Someone didn't remember the Alamo!
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Or the revolutionary war. Pretty fundamental.
The Alamo was for Texas independence that just so happened to be supported by the US and Texas just so happened to join them afterwards
Technically the United States bought Texas and the rest of the Western States, after a war with Mexico.
after a war with Mexico
after a war
war
The technicality they’re using is that the land was purchased after the war as opposed to taken as a result of the war.
Yes, but that land would not have been "sold" if they hadn't lost the war. The war was fought to conquer land, and the payment was for war "reparations".
The U.S. agreed to pay $15 million for the physical damage of the war and assumed $3.25 million of debt already owed by the Mexican government to U.S. citizens
Yes, that is correct. We either purchased the land or found ourselves the owners in mysterious ways after special military operations. /s
Russia/Israel is that you?
There are a whole lot of dead Native Americans who sure as hell thought we were at war with them.
This is the woke mob trying to repaint history. The settlers arrived and invited the native Americans to dinner and the native Americans taught the settlers about "maize" (which means corn) and then the settlers asked they would move to the very cool reservations where they could have the casinos and the native Americans were like "yeah bruh."
It is not new. Many countries do not teach the full extent of their dangerous past(cough Britain cough). A very specific example I remember is when a group of white folks overthrew the local government(a party called Fusionists) in the town of Wilmington, North Carolina. For a very long time, information about it was kept under wraps and to this day, people on the wrong side of history have had places named after them in their honor.
Other than a few small skirmishes, what have the British done? I mean it's one small island, how many countries could it oppress? 10?
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Land's cursed. Almost as if America was built on top of an ancient Native American burial ground or something.
I think we acquired much of the south after a war with the south
We already owned that land and they tried to steal it.
However, war is literally how we founded the country.
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Of all the wars we fought, you picked the one that wasn't about conquering land, and was started by the Confederacy btw
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Mexico: "Say whaaaaaaaaaa!?!"
The Mexican-American disagreement.
A special military operation
Lol what a great title. These chumps need more of it.
Puerto Ricans: "Why the fuck do you think we speak Spanish, pendejo?"
I'd love to see Puerto Rico to become a state, just because I think it'd be cool, but I wouldn't blame them one bit for looking at the asshats on the mainland and wanting to get away. Either way, their current status shouldn't continue.
If only he or his constituents cared about facts or competence.
don't write him off as stupid. this isn't a person trying to be correct and failing. this is a person trying very hard to establish a world in which the truth is irrelevant, and instead from moment to moment the truth is whatever they need it to be in order to justify their positions and actions.
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I think a successful completion of a deep national and international history course together hard exams should become a prerequisite for any political office in the US.
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Well you know what they say about Kevin...he's stupid.
Embarrassment upon embarrassment upon embarrassment upon...
The United States didn't buy The Philippines or Puerto Rico. It did buy the Western States.
The US bought the Philippines from Spain for $14 million. Then fought a war with the Filipinos.
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