09-04-2003, 07:00 PM
The U.S.'s first steps to becoming a world power did not start with Constitution vs Guerriere, it started with the very laying of the keels for the first three frigates. The very reason the US Navy was instituted was to protect American interests far overseas. Not some coastal defense force. Not some Atlantic patrol force. The Navy was created in 1797 for the express purpose of getting over into North Africa and engaging the pirates of the Barbary States. To stroll over to a foreign shore and kick somebody's butt.
Political Correctness is the idea that you can foster tolerance in a diverse world through the intolerance of anything that strays from a clinical standard.