Of course, the funnier story of US aggression is the War of 1812. Serious President-led (Madison), Congress-declared attempt to steal land from Canada, ended with Canadians burning down the White House.
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And while I’m high and ranting - another takeaway from the War of 1812 is that the US is crap at trade wars on multiple fronts. Arguably Napoleon’s fault for causing a trade war with the UK that the US got sucked into, but the US tried to fight clumsy concurrent battles with both and got well burnt.
The declaration of war with Britain passed in Congress by one vote.
When the Brits attacked at Bladensburg on their way to Washington, President Madison took command of part of the defense, giving countermanding orders. He was the only sitting president to command troops in battle.
That’d be rad; even the rebuilt one was made by slaves, a national albatross. But it’s also been turned into a fortress. I worked across the street for a year (2011) with snipers in my eye-line out the window. Mar-a-Lago, Florida, on the other hand, has notoriously poor security.
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When the Brits attacked at Bladensburg on their way to Washington, President Madison took command of part of the defense, giving countermanding orders. He was the only sitting president to command troops in battle.