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Pretensions Jacob Blankemeyer

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 * > Name: || Jacob Blankemeyer ||
 * > Word: || Pretensions ||
 * > Source: || Savage Wars of Peace by: Max Boot Section Heading- The Man Who Would Be Pasha Pg# - 24 ||
 * > Appropriate Definition: || Noun- An allegation of doubtful value; an aspiration or intention that may or may not reach fulfillment ||
 * > Definition URL: || [|Merriam Webster]
 * > Context Sentences: || This was to be the first of many times that an American president would plot to overthrow a foreign government-a dangerous game but one that the Jefferson Administration found as hard to pass up as many of its successors would. Wrote Madison "Although it does not accord with the general sentiments or views of the United States to intermiddle in the domestic contests of other countries, it cannot be unfair, in the prosecution of a just war, or the accomplishment of a reasonable peace, to turn to their advantage, the enmity and **pretensions** of others against a common foe." Hamid and Eaton set up camp outside Alexandria, Egypt, and proceeded to recruit whatever mercenaries they could find among the dregs of the city.  ||

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