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Falsehood right in the forward: "the largest attack against the American homeland in our history". War of 1812?
by koops 12y ago
Falsehood right in the forward: "the largest attack against the American homeland in our history". War of 1812?
- ceejayoz 12y agoAccording to Wikipedia, the entire War of 1812 caused 2,200 American deaths total, let alone in a single attack.
- api 12y agoPer capita relative to population size it was much larger.
- kiiski 12y agoI was under the impression that in the War of 1812, USA was the agressor. Wikipedia seems to also support this view. Is that not correct, or do americans just have their own differing viewpoint?
- ceejayoz 12y agoIt's rarely that simple, and I'm not sure what Wikipedia article you're reading. Impressment - kidnapping of American sailors into British naval service - was a pretty big issue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_the_War_of_1812 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_the_War_of_1812
- kiiski 12y agoI didn't mean to comment on whether the war was justified or not, but simply that it was USA that attacked (and so the war doesn't quite qualify as an attack against America).