The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending what became known as the Mexican War, or, as Mexican history books refer to it, "The Time Those Manifest-Destiny Dicks Provoked a War They Knew We Couldn't Win to Take 55% of Our Land."
Monday, February 02, 2009
This Day in History: 1848
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending what became known as the Mexican War, or, as Mexican history books refer to it, "The Time Those Manifest-Destiny Dicks Provoked a War They Knew We Couldn't Win to Take 55% of Our Land."
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Although, to be fair, is there a better time to provoke a war than when you know your opposition can't win? I mean really. Only the truly foolish would start a war they KNOW they can't win. And, of course, the land the Spanish had held had been taken not due to Manifest Destiny, but because, well, they could and God really, really wanted them to. They just didn't know it was because God wanted the U.S. of A. to come along and take it a few decades later.
I'm pretty sure that is written in The Art of War somewhere. The first part, not the stuff about God wanting the Spanish to pre-steal land from the natives for the US to take later.
Maybe that's in there, though. I can't say I've read the whole thing.
I'm sorry, I wasn't clear. God didn't want the Spanish to pre-steal that territory for the U.S. per say, but actually for McDonald's. It's not in The Art of War it's in, well I can't say, but Tom Cruise could explain it better.
As he can with everything.
Well…duh! But it's not like it sprung up on it's own either. Mexico achieved independence in 1821…from Spain. Besides, what better target for U.S. expansion than another former colony that lacked European backing? If the U.S. wouldn't have taken all that Mexican. Besides, little known fact, the Manifest Destiny that spurred the westward U.S. expansion of the early 1800s was actually referring to the McSkillet Burrito with Sausage.
hahahahaha, askov, what did i tell you about using wikipedia as your only source. but, come to think of it, your mcskillet burrito with sausage version of westward expansion is probably about as factual as my 5th grade mcgraw-hill book of lies.
Of course it is, Blaine. Howard Zinn would have you believe that the U.S. is one of the most evil, imperialistic tyrannies ever spawned on this Godless rock. Of course, he's wrong. It was merely the incubator for that hell-spawned power McDonald's. Any company with a presence in every first, second, third and a few fourth-world countries that has a marketing campaign that has three year-olds who have never been there pointing it out on the roadside is an Evil Empire that must be stopped. Tear down those arches Mr. McDonald…tear down those arches.
howard zinn is NEVER wrong.
Girls, girls...You're BOTH pretty.
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