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Monday, November 30, 2015

Americans As Canadian Liberators?

From Nov. 28, 2015, Vox "A pig almost caused the US and UK to go to war"  An interview with Kevin Lippert "War Plan Red."

More than one American commander believed that Canadians would welcome U.S. troops as liberators there to overthrow the British rule and would be extremely grateful.

Others felt invading Canada would be easy since it didn't have a standing army and was essentially a collection of backwoodsmen.Kevin Lippert describes the War of 1812 as being "one sorry Keystone Cop episode after another.

--Brock-Perry

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