[Frohickey]

Reread your history.... Our War of Independence involved a number of various players jockeying for position (as all wars do!).

Yes, I know. Thats why I did not say, Germans, which were used as mercenary soldiers to augment the Redcoats, and the French, which the Colonials were actively trying to get into the war against the British. Benjamin Franklin was sent to France to ask the king for assistance.

I say that we should be like the Swiss.

[ExSES]

"Yes, I know. Thats why I did not say, Germans, which were used as mercenary soldiers to augment the Redcoats, and the French, which the Colonials were actively trying to get into the war against the British. Benjamin Franklin was sent to France to ask the king for assistance."

Dig deeper, Spain and Russia DID "meddle" in our revolution. Fortunately for us, the "meddled" on our behalf since they had their own little bones to pick with England.