“Check yourself before you wreck yourself” -God

Uhhhh, can I get this meme with some… uh…. Context?

Man, being American must be wild

You start a war with an empire whose power base is 3000 miles away with the intent of taking a colony of that empire with which you share a land border.

Fail to take it and, in fact, have parts of your capital burnt by that empires army

Call it “The War of 1812” despite the fact the war is a minor theatre of a near-existential conflict that your enemy is fighting in its own neighbourhood.

Ultimately fail in all your strategic objectives and get fought back to the status quo. Spend the next 224 years calling the war a draw.

Make a post about a hurricane that killed one British soldier and slightly damaged their ships (though not bad enough to mean the brits couldn’t leave). Act as if this storm saved your capital when it actually caused more damage and killed more civilians than the occupying force did.

Negate the fact that the Brits also occupied other towns in the area whilst the storm was ongoing and that Admiral Cockburn (your capital city got occupied by a man with *that* name) got to deliver one of the coldest lines in history

“”This is a special interposition of Providence to drive our enemies from our city”, the woman allegedly called out to Cockburn. “Not so, Madam”, Cockburn retorted. “It is rather to aid your enemies in the destruction of your city”, before riding off on horseback.”