Quote Originally Posted by Breukelen advocaat
Do you think that Britain fought the war their own? They hired trained armies from six principalities of Germany, totalling 29,875 men. These soldiers and officers were commonly known as "Hessians". Great Britain also hired Native Americans to fight for them, totalling 13,000. Between the Germans and the Indians, there were over 40,000 troops fighting for England that were non-British.

We beat England, along with their "Hessians", at the battle of Saratoga before France declared war on Great Britain and allied itself with the new nation. Spain and the Dutch later declared war on England.
Forgot to mention: The British also hired 20,000 African-Americans to fight for them in America during the Revolution. This brings the number of non-English troops fighting for the Crown to well over 60,000.

If I think of any more, I'll update.
Breukelen advocaat Reviewed by Breukelen advocaat on . Dems want Iraqis to spend oil surplus We've done enough for Iraq. Either they start paying for things themselves, or we should take their oil. If it were up to me, I'd take the oil as compensation for what we've given in terms of lives and expenses. We've spent 500 billion dollars over there, and they've got 30 billion sitting in U.S. banks. Some of our expenses are ridiculous, such as the military paying the full open market prices of 3.23 a gallon, 153 million a month, for fuel in Iraq. Plus, they're having a record year in oil Rating: 5