Walt, I think you have made a legal breakthrough. It is now clear that during the War of 1812, when the Brits/Canadians had troops all over U.S. territory and managed to take Washington, D.C. and burn the White House, the United States ceased to be a sovereign nation.
Does that mean that all the individual states returned to their previous status as sovereigns?
[Walt] Can you be a sovereign nation if foreign troops are all over your territory?
Not to mention all the nations in which we have troops stationed. Do they retain their sovereignty?