When should America declare war?

	To protect our national interest abroad.
	To protect our declared allies.
	To retaliate for attacks on America.
	To defend foriegn democracies.
	To aid righteous nations that ask for our help.
	All of the above.
	Other. Please explain in comments.
	Never, war should never be an option.

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1815: USS Peacock takes HMS Nautilus, last action of the War of 1812.

1834: Congress placed the Marine Corps under Navy jurisdiction.

1862: The Seven Days' Battles continues at Glendale (White Oak Swamp), Virginia, as Robert E. Lee has a chance to deal a decisive blow against George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac.

1863: Union and Confederate cavalries clashed at Hanover, Pennsylvania.

1943: General Douglas MacArthur launches Operation Cartwheel, a multi-pronged assault on Rabaul and several islands in the Solomon Sea in the South Pacific.

1943: American forces land on several islands of the New Georgia group. Rendova island is targeted, in particular.

1943: A mixed Australian and American unit known as McKechnie Force lands at Nassau Bay near Salamaua from Morobe. There is heavy Japanese resistance to the landing.

1944: German resistance in the Cotentin Peninsula ends.

1944: Elements of US 5th Army are heavily engaged in Cecina. The main advance inland is slowed by a new German defensive line south of Siena and Arezzo.

1944: The American 5th Amphibious Corps has captured over half of Saipan. Fighting north of Mount Tipo Pale and Mount Tapotchau continues. Death Valley and Purple Heart Ridge are cleared.