the Americans, and made the point that it was not interested. Ergo it won a defensive war.
Before Tim accuses me of disloyalty again, I'll add that I merely repeat what they teach in French-language schools up there. I don't endorse this version -- I am merely explaining it. I don't have a horse in this race and personally don't give a hoot whether Nixon was or was not the first US president to lose a war, excuse me, police action.... Now, though, that's Canadian textbooks. If yours said Canada is a British colony, present tense, then they were wrong. It was a colony at the time of the 1812 war. Now it is a member of the Commonwealth, which is not the same thing. Dana >Our textbooks talked about Canada, they talked about it is a British Colony. > >And I'm not sure how you could claim the US lost the War of 1812, as the US >didn't lose any territory, and we got the Brits to stop impressing our >sailors, and to recognize the US as not only a country, but as the Super >Power of the entire hemisphere, including South America. At which point the >US and British have been probably the most inseparable ally in modern times. > >I don't claim that we won, and neither do the textbooks. The war ended in a >stalemate. Canada instead of being a free country remained a British Colony, >the Brits were not able to retake additional land in the Americas, as they >had wanted, but nobody lost land. > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210465 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
