Apology in Washington -This Hour Has 22 minutes

[Donnachaidh]

Run time: 02:27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8cDRwhgi6Q   Posted on YouTube: September 28, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: March 25, 2009 By DU Member: Donnachaidh Views on DU: 579

 
A truly Canadian apology for all the "wrongs" they have done towards the U.S

[terisan]

1. Wonderful! and damn-they did not let their banks gamble. nt

[sailor65]

2. Ah, the Canadians

they still think they burned the White House, instead of the British regulars that actually did it. Although he started out well on the subject of Bush, the rest was the usual Canadian shtick. It was funny once, way back.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

3. There was no such thing as a Canadian in 1812

The burning of Washington was retaliation for the burning of Toronto, during the war in Europe - units out of Halifax (theoretically Canadians) were sent to Bermuda and later went with the 4th Regiment to invade Maryland in 1814, hence Canadians burned down the white house.

Most of the trashing of Washington was done by a single unit of Royal Marines.

When the British reached Washington the city had already been virtually abandoned, few of the troops actually entered the city except to loot.