[The_Rorschach]

Kal you are entirely right. Generally the time it takes for the economic fallout from one President's term to be felt nationally -if one discards Wall Street 'confidence' investing- is roughly five to nine years. The time depends a few factors, but its fairly reliable. Like many aspects of Political Science, there is no exact paradigm for application, but it is an usually uncontected figure.

As for the Trail of Teats I make no apologies. A war was fought over the Americas, and they lost; If it hadn't been Americans who did it, it would have been the Dutch, the French, the English, the Spanish or the Russians -As heartless as it sounds, what they suffered was the eventual fate of any people which fails to evolve with the times, techonologically speaking. What they faced is no worse than many of the horrors Americans have faced since, and while I believe America owes them a debt in failing to abide by the various agreements and treaties we've entered into with them, I stand by my decision.

Jackson was President of the United States of America and he protected the investments and lives of Americans.

He was not General Secretary of the League of Nations.