How Long Is It Since The Usa Last Used The Principle, 'Might Is Right' To Take Land From Other...

[sandyRoe]

... countries?

Was it mid 19th Century when they took large chunks of Mexico?

I don't know how they came to control Puerto Rico, Hawaii, areas of Samoa and the Virgin Islands.

[naomi24]

Who are they taking land from?

[youngmafbog]

He's falling for The Donalds rethoric and methods of "persuasion".

[ToraToraTora]

funny we seem to be using the opposite....

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1888849.html

 

[starmack]

Looks a lot like Cromwell in Ireland "To Hell or to Connacht?"

[theshedman]

Don't forget the USA only controls half of the Virgin Islands the UK controls the other half.

[Peter Pedant]

American colonialsim - surely not surely not !

TeddyRoosevelt - Meheecan War - he was one of the Rough Riders madesure the cameras were there as he rode roughly. And he  won an election

BVI and American VI I think  we sold them ornart

Puerto Rico voted nOT for closer union

Hawaiidid ( 50th state)

Is this a bigthink that the greatest republic in the world says it wasnt colonial and so it is important for us to say....

I mean History

[Peter Pedant]

Was it mid 19th Century when they took large chunks of Mexico?

Yes 

Vallejo applied to join theBritish Empire and the great white Queen said no.

( Yeah Los ABer s quieren " Qui Vallejo ? Qui Vallejo etonces !" etc  "No Greengo! " ( No forrin but in Spanith) - more insulting than "forrin". (*)

"Mi Dio, una moderatore ven aqui!"  shhhh

Geo Bush's mum spoke spanith because well  she was Hispanic and the spanish press complained about  his awful accent by comparison ( greeengo) etc ( "un accento marcado gringo "  )

when dat? when day say dat? O god 20 y ago - look it  up

[Peter Pedant]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Guadalupe_Vallejo

andthe 1854 Land Act reversed and held void any transfers made in Meheeco for land transfers. Thus it made it available  for white Americn carpet baggers

[sandyRoe]

Naomi24 

 The icy wastes of Greenland, the sweltering deserts of the middle east, and the humid jungles of Central America,  have all attracted the rapacious eye of Trump.

[ynnafymmi]

Considering the Palestinians started this present war,allowing the Palestinians any say in this matter would be like Hitler planning the future of Germany after WW2.

[sandyRoe]

This thread isn't about Palestine.

If anyone wants to start one on that subject they're likely to get lots of replies.

[naomi24]

sandyRoe 13.57.  You and I haven't been watching the same news bulletins.  I've haven't seen the US grabbing any of that.

[theshedman]

So pray tell us sandy what this thread is about if it's not Trump wanting to take land from the Palestinians.

[Untitled]

he has promised to make Greenland, Canada, and Gaza part of the USA. 

to answer the question... probably the spanish-american war under president mckinley. A man whom trump has been talking up lately.

[Ellipsis]

You missed out the Panama Canal, Untitled ...

[ynnafymmi]

So,shouldnt this be in History rather than News Untitled?

[Untitled]

not really ynnafymmi because the president has repeatedly expressed interest in doing the same.

i will note however that mckinley was assassinated six months into his second term. i didn't know that!

 

ellipsis - of course silly me. hard to keep track

[ynnafymmi]

But sandy himself has said this isnt about Gaza/Palestine,so my posting stands,this posting from sandy should be in History rather than News.

[Untitled]

it's not exclusively about palestine, but gaza is one place that trump says he wants

[sandyRoe]

And the assassination of McKinley made way for Roosevelt to occupy the White House.