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Originally Posted by Joby  Seriously.
This was in the era, ableit at the tail end, of the British/French/Spanish Empires trading off huge sections of land. When it comes to America's ambitions to get on the scene, taking on Mexico and that despot was necessary.
Luckily, we were able to do it this early. If we had been divided and tried to accomplish it later, like Germany/Japan, there's a good chance we would have failed. |
Look, in those years there were no human international rights commissions, if you compare China and Tibet today with US and Hawaii decades ago, there is the same situation of oppressing another country or culture, but in the past nobody was the referi.
Today, organizations as the UN are the referi, this is why no big nation can go a take others' lands anymore without having an international countermeasure.
To dig the past will give you lots of surprises, but it won't change anything.