tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368837576232253773.post192074762475048123..comments2024-03-05T04:34:27.981-08:00Comments on The Exiled Belgian Royalist: General Jean-Baptiste DumonceauBelgieRoyalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180963411526753224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368837576232253773.post-41420166799445687142011-04-15T12:00:22.801-07:002011-04-15T12:00:22.801-07:00Some fought for freedom, some for simply liberal p...Some fought for freedom, some for simply liberal principles, others for the religious status quo which was interrupted by Emperor Joseph II. You are maybe a little sympathetic to the Emperor as I remember?BelgieRoyalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180963411526753224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368837576232253773.post-91224846478744425072011-04-13T20:42:38.668-07:002011-04-13T20:42:38.668-07:00I know some tough decisions had to be made in the ...I know some tough decisions had to be made in the Napoleonic era but I just have a hard time with those (Belgians or otherwise) who shouted for independence but then supported the French in taking over their country. It makes their patriotism in the era of the United Belgian States seem rather suspect to me.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.com