On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 21:41, Bryan O'Neal < bryan.on...@theonealandassociates.com> wrote:
> Did you not even read you cited references? > Not that I am complaining. I think it was a bold move that paid off > very, very, well. But denying the nature of the conflict is like > saying the Civil War was fought over slavery. It is fine for your Jr. > High text book but when grow, otherwise intelligent, people try > spouting that stuff they are either American idiots or just don't > care. > > To quote from the wikipidia page you cited. > > "The Mexican–American War was an armed conflict between the United > States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. > annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory > despite the 1836 Texas Revolution. > > Bryan you make me laugh :) Placing aside your inflammatory 'American idiot' speak...lets say that for argument's sake that Mexico under duress sold parts of modern day America 150+ years ago rather than surrender their entire country to the EVIL American empire. Any affected people at the time would have become Americans or chosen to move to Mexico. Please explain this to me (perhaps off list) :) How does something that happened generations before anyone alive was born justify breaking laws now?
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