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Huh. I wonder what the opinion of the native american nations would be about that?
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The Empire of Liberty is a theme developed first by Thomas Jefferson to identify America's world responsibility to spread freedom across the globe. Jefferson saw America's mission in terms of setting an example, expansion into the west, and by intervention abroad....
Jefferson also launched the Barbary Wars, which included America's first military campaign with the goal of regime-change.
Then they would be foolish. The Monroe Doctrine was a hegemony claim, it was actively interventionist. It wasn't "hey, if European powers seek to exert any more authority over any other part of either of the American continents we will avoid taking either side" it was "hey, if European powers seek to exert any more authority over any other part of either of the American continents, we will go to war over the issue". Mind you, that didn't mean Madison was averse to US military action outside of the western hemisphere - he launched his own round of Barbary wars.
:lol: also we were in the middle of a major ideologically-motivated invasion of the nation(ish) to our south, which was followed by America's first major nation-building exercise. Seward was pushing non-interference because the North was attempting to divest Britain and France from the Confederacy.
That's interesting. I wonder what our military doing in Mexico in the 1840s. They were probably all there on vacation. No doubt we went to Korea in the 1870s because we'd heard about the awesome Soju (Well, to be fair, it was the Marines. It is indeed plausible that they invaded a foreign country looking for booze). Commodore Perry no doubt went to Japan because he was a huge sushi fan (who doesn't occasionally just feel the need for a good california roll?). Yup. No military intervention abroad at all.... :lol:
Damn it, you beat me to it. But you also forgot that we went all the way to China to fight a war with the Brits, French and Russians. We also invented an entirely new country in Africa (Liberia) and pretty much set up their government for them.