>> > Otherwise we might pull another 1812 on ya!
>> I'm pretty sure we won that one, along with the Pig Wars & 54/40. . .
> That one is a funny one. Canada can claim being a winner because they kept
> the US south of the border. The US can claim being a winner because we
> defeated the British in the south. The British appear to have lost on both
> fronts. :)
Nah, we didn't lose -- we owned half of yas for a while (straight down the
Mississippie corridor to the Gulf of Mexico); we didn't lose anything of ours -
- you lost a huge part of yours for some time; we gave it back to settle things
at the end & get rid of a bunch of our French.
>> We even made you keep a bunch of our unwanteds (French Acadians, now called
> "
>> juns")
> That may have been the biggest revenge of all! :O
Nah, that was why we "won"! ;)
We didn't need all that extra land we had -- we just took it to show we could.
&, yes, I am aware you subtly put forth that the war was between the USA & the
British, 55 years before "Canada" formed; but we used the term Canada already
(Upper & Lower Canada for what's now Quebec & Ontario)
The men who chased yours to the Gulf wore British uniforms, but called
themselves Canadians(in English)
Just joking about, mate!
Let's call it a tie, so out of 3 wars with youse, Canada won 2.5!
Pretty good odds.
Your generals have been planning another ever since, but realized it would be
impossible to win, so dropped them all.
I have a copy of a White Paper drawn up by some 5-star generals in the 1990s
covering an exploration of a full frontal attack on British Columbia (north of
your Washington State) which concluded it to be unfeasible, & that doing so
would result in too many losses (men, ordnance, & reputation) to the US.
The older plans to invade Canada's centre are public domain now, & likewise
were rtuled unfeasible.
It's better we stay friends.
You get decent lumber, ores, & fish -- we get paid for same.
We get some not far away places to have a sunny & warm winter vacation, paying
for it, of course. . .
BC offers some of the best sdkiing this side of the Alps. . .
It's betterthis way -- as brothers (but in the wrestling match that is our
sibling rivalry, we're bigger & on top.)
That's where Uncle Sam came from; we had a general na,ed Samuel some thing-or-
other & he ordered you to "say 'uncle.'"!
& like in your anthem, you romanticised losing a major battle & used it as a
rallying cry for all Americans ever since, to take up arms & fight, fight,
fight!
Best to yas, mate!
[DISCLAIMER]
Author of this echo post assumes no reesponsibility for any of this post being
taken too seriously. Author suggests all feeling the burn(not "The Bern") to
check the echo's name. ;)
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