On Thursday 13 September 2001 04:09 am, Joel Hammer spoke thus unto
Caesar's assembled legions:
<snip>
> Now a good war was in 1848 (or there abouts) with Mexico, since we
> got California (since reclaimed) and Texas (oil) from Mexico.
> However, even that victory was tainted according to US Grant, since
> he claimed in his autobiography that the acquisition of those
> territories was the root cause of the American Civil War.
> Joel
>
<snip>
At the risk of starting severe flame (remember the <OT> ;-) ;-) ), if
we had not "annexed" Texas, perhaps Dubya would be president of Mexico
today <g>.
--
Tony Alfrey
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"I'd rather be sailing"
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