maximus otter said:
I agree, but your source being British kind of softens the blow of the argument, eh?
Edit:
I notice the end of the article says "the patriots had always been likely to win, provided they struggled on and avoided outright defeat." A little inconsistant with the previous statement.
That's easy to say, since the starting point was defeat. What if the British had "won?" What would they do then, impose military presence and economic control over the colonies? It would be pretty easy for the rebels to maintain the status quo until they won, whenever that might have eventually been.
More accurately would be to say the patriots were always likely to win "eventually." Even if the French didn't help at that point, the colonies had the benefit of being able to hold out indefinitely until better opportunity (such as the French) came along.
