On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:36:09 -0800 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip] > It's a little disingenious to hide behind the success of World War II to > whitewash over the utter failure of every military action since. "Every" US military action since WWII has been a "utter failure" ? The first Gulf war (incontrovertibly a resounding success, the argument being over whether we should have gone further), the Korean war (not a victory, but hardly an utter failure), the Afghanistan campaign, the efforts in the Balkans have been "utter failures" ? > Civil War expanded our borders (confusingly adding the Oregon Territory > (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, parts of Whyoming and Montana) in 1859 by > military threat after they voted against joining the United States in > 1843), as did World War II (adding territory in the pacific and West > Germany). Hawai'i wouldn't be a state had it not been coerced following > WWII. To say that America has only peacefully expanded it's borders is a > lie: History is written by the winners after all. History is not written by the winners in this case; the criticisms of the US you mention are alive and well, due to *our* staunch defense of freedom of speech. I would venture that our academies are turning out as much of the anti US historiography as anyone's. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
