Ojc
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The last war with America, must be time for another one surely.
The Anglo-American War of 1812
The causes of the war were twofold:
The Blockade War
American shipping suffered severely from restrictions on neutral commerce imposed by both Britain and France and the American government protested to both. However, since Britain commanded the sea, particularly after the defeat of the French fleet at Trafalgar in 1805, her interference was much more serious. In 1811 Napoleon cunningly offered to withdraw his restrictions if Britain would do the same: this seemed to put Britain in the wrong.
Impressment of sailors
The British Navy, always short of crews, stopped American merchant ships and took off likely-looking men, without much enquiry as to their nationality.
These grievances led, after some years, to war.
The war was fought on a small scale and on the whole Britain had the worst of it because her attention was concentrated mainly on the great struggle on the Continent. There were isolated frigate actions on the high seas and miniature navies built on the Great Lakes. There were also cross-border raids by both sides: the cities of Washington, New Orleans and Toronto were attacked during the war.
When Napoleon was defeated in 1814, there was nothing left to fight about: all commercial restrictions had stopped since 1813, and the British Navy was discharging sailors instead of “pressing” them. The Treaty of Ghent did not even mention these matters. It said that the Canadian frontier was to be left unfortified and the Lakes were to be “neutralised.” Although it was not a full peace treaty, it proved to be a permanent settlement.
[Edited on 21-11-2005 by Ojc]
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Matt H
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Originally posted by Ojc
The last war with American, must be time for another one surely.
I was PMSL by the time I had read this far 
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Ojc
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Joke, my plan is to send troops over to Canada covert style. Then smash their borders open with our Challenger 2 tanks and fcuk their M1's and Bradleys up with superior fighting ability, send the Harriers and Tornados over to blow the sh1t out of the statue of liberty.
IM SO EXCITED BY THIS PROSPECT I'M JIGGING MY LEG.
Then invade them, they won't use nukes on their own country LETS FCUKING DO IT
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Graham
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this is fucking ace
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Ojc
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I ROCK THE PARTY
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Graham
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liamC
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That idiot Bush had another plan up his sleeve which was leaked the other day
Good old Tony eh?
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/WorldNF.asp?ArticleID=194142
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