Source: Antiwar.com
by Andrew P Napolitano
“‘America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy ….’ In the middle of his term as Secretary of State, the future president John Quincy Adams addressed a joint session of Congress. What prompted this unusual event? The United States had just fought Britain to a draw in the War of 1812. It was fought almost entirely in Canada. Some historians believe the British began this war to win back their former colonies. Some believe the U.S. began it to seize Canada from Britain. Adams was worried that the cancer of war was spreading yet again throughout the Washington establishment, and he wanted to squelch it. He did so successfully, but only for about 20 years, with his argument that offensive foreign wars don’t spread liberty, they spread violence.” (08/29/24)
https://original.antiwar.com/andrew-p-napolitano/2024/08/28/searching-for-monsters-2/