[seatrout]

—But Thomas Jefferson sure as HELL cared about what happened on the high seas in the Mediterranean Sea. He declared war on the Barbary pirates and the Navy and Marine Corps went “to the shores of Tripoli...” The rest is history.—

That was because trade with Europe was being compromised by the pirates. IOW, he did it for the $$$. Not a very good reason to spend blood and treasure. At any rate, we didn’t make the same mistake until 1898, when we annexed the Phillipines, thus setting the stage for involvement in the Pacific conflict with Japan decades later. Oh, and lay off the ad hominem crap, OK.

[LSUfan]

Yeah, it was our own fault for getting into WW2 because we got the Philippines in 1898. It had NOTHING to do with Japanese aggression.

Isn’t there a Ron Paulestinian web site you can go troll on?

[hinckley buzzard]

At any rate, we didn’t make the same mistake until 1898,

Guess you never heard of declaring war on Mexico in 1846.

Thanks for playing, but just not ready for prime time.