Kevin McCarthy Unlocks New Level of Embarrassment With Claim That America Never Acquired Land Via War - eviltoast
    • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      The technicality they’re using is that the land was purchased after the war as opposed to taken as a result of the war.

      • bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        Yes, but that land would not have been “sold” if they hadn’t lost the war. The war was fought to conquer land, and the payment was for war “reparations”.

        The U.S. agreed to pay $15 million for the physical damage of the war and assumed $3.25 million of debt already owed by the Mexican government to U.S. citizens

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