Historical Perspective
 

An anecdote in Reader's Digest tells of an American couple who are visiting Remagen, Germany. They ask a local if the bridge they were on was the one crossed by Patton. The local replied, "I learned a different history."

Maybe, maybe not.
 

When I served in Korea I'd heard that North Korean school children were taught that the Korean Conflict began when the South's Army invaded the North.

U.S. not immune
 

And the U.S. has NEVER lost a war.


I've heard this from many Amercians. When I remind of them of 1812, they don't know what I am talking about. Must not have made the history books in the U.S.

Re: U.S. not immune
 

we didn't exactly triumph in Vietnam either.

Re: U.S. not immune
 

Did we lose the war of 1812? I thought the British were trying to make us a colony again, and that doesn't seem to have happened. Or were they just interested in beating us up for a while, signing a peace treaty and then getting stomped around by Jackson? We may not have won the ar, but we didn't really lose it. Vietnam we did lose.