January 12, 1943 - RIP 2nd Hungarian Army

[Neil]

Yeah, but the funny thing is that it wasn't the states who had the sailors who wanted the war.  It was the states who wanted territory, glory and slaves.

[derspiess]

They were a willing part of the empire and thus were complicit.

[Neil]

They were a willing part of the empire and thus were complicit.

Complicit in liberating sailors from American tyranny?

[derspiess]

They were a willing part of the empire and thus were complicit.

Complicit in liberating sailors from American tyranny?

Spoken like a true statist.

[Valmy]

Wait Sailors?  I thought we went to war because the perdious Brits were getting their savage Indian allies to attack us.

[Neil]

They were a willing part of the empire and thus were complicit.

Complicit in liberating sailors from American tyranny?

Spoken like a true statist.

I am a statist.

[Admiral Yi]

That's the cool thing about being Canadian.  We just might be the only country in the world who has never, ever been on the side of the "bad guys" in a war.   

Any Canuckleheads in the Boer War?

[derspiess]

They were a willing part of the empire and thus were complicit.

Complicit in liberating sailors from American tyranny?

Spoken like a true statist.

I am a statist.

I meant that pejoratively

[Neil]

That's the cool thing about being Canadian.  We just might be the only country in the world who has never, ever been on the side of the "bad guys" in a war.   

Any Canuckleheads in the Boer War?

Yes, and the Empire was the good team there.

[Neil]

They were a willing part of the empire and thus were complicit.

Complicit in liberating sailors from American tyranny?

Spoken like a true statist.

I am a statist.

I meant that pejoratively

I'm not offended by your attempt to treat the truth as pejorative.

[derspiess]

That's the cool thing about being Canadian.  We just might be the only country in the world who has never, ever been on the side of the "bad guys" in a war.   

Any Canuckleheads in the Boer War?

Yes, and the Empire was the good team there.

False.  The naked aggression on the part of the Brits was one of the few blights on an otherwise benevolent run of their empire.

[Neil]

That's the cool thing about being Canadian.  We just might be the only country in the world who has never, ever been on the side of the "bad guys" in a war.   

Any Canuckleheads in the Boer War?

Yes, and the Empire was the good team there.

False.  The naked aggression on the part of the Brits was one of the few blights on an otherwise benevolent run of their empire.

Not true.  The Empire was fighting for human rights, every bit as much as the North was in the Civil War.

[derspiess]

Not true.  The Empire was fighting for human rights, every bit as much as the North was in the Civil War.

You're not going to box me in with that comparison.

To quote Lincoln:
"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that."

[Admiral Yi]

Not true.  The Empire was fighting for human rights, every bit as much as the North was in the Civil War.

That's silly.  The fight was about diamonds.

[Razgovory]

Not true.  The Empire was fighting for human rights, every bit as much as the North was in the Civil War.

You're not going to box me in with that comparison.

To quote Lincoln:
"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that."

Lincoln wasn't fighting about Slavery, but the South was.  Or perhaps you would prefer individualism and property rights.