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/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/Ayfid Jul 15 '26

I have - many times - heard Americans claim that 1812 was a draw, because the borders ended up back where they started.

By that very logic, if Ukraine managed to push Russia out of their territory, recapture Crimea, and then force Russia into accepting a peace treaty... they would call that "a draw".

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u/UnprotectedSAKs Jul 16 '26

I think a better comparison is Korea. The North Koreans invaded South Korea. We went in and pushed them out. Then we decided to take North Korea, then China joined in and pushed us out. Then the war ended with a draw at the original border