Kevin McCarthy Unlocks New Level of Embarrassment With Claim That America Never Acquired Land Via WarCantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world – 522 points – 7 months agovanityfair.com85Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentI believe we paid Mexico money for most of the territory...after invading nearly to Mexico City."I'll give you $50" "It's a million square miles!" "Yeah, but there's dead bodies all over it." "YOU KILLED THEM!" "Fine. $55. Take it or leave it."A brief history of New York becoming New York: English: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine.. Dutch: Don't even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost! English: we have some nutmeg.. Dutch: SOLD!Nearly? We fought basically At Mexico City, today that is well within the city limitsThe Gadsden Purchase was for $10 million in 1854 and established the Southern border.A shame what happened to his flag, though.. That snake should be licking a bootThis close enough? Yes thank youCorrect, but the Spanish American War was of conquest. Guam, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa were won through war.Are they still teaching Kipling in the schools? https://www1.udel.edu/History-old/figal/Hist104/assets/pdf/readings/11whitemanburden.pdfConservatives: ...aaaaand it's banned.
I believe we paid Mexico money for most of the territory...after invading nearly to Mexico City."I'll give you $50" "It's a million square miles!" "Yeah, but there's dead bodies all over it." "YOU KILLED THEM!" "Fine. $55. Take it or leave it."A brief history of New York becoming New York: English: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine.. Dutch: Don't even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost! English: we have some nutmeg.. Dutch: SOLD!Nearly? We fought basically At Mexico City, today that is well within the city limitsThe Gadsden Purchase was for $10 million in 1854 and established the Southern border.A shame what happened to his flag, though.. That snake should be licking a bootThis close enough? Yes thank youCorrect, but the Spanish American War was of conquest. Guam, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa were won through war.Are they still teaching Kipling in the schools? https://www1.udel.edu/History-old/figal/Hist104/assets/pdf/readings/11whitemanburden.pdfConservatives: ...aaaaand it's banned.
"I'll give you $50" "It's a million square miles!" "Yeah, but there's dead bodies all over it." "YOU KILLED THEM!" "Fine. $55. Take it or leave it."A brief history of New York becoming New York: English: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine.. Dutch: Don't even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost! English: we have some nutmeg.. Dutch: SOLD!
A brief history of New York becoming New York: English: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine.. Dutch: Don't even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost! English: we have some nutmeg.. Dutch: SOLD!
Nearly? We fought basically At Mexico City, today that is well within the city limitsThe Gadsden Purchase was for $10 million in 1854 and established the Southern border.A shame what happened to his flag, though.. That snake should be licking a bootThis close enough? Yes thank you
The Gadsden Purchase was for $10 million in 1854 and established the Southern border.A shame what happened to his flag, though.. That snake should be licking a bootThis close enough? Yes thank you
A shame what happened to his flag, though.. That snake should be licking a bootThis close enough? Yes thank you
Correct, but the Spanish American War was of conquest. Guam, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa were won through war.Are they still teaching Kipling in the schools? https://www1.udel.edu/History-old/figal/Hist104/assets/pdf/readings/11whitemanburden.pdfConservatives: ...aaaaand it's banned.
Are they still teaching Kipling in the schools? https://www1.udel.edu/History-old/figal/Hist104/assets/pdf/readings/11whitemanburden.pdfConservatives: ...aaaaand it's banned.
I believe we paid Mexico money for most of the territory...after invading nearly to Mexico City.
"I'll give you $50"
"It's a million square miles!"
"Yeah, but there's dead bodies all over it."
"YOU KILLED THEM!"
"Fine. $55. Take it or leave it."
A brief history of New York becoming New York:
English: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine..
Dutch: Don't even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost!
English: we have some nutmeg..
Dutch: SOLD!
Nearly? We fought basically At Mexico City, today that is well within the city limits
The Gadsden Purchase was for $10 million in 1854 and established the Southern border.
A shame what happened to his flag, though..
That snake should be licking a boot
This close enough?
Yes thank you
Correct, but the Spanish American War was of conquest. Guam, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa were won through war.
Are they still teaching Kipling in the schools?
https://www1.udel.edu/History-old/figal/Hist104/assets/pdf/readings/11whitemanburden.pdf
Conservatives: ...aaaaand it's banned.