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To: central_va

Ha..... The war of 1812 and Jefferson’s war against the Barbary pirates were all about the sea lanes and American trade.

America has been about trade since day 1, just as the founding fathers envisioned.

117 posted on 09/20/2017 12:39:36 PM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)

To: bert

Are you implying that the USA of 1812 was not a protectionist country. Really? You are that ignorant of US history?

118 posted on 09/20/2017 12:41:23 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)

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