Would you have support the Spanish-American War?
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Question: Would you have support the Spanish-American War?
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« on: May 28, 2005, 04:03:26 PM »
no, it was one of the most blatant cases of imperialism in American history and is even accepted by almost everyone today that the US tried to start the war and was involved in the whole provacation of it, and that Spain had nothing to do with the explosion of the Maine. It's true that the people in the colonies were treated very poorly by Spain, but they were hardly treated any better once the US took over, especially in the Phillipines, where the US's actions were borderline-genocide.
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« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2005, 04:05:05 PM »
Yellow journalism
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« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2005, 04:57:32 PM »
I support all wars that we've won. Especially ones that lead to our present dominance.
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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2005, 06:48:47 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2005, 07:37:48 PM »
Yes -
Manifest Destiny.  I still believe in it.
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« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2005, 07:59:24 PM »
Quote from: Senator Cosmo Kramer on May 28, 2005, 07:37:48 PM
Yes -
Manifest Destiny.  I still believe in it.

And what do you suppose we conquer today? Canada? I'm not against that.
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« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2005, 09:47:07 PM »
Puerto Rico and probably the Phillipines are better off than they would have been without the war, but the Spanish-American war was simply wrong.  Some people question the legitimacy of the Maine's presence in Cuba, others question whose responsibility its destruction was.  Few in this country had accurate information about what was going on in Cuba.  The real solution would have been for Franklin Pierce to have applied more pressure to purchase Cuba fifty years earlier.
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« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2005, 06:28:39 PM »
Quote from: Cashcow on May 28, 2005, 07:59:24 PM
Quote from: Senator Cosmo Kramer on May 28, 2005, 07:37:48 PM
Yes -
Manifest Destiny.  I still believe in it.

And what do you suppose we conquer today? Canada? I'm not against that.

Want to join the Invade Canada Club?  We have a secret treehouse and everything.
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jokerman
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« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2005, 09:39:48 PM »
Quote from: Erc on May 29, 2005, 06:28:39 PM
Quote from: Cashcow on May 28, 2005, 07:59:24 PM
Quote from: Senator Cosmo Kramer on May 28, 2005, 07:37:48 PM
Yes -
Manifest Destiny.  I still believe in it.

And what do you suppose we conquer today? Canada? I'm not against that.

Want to join the Invade Canada Club?  We have a secret treehouse and everything.
Cool!  Sure, I'll join.
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