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Quote by: righthand Sorry if we area bit of thread, but was it the FRENCH navy that was the deciding factor in shortening this war by years. Hate one lines but this is all I can contribute. |
What a complete non-sequitor, as well as being absurdly off target. What I said was:
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Sure the US won "almost every single major engagement" in Vietnam. The same thing was true of the British in their North American colonies in 1775-1783, which didn't change the outcome of that war either.
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How the French participation in Yorktown has anything to do with the statement I made is not clear to me. The British did win most major battles while at the same time being unable to crush the rebellion. In two major battles that they did lose, they lost two armies, the first at Saratoga, without outside assistance, and the second at Yorktown, with French help.
To return to the topic, six more US soldiers have died in Iraq. There have been 27 American military deaths in five days.