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A writer to the Skagit Valley Herald on May 6 claimed to know that Republicans start wars.

I wrote the following rebuttal to update him and the Herald readers, which that paper would not print.

1. War of 1812 – Madison, Democrat

2. Mexican War 1846-1848 – Polk (D)

3. Spanish American War 1898 – Cleveland (D)

4. World War I 1917-1918 – Wilson (D)

5. World War II 1941-1946 – Roosevelt (D)

6. Korean War 1950-1953 – Truman (D)

7. Vietnam 1961-1975 – Kennedy (D)

8. Bosnian War – Clinton (D)

Civil War 1861-1865 - In this time period, the Civil Wa...