I agree, I was just pointing out that we didn't kick their butt, we were fighting a sick and weakened people.
At 02:29 PM 12/2/2001 -0800, you wrote: >That's a bit of a simplification. Yes, the Spanish (more than 1 million >California Indians were killed by small pox brought by the Spanish), the >French and the English did a good deal of killing. But it was an American >who coined the phrase, "The only good Indian is a dead Indian." The >American military slaughtered 10s of thousands of Indians, wiping out whole >villages. It was Andrew Jackson who force marched the Cherokee into >Oklahoma. > >Also, whether Spanish, French or English, the atrocities are still part of >our history, still part of our culture and something that was accomplished >under the banner of Western culture and Christianity. > >As I said before, I don't believe that any of this invalidates anything >about the United States (or Christianity for that matter). It's just part >of our history to come to terms with and learn from. > >H. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 9:44 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Massive blasts rock Central Jerusalem :( > > >You must remember the majority of America was gained by purchase or by war >with other established countries. Most of the US was gained through the >Louisiana Purchase, the war with Mexica and different treaties with >England. And don't forget Sewards Folly(Alaska). > >We let England, France, and Spain do most of the Indian killing. By the >time America came out to the new land the Indians were too tired and sick >to fight. > > >At 01:29 AM 12/2/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >Which country is the most powerful nation in the world? America. > >If we had let the Indian's survive or let them stay in the land we > >occupied, like the Israelis let the "Palestinians" stay in 68 after they > >took over the occupied territories (another analogy), then we would be > >fighting Indian terrorists right now. > >The winners write the history books, not the compromisers. Every single > >American today is an American because we killed all of the Indians. Any > >American who thinks we should not have done it really can leave for all > >I care. I'm sure there is another most powerful nation in the world > >somewhere for them. > > > >The ironic thing is that if America had existed back in the 1700's and > >another country tried to invade the Indians homeland, we would probably > >send in troops and defend the Indians homeland so we could feel good > >about ourselves. That is America's hypocrrisy, the people want to feel > >good about themselves. They are probably the same ones who are ashamed > >of America's history too. I'm more ashamed of these people than of what > >we did to the Indians. These people are unintelligent. Stupidity has > >caused more pain and misery in our world than anything else throughout > >history. > > > >If Israel had taken the American example to heart they would control > >most of the Middle East by now, they are powerful enough. Is that a good > >thing? I dont know, but there would be less Islamic militants to drive > >planes into our buildings, and no Palestinians dancing in the streets > >when Americans are killed. Did you want to dance in the streets with > >them? I assume not, then why are you so supportive of them? > >They would be happy to kill every single Israeli and American, yet you > >side with them, because you want to take the higher road and think > >yourself above that kind of violence. Seems hypocritical to me. > > > >jon > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
