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War on the Southern Border
Finally a military man after my own heart. Hope this hasn't been published here before.
War on the Southern Border
Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely, US Army (Ret)
Since the Mexican Independence from Spain in 1821, there has always been the question of who owned what in the west. Since invading the New World, Spain controlled a vast territory that included all of modern day Mexico all the way through California and Utah, not to mention Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. Arguments go in many directions but the fact of the matter is that in 1846 President Polk called for the invasion of Mexico. It was a bloody war, based mostly on the principal of “Manifest Destinyâ€
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