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The painter Benjamin West wrote that when he talked to King George III during the Revolutionary War, the monarch asked him what he thought George Washington would do if he prevailed.

Return to his farm, West predicted -- accurately, as it turned out.

"If he does that," King George remarked, "he will be the greatest man in the world."

1 posted on 04/16/2012 10:37:41 AM PDT by Kartographer
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They will revote as soon as the Muzzies take over and reform the nation as Englandstan.


2 posted on 04/16/2012 10:39:15 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (He has Risen!!! If you do not know Him, this is the perfect week to seek Him out!!!)
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Allah is Britain’s greatest foe ever.

#2 is stupidity.


3 posted on 04/16/2012 10:40:50 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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Posted yesterday.


4 posted on 04/16/2012 10:40:58 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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Gotta point out that, unlike ol’ Boney, Washington was never prepared to invade the UK.


5 posted on 04/16/2012 10:42:49 AM PDT by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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It is notable that Washington was the least willing foe they have ever faced. He was a loyal British subject who could no longer withstand the abuse of an arrogant government. It was not for church, grandeur, or empire. It was with divine provenience and his faith in man to accept personal responsibility and rule his own destiny, that Washington led a rag-tag army against the most powerful military of the time and prevailed.


6 posted on 04/16/2012 10:45:38 AM PDT by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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Might have turned out different if Shaka Zulu had been born 40 years later.


9 posted on 04/16/2012 10:57:29 AM PDT by Oberon (Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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George Washington was also our greatest president ever.


10 posted on 04/16/2012 11:08:22 AM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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The world will never forget the year that General Washington sent his air force to bomb the British into submission. The colonists started off with the air fields and radar stations but before longed they switched to terror bombing of London and other cities. But the plucky Brits held out and within a few years Washington was hiding in his bunker in Philadelphia, as his former victims closed in for the kill.


13 posted on 04/16/2012 11:18:54 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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