"10 Things You May Not Know About the Mexican-American War" Topic

"On April 25, 1846, the first shots of the Mexican-American War were fired during a skirmish near the Rio Grande. In the two-year conflict that followed, U.S. forces invaded Mexico and forced it to cede huge tracts of land in the West. President James K. Polk and his supporters considered the war a fulfillment of the United States' "Manifest Destiny" to expand across North America, but while it was a military success, it was also hugely controversial and led to decades of animosity south of the border. Explore 10 fascinating facts about what has often been called America's "forgotten war."…"
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Armand

Thanks, Armand, that was a very interesting read!

Typical History Channel nonsense. Both items 1 and 8, for instance, presume modern communications, when, in fact, it took months for messages to travel between Washington and Mexico City.

Abraham Lincoln opposed the war because he was a Whig and Polk was a Democrat, not out of some high-flown moral stand.

The so-called Ninos Heores were essentially unknown even in Mexico until Porfirio Diaz decided to create anti-US feeling in the 1880's. In fact, one of the supposed martyrs was actually the Commanding General of the Mexican Army at the time the monument was installed, and three of the other names were never carried on the rolls of the Military Academy.

And the anti-norteamericano animosity which the war supposedly engendered had already existed – Mexican politicians regularly blamed all the country's ills on the US.

Never let facts get in the way of your propaganda.

Having the northern third of their country seized certainly made anti-US propaganda easier. Perhaps they arranged it for that purpose.

Well… is not easy not to blame someone who lost half of their territory!… (smile).

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Armand