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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: steve harris who wrote (361908)12/8/2007 6:32:32 PM
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"How was it an American fort on foreign soil?"

Umm, because they were in possession of it when the South tried to secede.

When enemy soldiers wind up inside your country through events over which they don't have control over, attacking them is a sure formula for starting a war. Which is why the South handled that poorly.
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