Hell_Is_Like_Newark
2008-05-27 19:23:17
lgkick
Check your History. That is exactly what the Jeffersonian and Adams administration did, occupy foreign lands or use foreign lands (with grudging permission from the locals) to support military dominance in the area.
A suggested read on the birth of US Naval power and the campaign against the Barbary pirates:
http://www.amazon.com/Six-Frigates-Epic-History-Founding/dp/039333032X/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211941375&sr=1-1
