Quote Originally Posted by glockmail View Post
No shit we Americans have our way and everyone else can take the highway. We turned European politics on its head in 1776 and we ain't stopping anytime soon, as least as far as we red bloods are concerned.
Now that's the sort of "ugly American" comment that gets other people's backs up. You're entitled to that view, as factually wrong as it is. In 1776 the independence of the British colonies in America had little effect in Europe. Europe was in turmoil itself, there were mini-revolutions happening all over the show. That Britain finally decided to leave its southern North American colonies meant Britain was able to recall troops for its much needed European campaigns.