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Nye Bevan

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26. Actually, I have found several of the posts in this thread very informative.

Reply to whatchamacallit (Reply #23)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 02:42 PM

Sep 2013

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Should France have gotten involved in the US Revolutionary War? [View all] Nye Bevan Sep 2013 OP

Certainly not from the French people's point of view. See 1789 for what happened next. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2013 #1

Assisting the Americans ran up French debt and they lost their main fleet FarCenter Sep 2013 #8

They didn't do it for us. They did it for France. Marr Sep 2013 #2

No shit, how many bites at the apple are these folks going to take to sell their war? TheKentuckian Sep 2013 #4

It's like stepping back in time to 2003. Marr Sep 2013 #7

We should not have fought the Crown sarisataka Sep 2013 #3

The Revolutionary War was largely a proxy war between England and France. Xithras Sep 2013 #5

+1 One_Life_To_Give Sep 2013 #21

Yup, and at least 1 point France tried to sell us out. zipplewrath Sep 2013 #32

France got in seeking to gain opportunity ... Historic NY Sep 2013 #6

Exactly. BlueMTexpat Sep 2013 #10

It was a low-cost way to damage Britain cthulu2016 Sep 2013 #9

yep dembotoz Sep 2013 #12

It was a bad move for the French king. JVS Sep 2013 #11

They actually had the gall to put troops on the ground to aid the insurgents! karynnj Sep 2013 #13

Were the Americans religious zealots that had recently attacked France? LondonReign2 Sep 2013 #16

I wasn't attempting an analogy. karynnj Sep 2013 #18

Are you suggesting we put troops in Syria then? LondonReign2 Sep 2013 #19

Isn't Britain not going to war during our civil war a better analogy? hootinholler Sep 2013 #14

Yep and I was going to add the burning of Atlanta would be even more analogous. n/t Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #29

It was in their strategic interest to do so LittleBlue Sep 2013 #15

Yes shenmue Sep 2013 #17

Which ones zipplewrath Sep 2013 #33

+infinity (nt) LostOne4Ever Sep 2013 #35

Sorrow for one denies sorrow for the other? LanternWaste Sep 2013 #39

We haven't killed any... yet zipplewrath Sep 2013 #42

France wanted to bloody Britain's nose. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #20

France did not go in out of sympathy for our brave patriots. KamaAina Sep 2013 #22

Lame. whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #23

Actually, I have found several of the posts in this thread very informative. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #26

Well I'm glad whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #31

Les pommes et les oranges marmar Sep 2013 #24

France engaged in what was, essentially, a century-long war against Britain... malthaussen Sep 2013 #25

The French wanted to help the South during the Civil War. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2013 #27

I don't know - but consider the possibilities - hedgehog Sep 2013 #28

The US today would probably resemble Canada. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #30

Effect on the Monarch zipplewrath Sep 2013 #34

The West Coast may well have been split between Mexico hedgehog Sep 2013 #36

yes. we had common enemies. GalaxyHunter Sep 2013 #37

a much stronger analogous thread, e.g., the Ottoman War of Succession 1509-12 LanternWaste Sep 2013 #38

Helping us helped push them into bankruptcy and helped hasten their own Revolutionary war. liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #40

Yes, I am willing to bankrupt the US treasury to assist Syria. Dr Fate Sep 2013 #41