tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051839363797869923.post8087160982158778577..comments2024-03-17T15:10:26.072-07:00Comments on Tony Laplume: Seven Thunders and the War of 1812Tony Laplumehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051839363797869923.post-74770280378688969832012-09-17T14:29:14.520-07:002012-09-17T14:29:14.520-07:00Not to be too political, but the Iraq War was over...Not to be too political, but the Iraq War was over pretty quickly. It was more like a police operation, like in Afghanistan, after the initial action. It's the heated political talk that made it out to be a fiasco. Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051839363797869923.post-20970701745541478442012-09-17T13:26:33.963-07:002012-09-17T13:26:33.963-07:00In Detroit they recently had some of the tall ship...In Detroit they recently had some of the tall ships on the river to commemorate the anniversary. I think people don't really want to remember it too much because we didn't win that war. At best it was a draw. Sure it stopped the impressing of sailors but we didn't get Canada and nearly lost a lot of territory and really it probably would have been pretty one-sided for the Brits if Napoleon hadn't distracted them early on. Definitely the hawkish politicians who said 300 Kentucky riflemen could take Canada were a precursor to the Neocons who launched the Iraq war thinking it would take just a couple of months to mop everything up. What is it they say about history repeating itself?PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.com