"FWIW I'd vote against doing it again!

pleas inform your native allies."


Okay - but it's going to be awkward; I just got them all fired up with a big speech about the evils the Americans would like to inflict upon them, as opposed to the generous rewards they could expect from the Great White Mother for their loyalty. It was quite a taxing imaginative exercise, really. Now I'll have to explain that it was all a misunderstanding, and the Great White Mother never really intended to give them anything anyway ...