Our first entry into an undeclared war was from 1801 to 1805, known as the First Barbary War. Entered into by President Thomas Jefferson without a declaration of war by Congress.
*Our first undeclared war was from 1801 to 1805, known as the Barbary Wars. Entered into by President Thomas Jefferson without a declaration of war by Congress.*
American merchants were being kidnapped and sold as slaves. Europeans did nothing about their seamen being kidnapped. The ‘ransom payments were too high for Jefferson to tolerate. He and John Adams met the Sultan in Paris who had a Koran with him. It was then he decided to go to war with them if he ever ran the country.
Was it a form of corporate welfare? Think James Baker. “oil at market prices”. Something to that effect. Can we count on our own oil and a finished wall on the border? Think again. We are at war with ourselves. Again, who’s gonna be the bad guy or the John Wayne?