What a jaded, inflammatory article.

The cause of the Maine's sinking wasn't officially
known until the late 20th century-it wasn't a boiler explosion, it was a powder magazine explosion, caused by the heat of a boiler.

While the article is mostly correct, one hundred years of retrospect, history and interpretation really make me wonder where our 'Empire Building'
skill went wrong. We bought Alaska, fell upon the Hawaiian Islands and the VI, Puerto Rico and all the smaller islands of the Carribean remain Commonwealth states, I remember the statehood votes soundly beaten by people of those areas....they wanted to remain independent.

Damn, we should have sent troops down there to get them in line and make them join us-like it or not.

The separation of the 6,000 black troops from the total and the quote of the desire to "kill n------" shows that the author not only wants to inflame feelings, but play the race card and does, several more times in this 'article'.

America was 34 years removed from the Civil War and just a few years from WWI.

lololol,

Our first overseas venture 100 years ago may have been our worst-but this moron and his statements claiming we are an occupation force make me laugh.


The people of Iraq are people who cannot and will not be ruled, by themselves or others. They are used to having edicts and laws pressed upon them. They have lived in fear and never had a voice in HOW they live their live...

Years of not having a choice has killed their spirit of humanity, freedom and peace....They can't grasp democracy because they never have had the taste of freedom and thinking for themselves.
They tolerate beheadings, bombings and terrorists because they haven't learned the old saying-

I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

-Tthe saddest part is that they are forced into that kneeling position by their own brothers.

What is Katz' point?

105 years of presidential lying?

Yeah, the Iraqi 'invasion' shows we are alot smarter than we were 105 years ago......


We aren't killing our own soldiers with canned meat.....We kill them by ignoring the basic needs as to the kind of equipment they need and doubt them in every single battle they fight in.

And when they screw up we'll tie their hands behind their backs and let them try and do their jobs.

Fiction is always a good read when it's tempered with a little fact.......And since we have no sex in the S.A. war, let's stir up some racist views from the 19th century..

If a white man seems to forget he's human-

A writer can easily remind him of his sins, the past and how much progress he has made.
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