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Tom Sixkiller wrote: "Cub Driver" wrote in message ... Congress declared war so that they could invade the Canadian colonies; they didn't invade the Canadian colonies because they were at war. How terribly oldfashioned of them! (It's amazing, how many things you can learn on Usenet.) Well, don't consider it "learned" just yet. We're still waiting for some historical reference. Well, it's described concisely in the book _Don't Know Much About History_. The congresscritters of that day used that argument to rouse public enthusiasm for the war. I would provide a quote, but my copy has grow legs. George Patterson None of us is as dumb as all of us. |
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