http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_158.html#16795 WE invaded Canada...we thought we would be greeted as liberators. As much as French-Canadians disliked British rule, they disliked being invaded a lot more. From answers.com Known at the time as ‘Madison's war’ after the US president who prosecuted it so badly. This war was a failed attempt by the USA to seize Canada while Britain was engaged fighting Napoleon in Europe. It might better have been called ‘the Republicans' war’, for it was this party, and in particular the ‘war hawks’ who dominated the House of Representatives thanks to the leadership of Henry Clay of Kentucky, that most wanted it. It was remarkable in that the alleged reason for the war, the British Orders in Council designed to counter Napoleon's Continental System, had been repealed before the USA declared war. Somehow sounds familiar...... 16795@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:36:16 EDT