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>>6636368 pb
>anon knows very little about history.
>"we" occupied Florida and Texas, both Spanish territories.
>after battles, skirmishes, and a review of logistics, Mexico agreed to give us Florida if we btfo Texas. we agreed.
>then pushed settlers to Texas, and gave it a pseudo US flag, w/ one star.
>throw in the Alamo FF (remember the Alamo, the Maine - more in a sec-, Pearl harbor, Gulf of Tonkin, the USS Liberty, 9/11… you get the idea)
>we kicked Mexico's ass. they ceded a huge chunk of the SW CONUS, with a border established at the Naches River. we eventually usurped that chunk between the
>Nnaches and the Rio Grande as well.
>manifest destiny, from sea to shining sea. remember the Maine (from above)? the Spanish-American war - Monroe Doctrine thing - that is still our relationship with Cuba today.
>and as an aside, 54 40' or fight - we were going to take western Canada as well.
>history is written by the victors.