Re: Opinion - Respect = Re: [OT] Frog Bashing

On Thu, 30 May 2002 17:53:19 -0700 (PDT), John Atkinson
<johnmatkinson@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Stopped impressment (wasn't in the treaty, but it
>stopped).  

Impressment had stopped before the war started. The British Orders In
Council
were ended before Congress voted to declare war. Impressment wasn't in
the
treaty because it was an excuse used by the Warhawks. 

>All against the best and largest navy on the planet,
>and one of the best armies going?

Which, for most of the war, was busy fighting the second best and
largest navy
on the planet and arguably _the_ best army going at the time.

>Damn right that's a victory.

Just as the British stopping an American invasion of Canada is seen in
the
Commonwealth as a victory.

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