"Phil & Anne Irons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>It should be pointed out that the ONLY time that the United States has been
>successfully invaded, it was by a bunch of rag-tag Canadians, acting on
>behalf of that so-called runaway British government, and one of their
>exploits was to burn the White House to the ground!  for further details,
>see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 particularly the third
>paragraph.

Not quite.

Don't forget the Pig War

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_Boundary_Dispute

Always one of my favourites, not just because there was so little
blood shed.  

I, too, have made a marine landing (several times; by ferry and
sailboat) and camped on San Juan, but sadly (inexplicably) the
President didn't send anyone to offer me a treaty.  However, I can
confirm that copious stocks of alcohol are still kept on the island.

Adrian



Adrian Stott
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