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The American War of Independance/ American Revolution/ First American War/ First American Civil War/ Whatever. Bit cumbersome really...
Given the large numbers of American colonists who remained loyal to the Crown it really was much more like a civil war that it's usually portreyed.
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Heh, which one of the five? (Six? Seven...what are they up to now?) That was like the running joke in modern European history class....along with Poland getting randomly invaded every once in a while.
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DeGaulle had the Fifth Republic, so we're up to 6 now.
Remember when the Italians were changing governments every other Thursday? Hilarity.
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No, DeGaulle started the Fifth Republic at the time of the Algerian Crisis and it's still that way.
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Going back to the original topic, it'd be more ironic if the police car in question was a General Motors, since GM Arabia sells quite well in the area. I thought I saw either a Chevrolet Caprice or Lumina in Kuwait City on one of the news channels.
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I hope you do feel better Jeff, cause after that the topic certainly doesn't.
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