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Posted 2005-10-06, 10:44 AM in reply to JRwakebord's post starting "Because we kicked your ass in 1776,..."
I'd heard about 1776, who hasn't, but 1812 I hadn't.

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This was an insult to the flag, and had Jefferson chosen to go to war with England he would have had considerable support. Instead he decided to clamp an embargo on American trade. In New England scores of prosperous shipowners were ruined, and a number of thriving little seaports suffered an economic depression from which few recovered.
Sounds like he shot himself in the foot...
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