"The British Are Coming"

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"The British Are Coming"

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Apologies to gamekeeper, Nath and others across the pond...

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Could be worse......could be the French 🤷‍♂️
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wvfarrier wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 7:35 am Could be worse......could be the French 🤷‍♂️
It IS worse. It's Americans!
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JimT wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 7:39 am
wvfarrier wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 7:35 am Could be worse......could be the French 🤷‍♂️
It IS worse. It's Americans!
Exactly. I'm grateful my parents got to miss out on the bulk of this.
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Sad that so many put the French down. But without the French there would be no USA

Based solely on what the government did during WWII people incorrectly assume the French are weak. Remember the government surrendered, not the military. The military fought on until the end of the war.

The government surrendered, not the people. The people formed the resistance without whom the allies could never have landed in Normandy.

Some point to their loss in Vietnam. But just like the US the military didn’t surrender. The cowards running the government did.

And remember the French once ruled all of Europe. They had an empire almost as large as Britain.
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You can't blame the British for trying to keep the Colonies, they knew a good thing when they saw it..... :lol:

The late Terry Murbach was an admirer of the French military especially the Foreign Legion. Like a lot of the military " Lions led by Donkeys " the so-called Commander in Chief is a prime example.
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Well here is a French carbon steel pan getting fish and chips ready for gk’s arrival.
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Read the trilogy by Gingrich and Forstchen - "To Try Men's Souls" "Valley Forge" and "Victory at Yorktown" and yes, you will see that without the French, there really would be no USA...

(...they're still fun to poke fun at, though... :mrgreen: )
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My way back great grand pa came to explore Quebeck & to make a home in Quebeck city in 1620
there is still a place named after him in Q.C. if he could see it today??
my 4 th. great g.pa came over from france to help in the war, George was for sure in trouble with
his effort to win the war & the French helped get it done, my 4 th. grand pa got wounded at brandy wine
he recovered but stayed in Quebec & up state N.Y. for the rest of his life
if he could see it today what to heck would he think??



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Although considering the size and cost of the government at this point in our history, it might be cheaper to pay just one king! :lol:
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It is not widely known that Spain helped the Colonies as well, not only with cash, arms and ammunition, but by directly confronting and defeating the British along the lower Mississippi and in Florida.
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Bill in Oregon wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 6:59 am It is not widely known that Spain helped the Colonies as well, not only with cash, arms and ammunition, but by directly confronting and defeating the British along the lower Mississippi and in Florida.
payback for losing their entire fleet to the British when Spain thought they could defeat the empire.

lots of skullduggery been going on since the first murder
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Grizz wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 8:20 am lots of skullduggery been going on since the first murder
Yep. The first city was founded by a murderer ... and they have not gotten better in all the years since.
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