Since someone posted a list of France's military history, lets take a looksee at all the conflicts America has had over the years. Has America ever won anything against a competant military power without assistance from another country?
Korea? Nope, we wuz there helping ya.
Iraq? Nope, we wuz there.
Afghanistan? We're there again.
Vietnam? Ok, we weren't there....but then you didn't win that one did ya? Even with the Aussies helping.
Dominican Republic / Grenada / Panama? I said competant military power, not natives in grass skirts armed with nasty looking sharpened mangos.
The big one in 1776? Without the French you'd have been toast sunshine. And while you see it as a victory, we see this one as a lucky bleedin escape.
Franco-American War? Nope, British Royal Navy did the biz on that one. And btw, nice job of thanking those nice Frogs that helped ya win independence.
The 1812 spat? Heh, both you lot and the Canadians think of that one as a victory despite you trying to invade them. All your other reasons for declaring war were ignored in the peace treaty which forced you to recognise the original US-Canadian border and in the process of bringing you to the negotiation table we set fire to the Whitehouse. Call that a victory do ya?
The Barbary wars? Ok, the first one ended with $60,000 dollars being paid as ransom for the US prisoners taken that started the fight and the second ended when the US agreed to pay tribute so your poor widdle sailors wouldnt get attacked any more.
The Mexican-American war? Ok, I'll give you that one. Shame they've been invading on the quiet for a while now though, how's that going for ya?
The Spanish-American war? Oh yeah.....that one started cos some Pedro tried to say that Cuba was part of Spain and not just a colony. Gee, where have I heard that before?
Originally posted on another board a few years ago.....resurrected now for the comedy effect.