Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:02 PM 1999-02-11 -0400, Robert G Stevens wrote: >Marc: > >Remember Canadians did burn down the Whitehouse the last time Americans >thought Canada should be part of America :-) a) This is Canadian bullshit. The annexation of Canada was NOT, despite Canadian propaganda to defenseless school children, EVER a war aim of the US in the War of 1812. The annexation of Canada just cannot be found in the lead-up to War as a reason for going to War and it was notoriously absent from our War planning. b) The Canadians didn't burn Washington: their British masters did. If there were Canadian troops or sailors present, the British seem to have forgotten this. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!