What side would you choose?
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Hi,
As it`s coming up to July 4th again, my mind had a "what if " moment today!
"What if" you had a time machine and could go back to the war of independence, what side would you have chosen knowing what we know now? The Brits or Americans? What side and why? Would you be a patriot Brit or fight for the plucky Colonials?
Let battle commence!
As it`s coming up to July 4th again, my mind had a "what if " moment today!
"What if" you had a time machine and could go back to the war of independence, what side would you have chosen knowing what we know now? The Brits or Americans? What side and why? Would you be a patriot Brit or fight for the plucky Colonials?
Let battle commence!

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Hi,
As it`s coming up to July 4th again, my mind had a "what if " moment today!
"What if" you had a time machine and could go back to the war of independence, what side would you have chosen knowing what we know now? The Brits or Americans? What side and why? Would you be a patriot Brit or fight for the plucky Colonials?
Let battle commence!
As it`s coming up to July 4th again, my mind had a "what if " moment today!
"What if" you had a time machine and could go back to the war of independence, what side would you have chosen knowing what we know now? The Brits or Americans? What side and why? Would you be a patriot Brit or fight for the plucky Colonials?
Let battle commence!

I did have the odd French/Dutch line that fought as patriotic Brits. Go figure that out.


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Although i consider myself to be an patriotic Englishman, i think i would chosen the American side just because of the basic reasons involved in the first place. IE freedom to make ones own decisons.

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I would pick the American side so that my future ancestors don't have to deal with those USCIS bastards 200 years later.

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Amen to that!

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My choice would be with the rebels. They had right on their side, then I have always been anti Monarchy.
The creation of the USA has been one of the most important event in world history.
The creation of the USA has been one of the most important event in world history.

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Surly, i agree wiith you. I`m proud to be English, but i`m not a royalist in anyway shape or form.

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I believe that Oliver Cromwell was probably the greatest English statesman who ever lived. Unfortunately he had the misfortune to be around a century ahead of his time in terms of political though in Europe.
I would love to have seen what he would have been able to achieve had he been one of the Founders of the USA.

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Venturing into modern political territory here, but it amazes me that successive US administrations never seem to have learned from the successful insurgency practiced by their C18th ancestors that an imperial force attempting to subdue an overseas country that doesn't want them almost never works.

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Venturing into modern political territory here, but it amazes me that successive US administrations never seem to have learned from the successful insurgency practiced by their C18th ancestors that an imperial force attempting to subdue an overseas country that doesn't want them almost never works.


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Right, but my point was that we USAians make such a big thing of the irregular (they should have been on Ex-Lax?) minutemen beating the oh-so mighty British troops, that the comparison should be more obvious...

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