> Does the fact that the United States of America has never experienced foreign occupation help us to understand its political culture?

Cough cough

> It was the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a foreign power had captured and occupied a United States capital. [Burning of Washington]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington

> The British occupation of Washington, D.C., lasted for roughly 26 hours.

Still technically correct :)