[ml/nj]

“The first nation to recognize my country was Morocco."

What country is he talking about, Kenya?

See The First Salute by Barbara Tuchman. (Chapter I: "Here the Sovereignty of the United States was First Acknowledged")

ML/NJ

[Clemenza]

I believe that Morocco was indeed the first sovereign state to recognize American independence.

Better than those traitors in the Confederacy, who could only get the Vatican to recognize their sorry cause (ducks).