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Military Pre-War Intellegiance

Military Pre-War Intelligence

Presidents give speeches to the American people about what they want to hear. In this age of popularity a President will sugar coat his speeches to tell the people what he believes is the right thing to say, even if sometimes it means lying to his country. This has been going on forever, especially during declarations of war. America's leading officials will start a war with someone else to get what they want, and then blame it on the opposing country to please the people. Since Americans vote on whom they want to run the country, a president is not going to go make the citizens angry by leading the country into a war if there has been no act of war. The solution for this problem lies in the trust we have for our government. We think (not as much as of recent years) that if the government says it then it must be true. This has, in some ways, been used against us to believe nations have started wars against us or have taken things from us. When in reality America is the one out picking fights and blaming it on opposing countries.

In 1803, Thomas Jefferson bought from France all the land that was drained by the Mississippi River; also know as the Louisiana Purchase. This deal more than doubled the size of the country. With America still a very young country and just coming off a revolution against England this is exactly what the people wanted, this meant we were becoming a real nation. Ten years later the War of 1812 begins, this war basically solidifies our claim of independence from England. Now our leaders can begin running there own country and the birth of our nation was well underway.

By 1846, James Polk was in office and with him being a democrat; one of his main concerns was the idea of Manifest Destiny. This was the belief that it was destined by God to expand America's borders from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast. Once Polk got into office he began to put the belief of Manifest Destiny into the...