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Thread #145375   Message #3362930
Posted By: Greg F.
13-Jun-12 - 12:41 PM
Thread Name: BS: War of 1812 on PBS 2012.06.12 9PM ADST
Subject: RE: BS: War of 1812 on PBS 2012.06.12 9PM ADST
... should the American government just ignored the British kidnapping American seamen and pressing them into the British Navy?

Well, Kendall, you tell me: were the 25,000+ U.S. casualties worth avenging the impressment of a copuple of a hundred sailors?