Discussion History UsefulNotes / WarOf1812

\\\"if the war had dragged on another few months and the Cabinet had deemed it worthwhile to take New Orleans back, the relatively small and over-stretched US Army would not have been able to defend the town.\\\"

That quote from the main body of text is patently false, as the US had begun to win major victories towards the end of the war and many agree that the casualties inflicted by the US onto the British eliminated any major possible invasion afterward. It becomes even more false if you add in the fact that the forced autonomy Britain pushed the US into by cutting off sea-trade, greatly increased the US\\\'s manufacturing capabilities and led to an increase in its economy and self-sufficiency.

Then it goes on again, further down, trying to minimalize the effort of the US\\\'s navy, downplaying them by making them seem like \\\"glorified opportunists\\\", even though the US navy distinguished itself several times in larger scale pitched naval battles.

I\\\'ve also counted around 3 tropes that blatantly give the US a perceived general image of \\\"losing\\\" the war of 1812 even though her primary goals were met.

I\\\'m not asking for someone to make it pro-American, but could some fact-checking and diminishing of this \\\"pro-Canadian\\\" view-point be established?

\\\"if the war had dragged on another few months and the Cabinet had deemed it worthwhile to take New Orleans back, the relatively small and over-stretched US Army would not have been able to defend the town.\\\"

That quote from the main body of text is patently false, as the US had begun to win major victories towards the end of the war and many agree that the casualties inflicted by the US onto the British eliminated any major possible invasion afterward. It becomes even more false if you add in the fact that the forced autonomy Britain pushed the US into by cutting off sea-trade, greatly increased the US\\\'s manufacturing capabilities and led to an increase in its economy.

Then it goes on again, further down, trying to minimalize the effort of the US\\\'s navy, downplaying them by making them seem like \\\"glorified opportunists\\\", even though the US navy distinguished itself several times in larger scale pitched naval battles.

I\\\'ve also counted around 3 tropes that blatantly give the US a perceived general image of \\\"losing\\\" the war of 1812 even though her primary goals were met.

I\\\'m not asking for someone to make it pro-American, but could some fact-checking and diminishing of this \\\"pro-Canadian\\\" view-point be established?

\\\"if the war had dragged on another few months and the Cabinet had deemed it worthwhile to take New Orleans back, the relatively small and over-stretched US Army would not have been able to defend the town.\\\"

That quote from the main body of text is patently false, as the US had begun to win major victories towards the end of the war and many agree that the casualties inflicted by the US onto the British eliminated any major possible invasion afterward. It becomes even more false if you add in the fact that the forced autonomy Britain pushed the US into by cutting off sea-trade, which greatly increased the US\\\'s manufacturing capabilities and led to an increase in its economy.

Then it goes on again, further down, trying to minimalize the effort of the US\\\'s navy, downplaying them by making them seem like \\\"glorified opportunists\\\", even though the US navy distinguished itself several times in larger scale pitched naval battles.

I\\\'ve also counted around 3 tropes that blatantly give the US a perceived general image of \\\"losing\\\" the war of 1812 even though her primary goals were met.

I\\\'m not asking for someone to make it pro-American, but could some fact-checking and diminishing of this \\\"pro-Canadian\\\" view-point be established?

\\\"if the war had dragged on another few months and the Cabinet had deemed it worthwhile to take New Orleans back, the relatively small and over-stretched US Army would not have been able to defend the town.\\\"

That quote from the main body of text is patently false, as the US had begun to win major victories towards the end of the war and many agree that the casualties inflicted by the US onto the British eliminated any major possible invasion afterward. It becomes even more false if you add in the fact that the forced autonomy Britain pushed the US into by cutting off sea-trade, which greatly increased the US\\\'s manufacturing capabilities and led to an increase in its economy.

I\\\'ve counted around 3 tropes that blatantly give the US the perceived general image of \\\"losing\\\" the war of 1812 even though her primary goals were met.

I\\\'m not asking for someone to make it pro-American, but would someone please start backing various statements with facts and try to keep an air of neutrality?

\\\"if the war had dragged on another few months and the Cabinet had deemed it worthwhile to take New Orleans back, the relatively small and over-stretched US Army would not have been able to defend the town.\\\"

That quote from the main body of text is patently false, as the US had begun to win major victories towards the end of the war and many agree that the casualties inflicted by the US onto the British eliminated any major possible invasion afterward.

I\\\'ve counted around 3 tropes that blatantly give the US the perceived general image of \\\"losing\\\" the war of 1812 even though her primary goals were met.

I\\\'m not asking for someone to make it pro-American, but would someone please start backing various statements with facts and try to keep an air of neutrality?

I\\\'ve counted around 3 tropes that blatantly give the US the perceived general image of \\\"losing\\\" the war of 1812 even though her primary goals were met.

I\\\'m not asking for someone to make it pro-American, but would someone please start backing various statements with facts and try to keep an air of neutrality?