[dmg1969]

There's a big difference between the two, Spexxvet.

You can thank the 14th for encouraging people to enter the country illegally to pop out their anchor babies thus making them eligible to stay.

You can thank the 2nd for Japan not invading America during WWII.

"Admiral Yamamoto: "You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." Advising Japan's military leaders of the futility of an invasion of the mainland United States because of the widespread availability of guns. It has been theorized that this was a major contributing factor in Japan's decision not to land on North America early in the war when they had vastly superior military strength. This delay gave our industrial infrastructure time to gear up for the conflict and was decisive in our later victory. "