Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the historical reality is that we (the USA) took Texas and California by means of illegal conquest, pushed and funded by those with aims to expand slavery (of blacks and whites). America, use infiltration and subversion to topple foreign government from within? Shocking! The reason why we got so good at it during much of the 20th Century, is because we had a lot of practice...
A war that Polk illegally instigated, for the sole purpose of land conquest, to gain gold, trade route access and more potential slave territory. See Lincoln's speech in Congress condemning it. One of the best indictments of a president every made.
Again, hate to be the buzzkiller, but for most of the 19th Century, we were the baddies.
So you don't mind that your country bullied another country, essentially stealing land and resources? What's worse, stealing elections or stealing countries?
You don't mind that countless thousands and millions of well meaning Americans were duped into supporting the nefarious self-serving scheming of a small group of evil shitheads? I'm proud of my country too, but will condemn evil when there was evil.
Sounds more like you're just incredibly ignorant of some of the ugly parts of American History, and don't like having to come to grips with these uncomfortable truths which were kept hidden from you by your "history" propagandists...
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the historical reality is that we (the USA) took Texas and California by means of illegal conquest, pushed and funded by those with aims to expand slavery (of blacks and whites). America, use infiltration and subversion to topple foreign government from within? Shocking! The reason why we got so good at it during much of the 20th Century, is because we had a lot of practice...
There was a war and Mexico lost. Nothing illegal about that, and I am of Mexican origin.
A war that Polk illegally instigated, for the sole purpose of land conquest, to gain gold, trade route access and more potential slave territory. See Lincoln's speech in Congress condemning it. One of the best indictments of a president every made.
Again, hate to be the buzzkiller, but for most of the 19th Century, we were the baddies.
Don't care, I love my country and don't mind how we got this land.
I am proud of my home.
So you don't mind that your country bullied another country, essentially stealing land and resources? What's worse, stealing elections or stealing countries?
You don't mind that countless thousands and millions of well meaning Americans were duped into supporting the nefarious self-serving scheming of a small group of evil shitheads? I'm proud of my country too, but will condemn evil when there was evil.
Sounds more like you're just incredibly ignorant of some of the ugly parts of American History, and don't like having to come to grips with these uncomfortable truths which were kept hidden from you by your "history" propagandists...