re: #86 Ian G.

You mean like how it happened in the American Revolution, where the British pretty much kicked our ass left and right in open battle and occupied both New York and Philadelphia, but tired of the fight after making a few strategic blunders at Saratoga and Yorktown and opted for a political solution?

BUTBUTBUT FREEDOM! TEA PARTY! TYRANNY! KING GEORGE!!!!111

Don’t forget the massive amounts of assistance the French gave us.