You're talking about the army that did the repression of the Paris Commune... Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
Initially, the republic was restored, but they made the mistake of fighting on. If they had sued for peace, things may have been different, but, being the type of men of a certain class that they were, they didn't. That's the logic of these things.
But the coup that removed the monarchy was itself almost entirely bloodless. Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant
I'm afraid we won't get to see Dubya wandering in a Hummer, on the battlefield of the Najrah defeat, in desperation over his lost war and legacy... That's what helped the creation of the republic after the Sedan defeat. And don't forget that the third republic was initially monarchist... Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
It's a nice though to imagine such Bush wanderings, but I imagine him more somewhere in Uruguay, far away from horses though, he's afraid of them. They might bite.
Monarchy, empire, six of one, demi-dozen of the other by that point in French history. In fact, Nap III needed that war in order to ensure ascension of his descendance, which is why many refer to the period as the imperial monarchy. Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant
