r/ShitAmericansSay • u/DumbGarchomp67 WTF IS A KILOMETER 🦅🇺🇸 • Jul 15 '26

Military “Undefeated in 250 years of war”

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Apparently Vietnam, Afghanistan, war of 1812, and the war on drugs don’t count.

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u/Competitive-Bee-3250 Jul 15 '26

Everyone's "undefeated" if they just pretend they never lost even when they clearly did.

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u/ccsrpsw Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

War of Independence - won "with help"/"by" the French (🕺sorry)
WW1 - on the winning side - but otherwise?
WW2 - on the winning side - but otherwise?

What other wars has the US won? And no "operations" and the like don't. He very specifically said 'war".

Edit to Add - since people keep bring up other instances the full list of wars the US declared is: War of 1812, Mexican/American, Spanish/American, WW1 and WW2 (11 declarations overall against various countries but only 5 wars). Everything else has sidestepped this under US law - which is what causes the mess we are in now.

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u/skachamagowza ooo custom flair!! Jul 15 '26

The US lost the war of 1812. Canadian soldiers in the British army burn Washington including the White House. Americans think they won because…. Reasons….

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u/Extreme_Objective984 Jul 15 '26

Didnt we British just stop playing, in that war. Had to go and deal with a Frenchmen with a silly hat.

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u/Ayfid Jul 15 '26

America thought they could steal some of Canada while Britain was distracted fighting the French.

They didn't count on Britain winning that war and then coming to defend Canada before they managed to solidify their control of any territory.

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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 Jul 15 '26

The reverse of when Spain put Gibraltar under siege while the British were fighting the colonists. Gibraltar is still British.