Ironically enough, out of the several dozens of wars the Dutch and the English/British fought where both parties were involved, in more wars we fought together

Ironically enough, out of the several dozens of wars the Dutch and the English/British fought where both parties were involved, in more wars we fought together rather than against each other (I forgot where I read that the other day). So in that sense the commonly held idea that we're 'long term rivals' is not correct. (I also don't remember if that accounted for 'number of years at war against/together', that may skew things).