Can an American explain something to me

why is a war only a "war" when the Americans feel like they won it?
case in point
The War of 1812.
Your history books refer to it as a "conflict" etc...
it's crazy
You lost
we (well okay the British..soon to become "we") won.
end of!
series of pages on the time period and the war itself

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Anonymous said…
I cannot explain it because I have always read in US books that it was a war.

My view is that the US lost and Britain won. Although I do see that the widely held view that it was a draw has some logic to it. The status quo ante bellum Treaty of Ghent would support this view.
Dr. Deb said…
Don't go by me. I cannot make sense of anything my government does.

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