Did you not even read you cited references? It is more like if I
called your mama fat beat you up and then drove off down the street in
your car after tossing you a few bucks and a pick of your naked sister
out the window onto your limp body and then when the cops showed up
made you say thank you and apologize for wasting my time ;)

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.

In addition to a naval blockade of the Mexican coast, American forces
invaded and conquered New Mexico, California and parts of northern
Mexico. Another American army captured Mexico City, forcing Mexico to
agree to the sale of its northern territories to the U.S."

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 8:47 PM, JD Austin <jd@twingeckos.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 20:12, Bryan O'Neal
> <Bryan.ONeal@theonealandassociates.com> wrote:
>>
>> Well... we did steal it from Mexico. In a style that is reminiscent of the
>> Romans but is still distinctly American. In truth it is an awesome tail of
>> we want it, we can make claim for it, we can take it, and we are so cool the
>> rest of the world will demand you apologize to us for making us take it from
>> you. We are some bad as* mot** f**** :)
>> But that is just my humble opinion ;)
>>
> That's like saying that I stole your car when I drove away with it after
> paying you $5k ;)
> Mexico was conquered by Spain which annexed what we call California and
> other areas.  Later Mexico ceded California and New Mexico in the Mexican
> American war for the agreed upon price of $15M.   Other parts of southern
> America were purchased in the Gadsden Purchase and Louisiana Purchase.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_Purchase
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_New_Spain
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican-American_War
>
> Great map here:
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/United_States_1803-04-1804-03.png
>
>
> JD
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