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Originally Posted by Anthony
i love when Canadians argue with each other on their flawed history retelling.  I don't care if you are a Canuck Richard, you are still the shiznit in my book. As I know you forgive me for being an American.
But as for the correct history, it was the British, notably the British Navy that started this whole war. We were just defending ourselves and maybe trying to get some of that prime Canadian Real Estate round the Great Lakes. LOL |
the correct history is simply that the british were already fighting a war against the french, and what set this off was the trade embargo that America felt was 'unjust' in the eyes of international law. Something funny, considering the whole flotilla fiasco recently. Further more, the 'impressement' issue was the british going after Royal Navy Veterans and Deserters, and getting them back on the new ships meant to take over the seas and eventually set the stage for victories during ww1 and ww2.
So while the term 'just defending yourselves' is a good one, it's more a "'we want to take out the northern territories 'Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin'", and from what i recall, it was all the southern states voting to have the war, and all the northern states voting against it
but i'm sure you forgive me for being canadian
