MoebiusLord wrote:
nonwto wrote:
MoebiusLord wrote:
For you f'uckers, we endure the lack of gratitude with the knowledge that we kicked your *** once, kicked your *** twice, saved your asses, and can still kick your asses any time we need.
We didn't exactly kick their *** in 1812.
Assuming that's the second time you're referring to.
Really? Hyperbole isn't spoken in your neck of the woods?
Not in the same dialect as yours, apparently. Our little spat with the Brits was far from the most pressing thing at that period in time. And let's be honest here, we were still a backwater colony while they were the strongest empire in the world. In regards to casualties, we clearly lost, and that was as the defender. If there had not been more important things going on, it's almost doubtless that the Brits could have reclaimed a good part of the colonies around that point. Especially considering that we'd alienated France.
We probably did much more damage to them by the Louisiana Purchase than the war of 1812.