Lastly, I am mainly taking issue with you (and most Caandians) erronous assertion that "Canadians" (if we really existed then at all) were somehow a major player in the war of 1812. If any claim to victory over the US in the War of 1812 is to me made, it is by the Britis. The British put Washington to the torch, not Canadians. I'm so sick of the smug Canadian myth that *we* burned the White House down. We did no such thing. It was British regulars.
Canada is British & will remain so for so long as our head of state is the British monarch.
Canada was the prize & if the UK doesn't want to rub US noses in the steaming pile of defeat that the 1812 war was then as subjects of a British Queen we have every right to do so.
I don't care how sick you get. Washington was sacked at our request because of US actions here. The order didn't come from London where Parliament was outraged at the excess.
@Eddythebeast666 Most of what you've provided is opinion only obviously based on some sort of hatred for the US. You are like so many jealous little Canadians that hate the US for being bigger, better, more powerful, more everything bascially. Your claim that 9/11 was the end of "Pax Americana" is proof of that. From where I'm standing the US is still the most influential country in the world and still way ahead of China. Unlike many Canadians, not only am I ok with that, I prefer it that way.
The fact that the Monroe Doctrine was a British policy which in essence turned the US from the envisioned self sustaining independent Nation the founding fathers hoped to create in to an Imperial power no different then the one they fought to separate from is a historical fact.
The Monroe Doctrine was the beginning of American Imperialism & the death of the founders dreams.
Britain was still the most powerful after WW1 but the Pax was over.
@Eddythebeast666 China's the only one that's got a shot. The EU is in a much bigger mess than the US is and Russia...I can't see that...militarily they're closest to the US but economically they're shit. China is a worry but they're very closely tied to US economic fortunes.
@severedtesticles Technically the EU is already bigger, mess or not.
I see it as very similar to the American States before the Civil war as the different nations are not truly unified yet. (Remember 6 States almost left during the 1812 war)
A crisis could easily break it up or build stronger bonds.
Again this is just speculation.
Russia's power has nothing to do with military but is resource rich & better able to exploit that, unlike us in Canada.
@severedtesticles China has imperial history going back 1000's of years. There has never been anything like in in the west. Nether Rome nor the British Empire can touch it for stability & longevity.
They scare the crap out of me.
Every one who ever conquered it wound up being absorbed & later conquered themselves.
@Sasherra And the USA is stable? The British Empire was stable? Rome was stable?
Culturally China is more stable then any of us. Politically I have not forgotten Tiananmen Square or how how quickly oppressive regimes have been changing lately but we haven't seen many pretty pictures locally as we crush the Occupy Wall-street movement ether.
Pepper spray may not be as brutal as a tank but what ever gets the job done.
@Eddythebeast666 Good points. However, I'd hazard a guess and say that Egypt (Before Roman/Greek interference) was the most stable culture in history. I see your points about China, but it's only really been stable since the Chi united it (I think that was the clan).
@Sasherra I'm not familiar enough with Pre Roman/Alexander Egyptian culture to judge but what little I do know of it is that it could be argued to have been the template for the Empires that followed so I'll agree.
Way too many of these discussions focus upon military issues which may be more interesting but really doesn't tell us anything of why the wars were fought.
The questions going forward is not who has the strongest army but the strongest economy.
@severedtesticles WW1 ended Pax Britannica just as Sept.11th, 2001 ended Pax Americana.
The British Empire became bloated after WW1 & that ended its largely peaceful world supremacy. By WW2 The Empire was so over extended with so many trouble spots that the result was a weakening of the over all structure. Militarily they were never stronger but economicly they were being surpassed.
The might of the empire was Trade & control of trade was fading.
A minor player till WW2? Riiight, that's why the British wanted their (the US) involvment in WW1 so badly. After the war of 1812, British interests in North American were limited to north of the 49th. They gave up any claims they may have had in Louisiana and no longer has total power over the Great Lakes. The Americans didn't win 1812, but to say that they lost it is just a Canadian myth. The US became more powerful as a result of that war.
The US became an instrument of British policy in North & South America after 1812.
Britain conceived the Monroe Doctrine to limit the presence of other competing European powers in the Americas & kept their hands clean by using America to do it.
Effectively turning the US in to an imperial proxy.
As the USA's biggest trading partner they controlled congress through lobbyist.
Which is why Madison so feared the British backed Federalists in 1812.
WE!!!!... we eat fast food, are the laziest generations of kids in the world... us and Canada... neither of us won the war... our ancestors did lol dumb asses
@peev16 Come on up. With your Armed Forces in Iraq and Afgahnastan (Crap ,how do you spell that, lol), we'd welcoms y'a. Oh, btw, did you hear we burned down the original white house? (LOL)
@timothydavey1 More then half. We all fought under the Union flag to defend the British colony of Canada.
Please don't take offence at our phrasing it as Canadian. Britain has the Napoleonic wars to boast about & 1812 was a minor distraction compared to that world spanning conflict.
Last time I checked, Canada wasn't a nation until 1867. So, unless you are a 220 year old Englishman, you had no role in fighting the US in the War of 1812. Britain did not lose; the US did not lose. As usual, the Native people ended up taking the brunt of the losses. The tribes that allied themselves with Britain were punished unmercifully.
@markd3570 Boy then you must be real embarrassed about invading a back water British outpost. The UK is on the other side of the Atlantic ocean. Did you take a wrong turn at Albuquerque?
We live within our own energy needs. The American Dream was a lie. Worst part is you had it all...and threw it away. Now we have to come and help our retarded cousins. Your welcome.
It's funny to read some of the comments on this video, it's almost as though the Canadians think they won or something. I'm glad that wasn't the case. But one has to wonder what the hell they are celebrating for.
@MissouriMan1000000 We are celebrating the same fact that stands today...The fact that regardless of your military if you invade we will send you packing...Chase you as far as Washington and fuckin burn down your White house again....
@MissouriMan1000000 we burnt down the white house and then went home almost uncontested. we lost did we? what important buildings did you burn? only a canadian is allowed to burn down our Parliament buildings. besides we still have our own country dont we? idiot
I just want to say there is no need to attack anyone or their country on a YouTube comments page. Clearly what's being said can be taken as insulting by both Canadians and Americans, and each group will defend their country until they die because they are proud to be from that country (usually). I take all of the good and the bad that comes from being Canadian and I have no plans of ever living anywhere else.
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This is a very crude and childish depiction of History. What this stupid canadian forgot to tell you is that the REASON why canadians-mostly british- burned down our whitehouse was because earlier we had gone in and not only burned down several canadian parliament buildings but we also looted from you. Go ahead and look it up.
Also, it wasn't the canadians who fought us(being that canada wasn't a country yet) it was the british.
@andrewm153351 The burning of the Whitehouse was not a random act of vandalism we are aware that it was in retaliation for American aggression. This isn't a Historical clip, Mercer is a comedean like Jon Stewart. If you want history watch "War of 1812 Canada Part /9" series. You get to see lots of Canadians screaming & dieing as Yanks slaughter helpless farmers. Enjoy.
We never rejected our British heritage as the USA did, we are British Commonwealth. Same Queen. We are proud of our loyalty.
@andrewm153351 We are more then happy to provide ammo for your noble cause of killing your fellow Americans. We eagerly await for you to rise up yet again to end Big Goverment tyrany. That is what you are best at killing your fellow man. As for who rules who NAFTA gives me as much oppertunity to Lobby/Buy my self an American congressman as you do. Enjoy your freedom while it lasts. #LOL
@andrewm153351 Depends on weather they are singing praises of or cursing his name. I Remember Regan fondly for his acting career. The black cloud of the contra affair blotted out any good he might have accomplished during his terms which was insignificant other wise. Nixion was a mixed bag. Quite helpful to the Canadian economy. JFK was an over rated idiot. I'm happy if my leaders don't embarrass my nation before the whole world. If fame mattered we'd vote for Bieber that would be dumb. #LOL
@andrewm153351 Seriously? Would you love your nation less if it was poor & weak? If all you love is power & wealth you must hate your founding fathers for rebeling against the power & wealth of the British Empire. No Texan I know you better then aparently you know your self. You are as pissed off as anyone about many things going on in your nation & wish like hell there was someone else to blame. I'll tell you this I hope you guys work through it I hope you stay wealthy & strong but is that all?
No what im angry at is the fact that Canadians relish in the fact that they avoided our invasion(mostly with the help of britain) 200 years ago, and they say "we kicked your ass"-which isn't true-
and yet they act like they don't care about the u.s. being the strongest military in the world CURRENTLY. That doesn't make sense. In other words they are proud of their military achievements 200 years ago, but think current military power is non important.
@andrewm153351 Don't forget Native help as well. They did more fighting & dieing then the British did. Got screwed for their efforts too because Brition didn't force the USA to honor Artical IX of the Treaty of Ghent.
The MOST POWERFUL MILITARY IN THE WORLD *Gives me goosebumps* #LOL Come on man if you get some blow hard pushing that crap the only responce possable is to cut them down a notch. Pride isn't a virtue. Look up "Lewis Black on Broadway talking about how America ISN'T #1"
And i can list MANY attributes that show America being #1. They might not mean #1 to you but they are still #1.
You are too brainwashed by your canadian media that is constantly attacking America.
You canadians have an inferiority complex, which makes you constantly lash out at us. It must suck being the little retarded cousin that no one cares about while big bad USA is too busy controlling the world.
@andrewm153351 There we go that is the America we are all familar with. "I'm better then yOOOu! I'm Better then everybody! :P "
What part of Pride not being a virtue do you not understand? When Briton was most powerful did everybody rush to kiss thier ass? Did not everyone cheer every time a weaker power scored a point? Why do you guys care what we think? Most of the world thinks you are a nation of loud, ignorant pushy assholes. Is the problem trully everyone else or is it you?
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@Eddythebeast666 Assholes eh? saying this on a American invented PC, OS, internet, and website. You could always use Canadian alternatives...oh wait there is none LOL.
Ignorant? except the US has the most educated population in the world. Accounts for more medical advances than any other nation. Has done more to bring down world poverty, which in the first time in a long time is declining.
@ShayisWY Use a Blackberry like the USA Presadent does. The WorldWideWeb was a British inovation but hey if you limited yourself to a networked computer system that the Yanks came up with then the fans of this vid would have to put up with your trolling. #LOL
@Eddythebeast666 Blackberry and invention that uses a collage of other inventions from other nations.the cell and data storage technology is not unique to blackberry and has been done before.
@ShayisWY Well duh. You are as bad as the Yank bragging about Ford inventing the automobile, first flight, first man in Space. I didn't bother to correct him, he was amusing. Anchent Egyptions invented batteries for some reason it's all based on older crap invented by somebody before. We didn't invent that crap about taking credit for everything we are just playing the game like everybody else only we are better at it because no one expects us to act like that. Copypasta #LOL
@Eddythebeast666 Then why bring up the blackberry which is nothing more than a collection of other peoples inventions. America is far more innovative than Canada.....by a long shot. Not to mention American inventions are typically of more importance.. Much of the technology in Canadian hospitals is American. Deal with it.
Also deal with the fact canadians are more indebt and fiscally worse off
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@Eddythebeast666 What the fuck does cars have anything do with this. I am talking about Canadian hypocrisy and the fact Canada is not as good as the US over all
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@Eddythebeast666 The internet was not brit invented you dumb sack of shit. If you had even basic knowledge of IP/TCP you would know how dumd this sounds
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@Eddythebeast666 The INTERNET predates Tim Berners-Lee's work at CERN by 20 years. The INTERNET is the TCP/IP protocol which was invented by Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn, two AMERICANS working for the US military.
The TCP/IP protocol is the actual technology that transfers data. The "web" (which is not the same thing) however is a system of code that Tim Berners-Lee created that is transmitted VIA the internet, but is not the internet. The web is a system of hypertext that dictates page.. cntd
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@Eddythebeast666 format that organizes itself in a browser, it's just visual interface essentially. You can use the internet without using the web, you cannot use the web without using the internet. The TCP/IP is the foundational technology, the web is just something that uses it.
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@Eddythebeast666 Saying that Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet is like saying you designed and built a car when all you did was paint it. All the most important scientific and technological hurdles that resulted in the internet today were done by Americans. Tim Berners-Lee had precisely jackshit to do with packet-switching. He was not an engineer, he was a code monkey.
@Eddythebeast666 The fact that Brits and Eurotrash are actually under the delusion they invented the internet is just proof of how desperate they are as well as Canadians to rewrite history to rob the US of credit. The US is technologically vastly superior to the UK and Canada in almost every way. Deal with it
@ShayisWY dude we canadians invented instant replay comeon give us a brake, and besides this isn't about tecnology this is about the war of 1812. And if you look at history the british army the canadian militia and the mohawk first nations won the war of 1812, however some people think thats up to debate but I personally think if you look at the evidence theres no question that canada and it's other allies won.
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@viper10011 My point is that Canada does not invent anything or that anything Canada invents isof no importance. I just take issue for the things Canada takes credit for, but had nothing to do with like Insuling. As for the War of 1812, it is the war in which both sides won given the concessions from both sides.
@ShayisWY like i said in my comment who won the war is up for discussion because it ended with a treaty and not a military victory. However we canadians say we won because the americans tryed to take over our country and they failed to do so. However the americans say they won because they clam that the british objective of the war was to retake the united states which they failed to do. And the british say they tied because like I said before it ended in a treaty.
@viper10011 The British's War goal never really was to retake the USA. And honestly, why would they? It was would be a matter of time before they rose up again, and the British were more interested in intrests in India and the colonies that hadn't rebeled in America. Canada/Britain defeated American invasion and lost no territory. Meanwhile the USA failed to invade Canada and Maddison's plan of the "Matter of Marching" invasion failed utterly. I think its safe to say that Canada/britain won xD
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@nooo8oooo That's simply untrue. The British were continually pirating American vessels, kidnapping American sailors, supporting raids on US territory, and giving weapons to violent Indian tribes that were killing and scalping American settlers. This didn't end until AFTER the war. That whole purpose war of what is NOW Canada was as a reprisal against the British and to bring them to the treaty table. It worked. The US was the only side that gained anything. The point was not Annexation
@Eddythebeast666 Technically they were overseas British soldiers, mostly, who were stationed in Canada that did all of that. I'll still thumbs it up though.
@MasterAsra They were given land in Canada and settled here, So it is our war because the people who fought it are our ancestors. Also, Canadian Militia and Native forces were instrumental in defeating the Americans.
@CrazyCanuck129 We have the same Queen. We are just as British as those in the UK. It's just some clueless Yanks who don't know there isn't any difference.
@chitownzfinesthustla lol im Canadian but this guy is right, the war ended in a draw because if it didn't, then there wouldn't be an United States or there wouldn't be a Canada and we're both still here so whatever, America could kill us now anyway
@Eddythebeast666 well nazi germany no longer exists lol, but yeah we accomplished defending ourselves so yes I guess we did accomplish our mission and please don't misunderstand my views, just because I said america could kill us now, I don't think military power is the end all sign of what makes a country great, I'd rather be Canadian any day
@Eddythebeast666 You *do* realize that the conquest of Canada was *not* the primary goal of the War of 1812, right? Invading Canada was merely a way for the United States to take the war to Britain on land. The United States declared war on Britian to resolve a list of grievances which Britain was forced to recognize most of when they signed the Treaty of Ghent with the Americans.
@severedtesticles You *do* realize that congress lied & the proof is that NOT one of the so called list of grievances used to justify the war to the American people was even mentioned at any time at Ghent. I've read Madison's speech & the Ghent treaty, I also know the politics behind what happened.
In Fact article IX of the treaty would seem to indicate that you relinquished any claims to Native lands.
Did the USA honor their word as given in the treaty?Do your politicians always tell the truth?
@Eddythebeast666 If the War of 1812 was such a clear victory for Great Britain (remember that we, Canada, didn't formally exist then) then why was the Treaty of Ghent an equal "give and take" between the USA and Great Britain? Both sides made concessions to the other is equal amounts. That's not something a victor ever has to do.
After the war was over, Britain ceases interfering with American trans- Atlantic trade and formally recognized American sovereignty.
@severedtesticles Britain agreed to nothing in the treaty except restore pre-war boundaries. Since they had no goals of conquest other then Napoleon they got what they wanted.
The only reason any US land was taken was to force the US to stop attacking Canada not because it was particularly wanted. Targets were strategic.
US sovereignty was recognized in 1783 treaty of Paris. Nothing else was gained. Trade restrictions were with Napoleon no neutral trade was recognized.
@Eddythebeast666 Look, the fact remains that most historians' view is that the war ended in a draw, not an American defeat as so many Canadians like to think. Both Britain and the United States sought peace with each other. Despite failing to make any permanent gains in Canada, the United States was a major military worl d power after the war, They lost nothing.
@severedtesticles Most historians of the 1812 war are Americans. The UK barely acknowledges the war except as a sideshow to Napoleon. The moment you start taking a larger perspective it quickly becomes apparent those American historians are full of Crap. More interested in selling books of fantasy then accuracy.
The US was no such thing. 1815 was the start of Pax Britannica 100 years of British supremacy.
@TheYella20 The US could destroy our air force, navy and bases within 48 hours, but they would need over 600 000 infantry soldiers to take Canada. Canada, like the war of 1812, would fight a guerilla war. By US standards, it takes 10 soldiers to combat one guerilla soldier.
Canada, UK, Australia and all other commonwealth nations would make the US turn back around. They can't beat insurgents using 50 yr old technology in Afghanistan, what could they do to an organized military?
Also, if there was any threat whatsoever to Canada, Canada would immediately start production on Nuclear bombs. Canada is more than capable of developing their Nuclear capabilities and platforms.
@GreatWhiteNorth82 That's actually not the reason at all, by the time Canada had developed WMDs assuming they don't already have some it would be far too late. We will never be able to keep up with the United State's nuclear program. The US will never invade Canada for two reasons 1. We are their allies and 2. If the US ever did invade Canada they would have the rest of the world against them.
@TheYella20 America can not kill you now anyway. Canada is protected by Britain's nuclear arsenal. If they tried fucking with you, we'd threaten them with nukes, and of course once you start messing with nukes, wars become irrelivant.
@Eddythebeast666 *sigh* ignorant retards who cant do enough research to discover that the troops taking place in the battle of bladensburg were not actually canadian--yet the troops that burned down york actually were american
@Eddythebeast666 the kid said the canadians burnt down the white house, is that true? no, no canadians were present--from upper or lower canada. Irish troops fight everywhere, they fought in mexico against us. Actually, considering the fact that the US was already a country, they were irish /immigrants/ or irish-americans, citizens of the US
@Eddythebeast666 But canadians didnt burn down the white house lol, so are you saying we americans can claim "we defended stalingrad from the germans"?? I like how you write so formally and add spaces between lines to try and make your responses look more intelligent. If you want to pad your statements though, you could just use expletives
@Eddythebeast666 no lol, just because canadians are british doesnt make the british canadian. Are British people Indian (were)? lol i do know that--unlike 70%<< of canadians. Um, you did do that exact thing lol, you canadians call the british born and bred soldiers, (from the british isles) canadian. And? lol. We dont consider him to be american--its honorary. However I consider him to be a pennsylvanian because he founded my state and was a total badass
@oJKBo Yeah, but the war was fought over the land of Canada, which was called Canada at the time, and the people who called themselves "Canadiens" fought bravely in this war to defend their homeland as did the Loyalists of Ontario and the Maritimes who did not consider themselves separate from Britain though largely American and Canadian born. Identity is tricky thing, but these people, as well as massive numbers of British soldiers who settled in Canada after 1812, gave birth to modern Canada.
@redMrCrayon really? i didnt realize that canadian citizenship existed before 1947-- even if it did...which it didnt LOLOLOLOLOL....all it takes is a quick look in books or the interwebs to find the units that participated in the battle of bladensburg to discover they were all units raised in the UK and shipped over lol, so they werent canadian, they were british. They were not born in canada, they did not grow up in canada, they were not canadian lol
@nooo8oooo That's simply untrue. The British were continually pirating American vessels, kidnapping American sailors, supporting raids on US territory, and giving weapons to violent Indian tribes that were killing and scalping American settlers. This didn't end until AFTER the war. That whole purpose of the US attacking what is NOW Canada was as a reprisal against the British and to bring them to the treaty table. It worked. The US was the only side that gained anything.
Absolutely correct. The war started with the America attempt to invade Canada. But even the relatively simple goal of invading and taking Upper Canada stalled and failed.
@ShayisWY Really Canadians haven't invented anything of importance? That's interesting because one would think that the Telephone (invented by Alexander Graham Bell of Baddock Nova Scotia) is a pretty important invention.
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@AlThePipingDude Canda iventions are typicall of less importance than American ones is what I am saying. Bell was not Canadian and the patent was filed in Washington and the first call took place bettween Boston and Cambridge
Yeah we invented that stuff. We also invented the time zone, insulin, canola, the blackberry phone, snowmobile, jetliner, gas mask, walkie talkie, SONAR, digital camouflage, alkaline battery, peanut butter, and the wonder bra. Amazing isn't it?
@Allante715 My apologies. There were a number trolls targeting Canadian comedy clips 1812 related stirred up a bit of resentment. It got quite heated.
@ShayisWY - We still burned down your Whitehouse in 1812.. and as Rick Mercer says, "just give up and take the health care" is still your best course of action.
Rick Mercer, I love how you can really incite an American...DWL!!
cheater
pbandj098 1 week ago
free helth care free helth care!
pbandj098 1 week ago
You arent sapost to shot frendly or you would be punished
pbandj098 1 week ago
I do American Civil War Reenactments in America, and I must say... this really makes me want to move to Canada now.
CSAmerican 3 weeks ago
5:28 I've been coxswain a whaler :)
TheFadedFate 3 weeks ago
Sometimes we tell the American just to give up and take the the free health care
ME- OMG OMG OMG OGM I'M GOING TO DIE FROM LAUGHING.... CAN'T BREATH!................ There I'm better now
Proud to be Canadian
sadiecorning 1 month ago
Lastly, I am mainly taking issue with you (and most Caandians) erronous assertion that "Canadians" (if we really existed then at all) were somehow a major player in the war of 1812. If any claim to victory over the US in the War of 1812 is to me made, it is by the Britis. The British put Washington to the torch, not Canadians. I'm so sick of the smug Canadian myth that *we* burned the White House down. We did no such thing. It was British regulars.
severedtesticles 1 month ago
@severedtesticles Lastly? Promises promises.
Canada is British & will remain so for so long as our head of state is the British monarch.
Canada was the prize & if the UK doesn't want to rub US noses in the steaming pile of defeat that the 1812 war was then as subjects of a British Queen we have every right to do so.
I don't care how sick you get. Washington was sacked at our request because of US actions here. The order didn't come from London where Parliament was outraged at the excess.
Eddythebeast666 1 month ago
@Eddythebeast666 Wow, you SO have the "little brother" syndrome typical of so many Canadians.
severedtesticles 1 month ago
@severedtesticles Do you have a counter argument or is Ad Hominem all you got?
Because this is starting to look like a decisive victory for me. :P
Eddythebeast666 1 month ago
@Eddythebeast666 Most of what you've provided is opinion only obviously based on some sort of hatred for the US. You are like so many jealous little Canadians that hate the US for being bigger, better, more powerful, more everything bascially. Your claim that 9/11 was the end of "Pax Americana" is proof of that. From where I'm standing the US is still the most influential country in the world and still way ahead of China. Unlike many Canadians, not only am I ok with that, I prefer it that way.
severedtesticles 1 month ago
@severedtesticles The US is smaller then Canada.
The fact that the Monroe Doctrine was a British policy which in essence turned the US from the envisioned self sustaining independent Nation the founding fathers hoped to create in to an Imperial power no different then the one they fought to separate from is a historical fact.
The Monroe Doctrine was the beginning of American Imperialism & the death of the founders dreams.
Britain was still the most powerful after WW1 but the Pax was over.
Eddythebeast666 1 month ago
@severedtesticles The US Pax is over as well. The shift in power often takes decades but things move faster then they used to.
If not China then the European Union or Russia I don't know the future but I see nothing in the US which might restore the status-quo.
They are still higher then all other nations but in a death spiral.
Again with the Ad Hom?
Do you think this is what I want? Do you have any idea how bad its going to get here in Canada as the USA collapses?
Eddythebeast666 1 month ago
@Eddythebeast666 China's the only one that's got a shot. The EU is in a much bigger mess than the US is and Russia...I can't see that...militarily they're closest to the US but economically they're shit. China is a worry but they're very closely tied to US economic fortunes.
severedtesticles 1 month ago
@severedtesticles Technically the EU is already bigger, mess or not.
I see it as very similar to the American States before the Civil war as the different nations are not truly unified yet. (Remember 6 States almost left during the 1812 war)
A crisis could easily break it up or build stronger bonds.
Again this is just speculation.
Russia's power has nothing to do with military but is resource rich & better able to exploit that, unlike us in Canada.
Eddythebeast666 1 month ago
@severedtesticles China has imperial history going back 1000's of years. There has never been anything like in in the west. Nether Rome nor the British Empire can touch it for stability & longevity.
They scare the crap out of me.
Every one who ever conquered it wound up being absorbed & later conquered themselves.
Yes China is the one to watch.
Eddythebeast666 1 month ago
@Eddythebeast666 China is far from stable....
Sasherra 3 weeks ago
@Sasherra And the USA is stable? The British Empire was stable? Rome was stable?
Culturally China is more stable then any of us. Politically I have not forgotten Tiananmen Square or how how quickly oppressive regimes have been changing lately but we haven't seen many pretty pictures locally as we crush the Occupy Wall-street movement ether.
Pepper spray may not be as brutal as a tank but what ever gets the job done.
Economic stability is what powers empires.
Eddythebeast666 3 weeks ago
@Eddythebeast666 Good points. However, I'd hazard a guess and say that Egypt (Before Roman/Greek interference) was the most stable culture in history. I see your points about China, but it's only really been stable since the Chi united it (I think that was the clan).
Sasherra 3 weeks ago
@Sasherra I'm not familiar enough with Pre Roman/Alexander Egyptian culture to judge but what little I do know of it is that it could be argued to have been the template for the Empires that followed so I'll agree.
Way too many of these discussions focus upon military issues which may be more interesting but really doesn't tell us anything of why the wars were fought.
The questions going forward is not who has the strongest army but the strongest economy.
Doesn't look good.
Eddythebeast666 3 weeks ago
Oh and you give the Brits too little credit. Their supremacy lasted until WW2 when Germany destroyed the British Empire. (in a losing effort)
severedtesticles 1 month ago
@severedtesticles WW1 ended Pax Britannica just as Sept.11th, 2001 ended Pax Americana.
The British Empire became bloated after WW1 & that ended its largely peaceful world supremacy. By WW2 The Empire was so over extended with so many trouble spots that the result was a weakening of the over all structure. Militarily they were never stronger but economicly they were being surpassed.
The might of the empire was Trade & control of trade was fading.
As China is surpassing the USA now. Pax China
Eddythebeast666 1 month ago
A minor player till WW2? Riiight, that's why the British wanted their (the US) involvment in WW1 so badly. After the war of 1812, British interests in North American were limited to north of the 49th. They gave up any claims they may have had in Louisiana and no longer has total power over the Great Lakes. The Americans didn't win 1812, but to say that they lost it is just a Canadian myth. The US became more powerful as a result of that war.
severedtesticles 1 month ago
@severedtesticles No that's wrong.
The US became an instrument of British policy in North & South America after 1812.
Britain conceived the Monroe Doctrine to limit the presence of other competing European powers in the Americas & kept their hands clean by using America to do it.
Effectively turning the US in to an imperial proxy.
As the USA's biggest trading partner they controlled congress through lobbyist.
Which is why Madison so feared the British backed Federalists in 1812.
Eddythebeast666 1 month ago
CANADA AND BRITAIN = United sisters of the Commonwealth!
324wilson 1 month ago
are those blanks or are they actually shooting something at each other?
TheBlueBananaa 2 months ago
I love my Canada ♥
hecdc 2 months ago
I've sailed those whalers before!
TheFadedFate 2 months ago
It's a wonder how we won this war with all those bright (shoot me if you can) red jackets! The americans were obviously terrible shots lol.
canuckartist 2 months ago
That was amazing!
Zillyde 3 months ago
The soldiers that sacked Washington came straight across the Ocean and were veterans of the Napoleonic wars. They were Britons.
Bluehawk2008 3 months ago
Oh hey, 2:27 its my dad :3
Nefferduat 3 months ago
WE!!!!... we eat fast food, are the laziest generations of kids in the world... us and Canada... neither of us won the war... our ancestors did lol dumb asses
mrdanny5 3 months ago
An American should have "shot" Rick and said "That's for Nickleback".
Rywilly79 3 months ago
How do they know if they get shot?
hockeyspencer1 4 months ago
2 people were drummers
Sop404 4 months ago
That must fucking suck to have to play Laura Secord.
CanadianStereotype 4 months ago 16
I wish I had Rick's job, he gets to have all of the fun!!
TheMusicEclipse 5 months ago
Lol "what do you want to pretend to be when you grow up"
MrSuperInsane 5 months ago
Stop arguing, you all sound like a bunch of idiots.
Shanker420 5 months ago
Canada and UK ... brothers in arms against the foreign invaders.
gamblemadman 5 months ago
@gamblemadman LOL, we're not brothers with the UK, they're our Mother, we're the kid!
severedtesticles 1 month ago
We Burned Your Whitehouse down!! #LOL
JYleung22 6 months ago
In honor of the bicentennial of the War of 1812 we should reinvade Canada lol seriously though, we love you guys!!
peev16 6 months ago
@peev16 Come on up. With your Armed Forces in Iraq and Afgahnastan (Crap ,how do you spell that, lol), we'd welcoms y'a. Oh, btw, did you hear we burned down the original white house? (LOL)
lumiere85 5 months ago
funny and has no major truth but has some minor truth
THewarof1812expert2 7 months ago
Interesting video of the victorious miniwar of 1812.
TheNMCW 7 months ago
Rick your awesome.
mongosafariadventure 7 months ago
fuck yeah we'll take that free healthcare!
truflip99 7 months ago
lol :D Mr. Arnt at 0:53 is my civics teacher at school!
liyahsmitherson 8 months ago 10
@liyahsmitherson eden sucks
senssuck24163 2 months ago
@senssuck24163 hardly.... do you even know which school i'm talking about?
liyahsmitherson 2 months ago
Dont forget Britain did half of it and it was a conoly no offence canada uk and canada forever.
timothydavey1 8 months ago
@timothydavey1 More then half. We all fought under the Union flag to defend the British colony of Canada.
Please don't take offence at our phrasing it as Canadian. Britain has the Napoleonic wars to boast about & 1812 was a minor distraction compared to that world spanning conflict.
God Save the Queen! Long live the Commonwealth!
Eddythebeast666 8 months ago 3
@timothydavey1 brittish did 95% of it.
mrfwest 7 months ago
2:29 "I KNOW WHERE YOUR BARN IS" ROFLMAO
operationcwaI789789 9 months ago 3
Last time I checked, Canada wasn't a nation until 1867. So, unless you are a 220 year old Englishman, you had no role in fighting the US in the War of 1812. Britain did not lose; the US did not lose. As usual, the Native people ended up taking the brunt of the losses. The tribes that allied themselves with Britain were punished unmercifully.
bigzach1000 10 months ago
@bigzach1000 u mad?
Fishdogpigsquirrel 9 months ago
@Fishdogpigsquirrel No, I just get sick of people warping history around for stupid reasons.
bigzach1000 9 months ago
@bigzach1000 1) Americans invaded Canada.
2) Americans killed and ran away
3) Americans' White House was burned down.
4) Americans lose war.
5) Canadians warp history.
What?
Fishdogpigsquirrel 9 months ago
@bigzach1000 Canada has existed since the 1600s. True not a nation however. The colonies invaded were Called Upper and Lower Canada.
~Thanato
Thanato26 6 months ago
"We" burned down the White House? The War of 1812 was between the US and the UK, not between the US and a bunch of Canadian yokels.
markd3570 10 months ago
@markd3570 Boy then you must be real embarrassed about invading a back water British outpost. The UK is on the other side of the Atlantic ocean. Did you take a wrong turn at Albuquerque?
Eddythebeast666 10 months ago
Dont worry Cranky americans...your pipeline of oil is being built ....Alberta to texas...
then you can suckle like babies on the alberta crude nipple.
00Billy 10 months ago
@00Billy You hypocrite. Like you live in third-world poverty in Canada and use horse carts or something.
bigzach1000 9 months ago
@bigzach1000
We live within our own energy needs. The American Dream was a lie. Worst part is you had it all...and threw it away. Now we have to come and help our retarded cousins. Your welcome.
00Billy 9 months ago
I KNOW WHERE YOUR BARN IS!
intelliman 10 months ago
Wow people from America... if you think you won then why are we in our own independent country right now? Dumbass.....
Clonbro 10 months ago
It's funny to read some of the comments on this video, it's almost as though the Canadians think they won or something. I'm glad that wasn't the case. But one has to wonder what the hell they are celebrating for.
MissouriMan1000000 10 months ago
@MissouriMan1000000 We are celebrating the same fact that stands today...The fact that regardless of your military if you invade we will send you packing...Chase you as far as Washington and fuckin burn down your White house again....
DAZEOFTHESTONED 10 months ago
@MissouriMan1000000 It's a wonderful thing to be something other then American.
Eddythebeast666 10 months ago
@MissouriMan1000000 we burnt down the white house and then went home almost uncontested. we lost did we? what important buildings did you burn? only a canadian is allowed to burn down our Parliament buildings. besides we still have our own country dont we? idiot
Snakebiteloo 10 months ago
what if you drop some metal into the musket ?
Rayner1234 10 months ago
I just want to say there is no need to attack anyone or their country on a YouTube comments page. Clearly what's being said can be taken as insulting by both Canadians and Americans, and each group will defend their country until they die because they are proud to be from that country (usually). I take all of the good and the bad that comes from being Canadian and I have no plans of ever living anywhere else.
DarkSaeya 1 year ago 3
I was in London... in both :D
1Nekit1 1 year ago
1812 song:
The White House is burning down, burning down, burning down.
The White House is burning down, The Yanks lost the war.
21255512121 1 year ago 51
@21255512121 LOL clever.
jvigilante17 9 months ago
@21255512121 umm it was the british not canada
chitownzfinesthustla 5 months ago
@chitownzfinesthustla Canada was British. Still is mostly, same Queen.
Eddythebeast666 5 months ago
3:10 - 3:12 My bud Thomas
thedcII 1 year ago
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This is a very crude and childish depiction of History. What this stupid canadian forgot to tell you is that the REASON why canadians-mostly british- burned down our whitehouse was because earlier we had gone in and not only burned down several canadian parliament buildings but we also looted from you. Go ahead and look it up.
Also, it wasn't the canadians who fought us(being that canada wasn't a country yet) it was the british.
andrewm153351 1 year ago
@andrewm153351 The burning of the Whitehouse was not a random act of vandalism we are aware that it was in retaliation for American aggression. This isn't a Historical clip, Mercer is a comedean like Jon Stewart. If you want history watch "War of 1812 Canada Part /9" series. You get to see lots of Canadians screaming & dieing as Yanks slaughter helpless farmers. Enjoy.
We never rejected our British heritage as the USA did, we are British Commonwealth. Same Queen. We are proud of our loyalty.
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago 2
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Yeah, have fun being under foreign rule. Meanwhile, ill sit on my porch with my fully automatic m4.
andrewm153351 1 year ago
@andrewm153351 We are more then happy to provide ammo for your noble cause of killing your fellow Americans. We eagerly await for you to rise up yet again to end Big Goverment tyrany. That is what you are best at killing your fellow man. As for who rules who NAFTA gives me as much oppertunity to Lobby/Buy my self an American congressman as you do. Enjoy your freedom while it lasts. #LOL
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago 3
@andrewm153351 Vote Republican! Good old Regan brought you freetrade.
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago
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Its so funny how just about everyone knows who our past presidents are yet no one even knows the CURRENT prime minister of canada.....funny....
andrewm153351 1 year ago
@andrewm153351 Depends on weather they are singing praises of or cursing his name. I Remember Regan fondly for his acting career. The black cloud of the contra affair blotted out any good he might have accomplished during his terms which was insignificant other wise. Nixion was a mixed bag. Quite helpful to the Canadian economy. JFK was an over rated idiot. I'm happy if my leaders don't embarrass my nation before the whole world. If fame mattered we'd vote for Bieber that would be dumb. #LOL
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago
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And im glad i live in the richest and strongest country the world has ever known.
andrewm153351 1 year ago
@andrewm153351 Seriously? Would you love your nation less if it was poor & weak? If all you love is power & wealth you must hate your founding fathers for rebeling against the power & wealth of the British Empire. No Texan I know you better then aparently you know your self. You are as pissed off as anyone about many things going on in your nation & wish like hell there was someone else to blame. I'll tell you this I hope you guys work through it I hope you stay wealthy & strong but is that all?
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago
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No what im angry at is the fact that Canadians relish in the fact that they avoided our invasion(mostly with the help of britain) 200 years ago, and they say "we kicked your ass"-which isn't true-
and yet they act like they don't care about the u.s. being the strongest military in the world CURRENTLY. That doesn't make sense. In other words they are proud of their military achievements 200 years ago, but think current military power is non important.
LOL
andrewm153351 1 year ago
@andrewm153351 Don't forget Native help as well. They did more fighting & dieing then the British did. Got screwed for their efforts too because Brition didn't force the USA to honor Artical IX of the Treaty of Ghent.
The MOST POWERFUL MILITARY IN THE WORLD *Gives me goosebumps* #LOL Come on man if you get some blow hard pushing that crap the only responce possable is to cut them down a notch. Pride isn't a virtue. Look up "Lewis Black on Broadway talking about how America ISN'T #1"
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago
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Yes i have seen that lewis black piece.
And i can list MANY attributes that show America being #1. They might not mean #1 to you but they are still #1.
You are too brainwashed by your canadian media that is constantly attacking America.
You canadians have an inferiority complex, which makes you constantly lash out at us. It must suck being the little retarded cousin that no one cares about while big bad USA is too busy controlling the world.
andrewm153351 1 year ago
@andrewm153351 There we go that is the America we are all familar with. "I'm better then yOOOu! I'm Better then everybody! :P "
What part of Pride not being a virtue do you not understand? When Briton was most powerful did everybody rush to kiss thier ass? Did not everyone cheer every time a weaker power scored a point? Why do you guys care what we think? Most of the world thinks you are a nation of loud, ignorant pushy assholes. Is the problem trully everyone else or is it you?
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago
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@Eddythebeast666 Assholes eh? saying this on a American invented PC, OS, internet, and website. You could always use Canadian alternatives...oh wait there is none LOL.
Ignorant? except the US has the most educated population in the world. Accounts for more medical advances than any other nation. Has done more to bring down world poverty, which in the first time in a long time is declining.
ShayisWY 1 year ago
@ShayisWY Use a Blackberry like the USA Presadent does. The WorldWideWeb was a British inovation but hey if you limited yourself to a networked computer system that the Yanks came up with then the fans of this vid would have to put up with your trolling. #LOL
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago
@Eddythebeast666 Blackberry and invention that uses a collage of other inventions from other nations.the cell and data storage technology is not unique to blackberry and has been done before.
ShayisWY 1 year ago
@ShayisWY Well duh. You are as bad as the Yank bragging about Ford inventing the automobile, first flight, first man in Space. I didn't bother to correct him, he was amusing. Anchent Egyptions invented batteries for some reason it's all based on older crap invented by somebody before. We didn't invent that crap about taking credit for everything we are just playing the game like everybody else only we are better at it because no one expects us to act like that. Copypasta #LOL
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago
@Eddythebeast666 Then why bring up the blackberry which is nothing more than a collection of other peoples inventions. America is far more innovative than Canada.....by a long shot. Not to mention American inventions are typically of more importance.. Much of the technology in Canadian hospitals is American. Deal with it.
Also deal with the fact canadians are more indebt and fiscally worse off
ShayisWY 1 year ago
@ShayisWY You are a jerk hahaha
Thebusanbill 1 year ago 3
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@Eddythebeast666 What the fuck does cars have anything do with this. I am talking about Canadian hypocrisy and the fact Canada is not as good as the US over all
ShayisWY 1 year ago
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@Eddythebeast666 The internet was not brit invented you dumb sack of shit. If you had even basic knowledge of IP/TCP you would know how dumd this sounds
ShayisWY 1 year ago
@ShayisWY WORLD WIDE WEB. British engineer and computer scientist Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee 25 December 1990. #LOL
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago
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ShayisWY 1 year ago
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@Eddythebeast666 The INTERNET predates Tim Berners-Lee's work at CERN by 20 years. The INTERNET is the TCP/IP protocol which was invented by Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn, two AMERICANS working for the US military.
The TCP/IP protocol is the actual technology that transfers data. The "web" (which is not the same thing) however is a system of code that Tim Berners-Lee created that is transmitted VIA the internet, but is not the internet. The web is a system of hypertext that dictates page.. cntd
ShayisWY 1 year ago
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@Eddythebeast666 format that organizes itself in a browser, it's just visual interface essentially. You can use the internet without using the web, you cannot use the web without using the internet. The TCP/IP is the foundational technology, the web is just something that uses it.
ShayisWY 1 year ago
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@Eddythebeast666 Saying that Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet is like saying you designed and built a car when all you did was paint it. All the most important scientific and technological hurdles that resulted in the internet today were done by Americans. Tim Berners-Lee had precisely jackshit to do with packet-switching. He was not an engineer, he was a code monkey.
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@Eddythebeast666 The fact that Brits and Eurotrash are actually under the delusion they invented the internet is just proof of how desperate they are as well as Canadians to rewrite history to rob the US of credit. The US is technologically vastly superior to the UK and Canada in almost every way. Deal with it
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viper10011 1 year ago
@ShayisWY dude we canadians invented instant replay comeon give us a brake, and besides this isn't about tecnology this is about the war of 1812. And if you look at history the british army the canadian militia and the mohawk first nations won the war of 1812, however some people think thats up to debate but I personally think if you look at the evidence theres no question that canada and it's other allies won.
viper10011 1 year ago
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@viper10011 My point is that Canada does not invent anything or that anything Canada invents isof no importance. I just take issue for the things Canada takes credit for, but had nothing to do with like Insuling. As for the War of 1812, it is the war in which both sides won given the concessions from both sides.
ShayisWY 1 year ago
@ShayisWY like i said in my comment who won the war is up for discussion because it ended with a treaty and not a military victory. However we canadians say we won because the americans tryed to take over our country and they failed to do so. However the americans say they won because they clam that the british objective of the war was to retake the united states which they failed to do. And the british say they tied because like I said before it ended in a treaty.
viper10011 1 year ago
@viper10011 The British's War goal never really was to retake the USA. And honestly, why would they? It was would be a matter of time before they rose up again, and the British were more interested in intrests in India and the colonies that hadn't rebeled in America. Canada/Britain defeated American invasion and lost no territory. Meanwhile the USA failed to invade Canada and Maddison's plan of the "Matter of Marching" invasion failed utterly. I think its safe to say that Canada/britain won xD
nooo8oooo 1 year ago 4
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@nooo8oooo That's simply untrue. The British were continually pirating American vessels, kidnapping American sailors, supporting raids on US territory, and giving weapons to violent Indian tribes that were killing and scalping American settlers. This didn't end until AFTER the war. That whole purpose war of what is NOW Canada was as a reprisal against the British and to bring them to the treaty table. It worked. The US was the only side that gained anything. The point was not Annexation
ShayisWY 1 year ago
@ShayisWY We Burned Your Whitehouse down!! #LOL
Copy paste this comment in reply to all American trolls. Thumbs up.
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago 75
@Eddythebeast666 You were unable to keep the 13 collonies intact. You mad English faggot?
Dayag12345 9 months ago
@Dayag12345 There is a lingering resentment at American failure to hold to your obligations at the treaty signing so yes your name is dirt here.
The persecution of loyalist after the Revolution was the activity of a nation of thugs and cowards unworthy of the slightest respect or regard.
There was no attempt to retake the USA in 1812. Our forces burned then left. Your failure to keep your nation in tact was your own fault.
Eddythebeast666 9 months ago
@Eddythebeast666 Technically they were overseas British soldiers, mostly, who were stationed in Canada that did all of that. I'll still thumbs it up though.
MasterAsra 7 months ago
@MasterAsra They were given land in Canada and settled here, So it is our war because the people who fought it are our ancestors. Also, Canadian Militia and Native forces were instrumental in defeating the Americans.
CrazyCanuck129 7 months ago
@CrazyCanuck129 We have the same Queen. We are just as British as those in the UK. It's just some clueless Yanks who don't know there isn't any difference.
Eddythebeast666 6 months ago
WE BURNED DOWN YOUR PARLIAMENT BUILDING BITCH!!!!!! #LOL
COPY AND PASTE THIS COMMENT TO ALL CANADIANS WHO DONT UNDERSTAND THEY DIDNT DO SHIT AND THE WAR WAS A TIE
chitownzfinesthustla 5 months ago
@chitownzfinesthustla lol im Canadian but this guy is right, the war ended in a draw because if it didn't, then there wouldn't be an United States or there wouldn't be a Canada and we're both still here so whatever, America could kill us now anyway
TheYella20 5 months ago
@TheYella20 Right. Germany still exists so WW2 must have been a draw.
Wars seldom end with annihilation of one side. They end when one side gives up. As in the Americans gave up trying to take over Canada & went home.
Victory is ours. Just because we don't normally rub the Yankees faces in it doesn't mean we shouldn't take pride in the deed.
BTW today August 24th is the day the White house was burned. #FTW
Eddythebeast666 5 months ago
@Eddythebeast666 well nazi germany no longer exists lol, but yeah we accomplished defending ourselves so yes I guess we did accomplish our mission and please don't misunderstand my views, just because I said america could kill us now, I don't think military power is the end all sign of what makes a country great, I'd rather be Canadian any day
TheYella20 5 months ago
@Eddythebeast666 You *do* realize that the conquest of Canada was *not* the primary goal of the War of 1812, right? Invading Canada was merely a way for the United States to take the war to Britain on land. The United States declared war on Britian to resolve a list of grievances which Britain was forced to recognize most of when they signed the Treaty of Ghent with the Americans.
severedtesticles 1 month ago
@severedtesticles You *do* realize that congress lied & the proof is that NOT one of the so called list of grievances used to justify the war to the American people was even mentioned at any time at Ghent. I've read Madison's speech & the Ghent treaty, I also know the politics behind what happened.
In Fact article IX of the treaty would seem to indicate that you relinquished any claims to Native lands.
Did the USA honor their word as given in the treaty?Do your politicians always tell the truth?
Eddythebeast666 1 month ago
@Eddythebeast666 If the War of 1812 was such a clear victory for Great Britain (remember that we, Canada, didn't formally exist then) then why was the Treaty of Ghent an equal "give and take" between the USA and Great Britain? Both sides made concessions to the other is equal amounts. That's not something a victor ever has to do.
After the war was over, Britain ceases interfering with American trans- Atlantic trade and formally recognized American sovereignty.
severedtesticles 1 month ago
@severedtesticles Britain agreed to nothing in the treaty except restore pre-war boundaries. Since they had no goals of conquest other then Napoleon they got what they wanted.
The only reason any US land was taken was to force the US to stop attacking Canada not because it was particularly wanted. Targets were strategic.
US sovereignty was recognized in 1783 treaty of Paris. Nothing else was gained. Trade restrictions were with Napoleon no neutral trade was recognized.
Eddythebeast666 1 month ago
@Eddythebeast666 Look, the fact remains that most historians' view is that the war ended in a draw, not an American defeat as so many Canadians like to think. Both Britain and the United States sought peace with each other. Despite failing to make any permanent gains in Canada, the United States was a major military worl d power after the war, They lost nothing.
severedtesticles 1 month ago
@severedtesticles Most historians of the 1812 war are Americans. The UK barely acknowledges the war except as a sideshow to Napoleon. The moment you start taking a larger perspective it quickly becomes apparent those American historians are full of Crap. More interested in selling books of fantasy then accuracy.
The US was no such thing. 1815 was the start of Pax Britannica 100 years of British supremacy.
The US was a minor player until WW2
Eddythebeast666 1 month ago
@TheYella20 The US could destroy our air force, navy and bases within 48 hours, but they would need over 600 000 infantry soldiers to take Canada. Canada, like the war of 1812, would fight a guerilla war. By US standards, it takes 10 soldiers to combat one guerilla soldier.
Canada, UK, Australia and all other commonwealth nations would make the US turn back around. They can't beat insurgents using 50 yr old technology in Afghanistan, what could they do to an organized military?
GreatWhiteNorth82 4 months ago
Also, if there was any threat whatsoever to Canada, Canada would immediately start production on Nuclear bombs. Canada is more than capable of developing their Nuclear capabilities and platforms.
That's why the US has never invaded Canada.
GreatWhiteNorth82 4 months ago
@GreatWhiteNorth82 That's actually not the reason at all, by the time Canada had developed WMDs assuming they don't already have some it would be far too late. We will never be able to keep up with the United State's nuclear program. The US will never invade Canada for two reasons 1. We are their allies and 2. If the US ever did invade Canada they would have the rest of the world against them.
Hobbzie02 1 month ago
@TheYella20 America can not kill you now anyway. Canada is protected by Britain's nuclear arsenal. If they tried fucking with you, we'd threaten them with nukes, and of course once you start messing with nukes, wars become irrelivant.
TheLiberalKnight 1 month ago
@chitownzfinesthustla no one cares about the house of parliament lol, u did us a favour
someone6878 5 months ago
@someone6878 lol and no one gives a fuck about the whitehouse you guys did us a big favor please burn it down again with the senate building
chitownzfinesthustla 5 months ago
@Eddythebeast666
Canada. It makes a good hat.
Hiei2k7 4 months ago
@Eddythebeast666 *sigh* ignorant retards who cant do enough research to discover that the troops taking place in the battle of bladensburg were not actually canadian--yet the troops that burned down york actually were american
oJKBo 4 months ago
@oJKBo Tecumseh wasn't Canadian ether but he fought on our side & is considered one of our Greatest heroes.
Many of your troops were actually Irish & ironically so were ours.
Eddythebeast666 4 months ago
@Eddythebeast666 the kid said the canadians burnt down the white house, is that true? no, no canadians were present--from upper or lower canada. Irish troops fight everywhere, they fought in mexico against us. Actually, considering the fact that the US was already a country, they were irish /immigrants/ or irish-americans, citizens of the US
oJKBo 4 months ago
@oJKBo I said. "WE Burned down your White house."
"WE" is a collective term that can include the entire allied force that defended Canada & forced the US to give up your attacks upon Canada.
For example "WE kicked ass in WW2" can be a truthful statement from any of the allies.
If you want to be a Grammar Nazi first you must learn grammar.
It does not make you look smart if you try to correct a statement that is already accurate.
Eddythebeast666 4 months ago
@Eddythebeast666 But canadians didnt burn down the white house lol, so are you saying we americans can claim "we defended stalingrad from the germans"?? I like how you write so formally and add spaces between lines to try and make your responses look more intelligent. If you want to pad your statements though, you could just use expletives
oJKBo 4 months ago
@oJKBo If Americans are descended from the defenders of Stalingrad sure. Did they found your nation?
Are you saying in 1812 Canadians weren't British?
You do know our head of state is the Queen right?
The same Regiments serve Canada today.
We have never rejected our British heritage its not as if we stole a Brit & put Canadian label on them
Nov 28, 1984 Reagan, upon an Act of Congress declared William Penn to be an Honorary Citizens of the United States
Eddythebeast666 4 months ago
@Eddythebeast666 no lol, just because canadians are british doesnt make the british canadian. Are British people Indian (were)? lol i do know that--unlike 70%<< of canadians. Um, you did do that exact thing lol, you canadians call the british born and bred soldiers, (from the british isles) canadian. And? lol. We dont consider him to be american--its honorary. However I consider him to be a pennsylvanian because he founded my state and was a total badass
oJKBo 4 months ago
@oJKBo Yeah, but the war was fought over the land of Canada, which was called Canada at the time, and the people who called themselves "Canadiens" fought bravely in this war to defend their homeland as did the Loyalists of Ontario and the Maritimes who did not consider themselves separate from Britain though largely American and Canadian born. Identity is tricky thing, but these people, as well as massive numbers of British soldiers who settled in Canada after 1812, gave birth to modern Canada.
Mehtaphorical 3 months ago
@Mehtaphorical actually it was upper and lower canada
oJKBo 3 months ago
@oJKBo Well, true. I was trying to not confuse the matter by using such an antique name, but it's a valid point.
Mehtaphorical 3 months ago
@oJKBo
we did bro. Check your text book again. Its amazing, but true. Your nation however, rebuilt a better one.
redMrCrayon 3 months ago
@redMrCrayon really? i didnt realize that canadian citizenship existed before 1947-- even if it did...which it didnt LOLOLOLOLOL....all it takes is a quick look in books or the interwebs to find the units that participated in the battle of bladensburg to discover they were all units raised in the UK and shipped over lol, so they werent canadian, they were british. They were not born in canada, they did not grow up in canada, they were not canadian lol
oJKBo 3 months ago
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@nooo8oooo That's simply untrue. The British were continually pirating American vessels, kidnapping American sailors, supporting raids on US territory, and giving weapons to violent Indian tribes that were killing and scalping American settlers. This didn't end until AFTER the war. That whole purpose of the US attacking what is NOW Canada was as a reprisal against the British and to bring them to the treaty table. It worked. The US was the only side that gained anything.
ShayisWY 1 year ago
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Absolutely correct. The war started with the America attempt to invade Canada. But even the relatively simple goal of invading and taking Upper Canada stalled and failed.
LittleDragon2000 1 year ago
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viper10011 1 year ago
@ShayisWY Really Canadians haven't invented anything of importance? That's interesting because one would think that the Telephone (invented by Alexander Graham Bell of Baddock Nova Scotia) is a pretty important invention.
AlThePipingDude 1 year ago
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@AlThePipingDude Canda iventions are typicall of less importance than American ones is what I am saying. Bell was not Canadian and the patent was filed in Washington and the first call took place bettween Boston and Cambridge
ShayisWY 1 year ago
@ShayisWY We Burned Your Whitehouse down!! #LOL
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago 5
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@Eddythebeast666 I destroyed your lied based pride...lol
ShayisWY 1 year ago
@AlThePipingDude Damn good American invention. Canadian history books. lmao!
jethrodassam 1 year ago
@jethrodassam really? Because I'm pretty sure books were invented thousands of years ago. Way before America was around. Try again Billy-bob
garrrynec 1 year ago
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@garrrynec What does that have to do with anything?
jethrodassam 1 year ago
@AlThePipingDude
Yeah we invented that stuff. We also invented the time zone, insulin, canola, the blackberry phone, snowmobile, jetliner, gas mask, walkie talkie, SONAR, digital camouflage, alkaline battery, peanut butter, and the wonder bra. Amazing isn't it?
redMrCrayon 3 months ago 12
@ShayisWY Neurosurgery seems like a pretty important invention...
garrrynec 1 year ago
@garrrynec Not to Americans who think they won 1812. They lack a brain to get any benefit from Neurosurgery se
Eddythebeast666 11 months ago
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Eh, don`t generalize.
Allante715 11 months ago
@Allante715 My apologies. There were a number trolls targeting Canadian comedy clips 1812 related stirred up a bit of resentment. It got quite heated.
Eddythebeast666 11 months ago
@viper10011 I agree with you totally and it is well put.
Thebusanbill 1 year ago
@viper10011 Instant replay? lmao!
jethrodassam 1 year ago
@ShayisWY That is "SIR" to you! As in Knighthood "SIR".
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago
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@andrewm153351 Is that all you care about?
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago
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@andrewm153351 Is that all you care about?
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago
@andrewm153351 Vote Republican!! Regan brought you Freetrade. #LOL
Eddythebeast666 1 year ago
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@ShayisWY - We still burned down your Whitehouse in 1812.. and as Rick Mercer says, "just give up and take the health care" is still your best course of action.
Rick Mercer, I love how you can really incite an American...DWL!!
MissTowa 1 year ago