Ken wrote.... <<<snip>>>Canada is the only nation to actually BEAT the US in a war. (true! the War of 1812)<<<snip>>> Not true. At least the part about Canada being the only nation. The North Koreans, with the help of our "friends" the Chinese, pretty much kicked our a**es all along the Korean peninsula until the US - actually the UN - suggested peace talks that resulted in a truce being declared and the DMZ established. Then there was that brief skirmish in South East Asia called Vietnam... Alan Bosch & Phred ('88 Wolfsburg) |
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