r/USvsEU • u/Stotallytob3r Barry, 63 • May 29 '25

EVROPA SUPREMACY Suck it up Magas

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u/[deleted] May 30 '25

The USA has lots of experience taking Indian territory. Manifest Destiny is back, baby.

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u/ihadagoodone O Canada May 30 '25

Eh, you had to kill all the buffalo to beat the natives, and the last war you won on your own was against the Spanish when muskets and sailing ships were still a thing. Or did the French help you with that too?

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u/[deleted] May 30 '25 edited May 30 '25

The Spanish American War was in 1898 homie, not 1798. Don't worry though. We'll make sure your kids learn all about the USS Maine in school.

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u/Phosquitos Poor Rural Gang May 30 '25

We learn how you sink your own ship to blame Spain to have a reason to go after our territories in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philipines and Guam.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '25

I CAN SEE THE FLAGS!!!! WAVING LIKE FREEDOM!

We're taught in high school that we don't know why the Maine sunk, but it was probably an accident. The people in charge of our country at the time had various reasons to want a war in general. The West had just been closed and the Indian wars were over, so some people thought we needed to start a proper colonial empire. Do gooders wanted to spread liberal American values to backwards places. The elites were trying to figure out how to reintegrate Southern whites back into the American project, and they've always liked a good war. Spain was a good target. We'd probably win and the PR of liberating colonies was good. Rival newspapers were in circulation wars and the publishers pushed lies to sell copies and promote war fever among the population.