Posted: 6/5/2006 8:09:11 AM EDT
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The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848) So, the US had a war against Mexico for, essentially property. After the war ended, the US paid Mexico for the land that was "won". Since the US "won" the land in the war, and even moreso, since the US "paid" Mexico for the land - we, the USA "own" that land - RIGHT??!!! So, how is it that protesters like these guys, and many others, all espouse the "stolen lands" argument?  
Despite early popularity at home, the war was marked by the growth of a loud anti-war movement which included such noted Americans as Ralph Waldo Emerson, former president John Quincy Adams and Henry David Thoreau. Another interesting aspect of the war involved the fate of U.S. Army deserters of Irish origin who joined the Mexican Army as the Batallón San Patricio (Saint Patrick's Battalion). This group of Catholic Irish immigrants rebelled at the abusive treatment by Protestant, American-born officers and at the treatment of the Catholic Mexican population by the U.S. Army. At this time in American history, Catholics were an ill-treated minority, and the Irish were an unwanted ethnic group in the United States. In September, 1847, the U.S. Army hanged sixteen surviving members of the San Patricios as traitors. |
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"So, how is it that protesters like these guys, and many others, all espouse the "stolen lands" argument?" Cause they are a bunch of morons from Mexico and you don't need brains to protest. What kind of education do you think these people have had? Most of them would flunk a 8th grade test on the history of their own country. edit: I would bet about 75% of the population is atleast 50% SPANIARD. By their own protest, they should kick themselves out of Mexico. |