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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
The US Navy and Marine Corps have a long and storied history of fighting to defend freedom of navigation. That noise you hear is Thomas Jefferson rolling in his grave at the news of Trump's threats to destroy this idea.
- The Quasi-War with France (1798–1800): An undeclared war where the US Navy defended American commerce from French privateers, ensuring U.S. ships could trade in the Atlantic.
- The Barbary Wars (1801–1815): The young U.S. Navy was dispatched by President Jefferson to the Mediterranean to stop Tripoli, Tunis, and Algiers from seizing U.S. merchant vessels and demanding ransom, engaging in combat to ensure safe passage.
- The American War of 1812: Fighting for the right to navigate the seas without British interference.