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I'm sure it was just created as an exercise, right? (lemmy.ca)
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[–] 6 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

Is this the war of 1812 where Canada burned down your first White House? That pointless stalemate?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    British troops did that, specifically British troops who had never set foot in British North America, let alone Canada, which didn't exist. And yes, any war that ends in status que ante bellum is pointless.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Sorta... Wars can be about more than territory, which is all that term refers to.

    America achieved all its stated goals for the war, which didn't include "Actually this is mostly just a war of conquest we hope you're too busy to defend against." It just conveniently doesn't mention a couple had already happened, and it would have been gauche to admit we really just wanted the territory.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    They burned down the white house because they were forced to leave the city. People always act like it was some huge victory for them but they always leave out the fact that they couldn't actually hold territory in the US, and the war ended with a major US victory at New Orleans.

    At the same time the US invasion of Canada failed and they couldn't hold territory there either. Obviously. That's called a stalemate.

    Just a dumb point to bring up since we can all see that DC doesn't belong to the UK today. And Toronto doesn't belong to the US. So yes it was a stalemate, without the sarcastic quotation marks.

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