Hi Ludwig

There's a certain amount of irony here,,The First Foreign war the United States conducted was :

The First Barbary War (1801–1805), also known as the Barbary Coast War or the Tripolitan War, was the first of two wars fought between the United States and the North African Muslim states known collectively as the Barbary States. These were the independent Sultanate of Morocco and Tripoli, which were quasi-independent entities nominally belonging to the Ottoman Empire

Funny eh the first war America had was against Arab and African Muslims..210 years later Americans are still fighting Arab and African Muslims...

On another note if you've got an hour this is a pretty interested video made by a financial company..Just ignore the sales pitch at the end. It's his research on the impending implosion of the U.S economy based on his opinion the U.S dollar will soon be dropped as the World Reserve Currency...

http://www.stansberryresearch.com/pro/1011PSISBBVD/OPSIM315/PR