To overcome the threat of competitor countries in the world.
People can change religion, but not their ethnic group.
President Truman sent a fleet of ships to "Taiwan" in 1949 to protect it from Red China, since this was during the Cold War, which existed between Soviet Russia (which was communist, as was China) and the United States.
Alexander went on to sack the Phoenician city of Sidon and then to conquer Aleppo. In 332 BCE he conquered Syria and then Egypt in 331 BCE, where he founded the city of Alexandria.
Pittsburgh is where Fort Duquesne once stood.
