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		matheusmoreira 28 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open... It was fought on US soil but did they really get invaded in that war? They declared war on Great Britain. They even invaded Canada themselves. It just doesn't seem to match the conflicts the USA brings upon other nations.

npongratz 28 days ago | [–]

It might be mere semantics, but the 1814 burning of Washington has been depicted as an invasion.

https://archive.org/details/burningofwashing00pitc

dragonwriter 27 days ago | | [–]

Yes, they got invaded. Just because it happened after they invaded someone else doesn't make it any less an invasion.

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