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To: central_va

If the U.S. wasn’t engaged in international trade, why did Jefferson go to war against the Barbary pirates? Seems like the modern Trumpians would have told Jefferson to stop any foreign trading, not go to war and just build a wall around the U.S. and stick your fingers in your ears and yell ‘lalalala’ in an effort to try and pretend the rest of the world doesn’t exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War

The cause of the war was pirates from the Barbary States seizing American merchant ships and holding the crews for ransom, demanding the U.S. pay tribute to the Barbary rulers.


509 posted on 02/11/2016 2:25:46 PM PST by JediJones (Ideology is NOT optional.)
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To: JediJones

Who said the USA wasn’t involved in trade? I asked if IYO George Washington was a conservative? A simple question you seem to have a problem answering. What’s up with that?


511 posted on 02/11/2016 2:30:44 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: JediJones
Hey Jedi... ever notice a few weeks ago Rush said this ... Is Jeff Sessions the Only Conservative Left in Congress? After Session's passionate lone plea to Congress not to pass Omnibus

Cruz voted against Omnibus but was in his campaign mode so he did not have time to speak. So Session basically was the last vocal true conservative Senator left in Congress. Rush was right.

Nobody had any problems with Rush saying how conservative Sessions is (especially on immigration). What changed? All the Trump fans were elated to even be associated with Sessions hoping he was soon to endorse their team (with the hiring of one of Session's advisers).

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/12/18/limbaugh-rips-congressional-gop-leadership-for-omnibus-is-jeff-sessions-the-only-conservative-left-in-congress/

Now it is time to just throw Rush under the bus. Funny how that is.

522 posted on 02/11/2016 3:01:08 PM PST by LowOiL (I only accept advice from those so uber rich they can not by bought by special interests.)
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