Churchill said it best.....

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Oberon

...we do not have the same history or spirit that America does, we do not see eye to eye on a great many things, and yet we do on others, that is how things are, how they always will be.

Three years ago I was involved in a discussion that led to the War of 1812, and the idea of "who won". The United States tried to capture Canada, and failed miserably. Not really relevant, but what I said then I think ties in:

Anyway, who won the war depends on what goals you set. The Americans thought the Canadians would welcome the chance to throw off the "chains of bondage" and be free, but of course Canada had not had the same experience as their southern cousins; the American Revolution came out of attempts by the mother country to force the colonists to help pay for the Seven Years' (French and Indian) War, whereas Canada had been aquired by Britain during that same war. Canadians were very happy to be British, and had no desire to become American.