Interesting. I wonder what they teach about the Civil War in Australia that they don't teach here. :)

My guess is, there were actually European countries involved on one side or the other, be it financing weaponry or providing other types of support. Maybe he's talking about the US going into debt to fight the war and basically becoming beholden to England's central banking? I don't know. Never heard of something like that. I'll do a quick search.

Sorry not finding anything specific that would answer that, and I've never heard of such a thing. I wouldn't think England would want us back, anyway, and we owe more debt to other foreign powers than we do the UK or the EU.

Sorry not much help, but it's hard to know with that what all he might be referring to or how he came to think it. :)