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As to assertion that by 1793, the U.S. could not intervene to assist with French Revolution as it would involve foreign entanglements: Please consider that Washington intervened on behalf of Britain, by appointment and deployment of Gov Morris to Britain in 1790 (for intrigues with Pitt) and as Minister to France in 1793. Morris collaborated with the Jacobins and instigated the imprisonment of Thomas Paine 1793, according to “The Life and Works of Thomas Paine,Vol V, pub 1925, (Letters and Dissertations). All above set the stage for the treacherous Jay Treaty, which subjugated American commerce and favored the British, leading to the war of 1812 and Morris’ later endorsement at the Hartford Convention for secession of New England and New York.

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......would submit you OVERLOOKED a BIG one, Matthew - the LIBERTY's deliberate sinking (and LBJ's UNFORGIVABLE acquiescence) 56 years ago next month.....

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