Againsheila
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José;2210971 said:Originally posted by Zander
Yeah, sure we did. Google "Mexican-American War". You gave us that territory after we kicked your asses.
Originally posted by Angelhair
Mexico SOLD the land to the USA for $15,000,000 which was alot of money at that time. After all, THEY could not figure out what to do with such a desert wasteland.
Make up your mind, people!!!!
Either Mexico gave their northern provinces after getting a royal ass-kicking (Zander) or it sold them for a good price (Angelhair).
For those of you interested in the historical truth:
Mexico allowed a small number of american colonists to settle its nothern provinces and was flooded by thousands of illegal american immigrants from 1821 to 36.
Then, those american settlers (both legal and illegal) perpetrated one of the biggest travesties of justice in the history of the american continent:
They declared independence on territories they had lived FOR 13 YEARS!!!
The whole world witnessed the sad, pathetic spectacle of a bunch of naturalised "mexicans" and illegal american immigrants, born everywhere in the US, Maine, Virginia, the Carolinas, you name it, declaring Mexico's northern provinces as their "HOMELAND".
The Texas Landgr... I mean Revolution is a joke that only super patriotic american clowns with their pea sized brains still take seriously.
And Mexico neither "gave" nor "sold" their northern provinces to the US. The country was strongarmed by an army of occupation into renouncing to half of its territory for peanuts. The "treaty" was signed under extreme duress and is worth less than the toilet paper I used to wipe my ass this morning.
IMO, when we flew our flag over Mexico City, we should have just kept it there, then we wouldn't be having this problem today.