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This Day in History: Mexican General Santa Anna orders Texans at Goliad executed
TaraRoss.com ^ | March 27, 2018

Posted on 03/27/2018 11:14:04 AM PDT by iowamark

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1 posted on 03/27/2018 11:14:04 AM PDT by iowamark
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Wikipedia article on the Goliad massacre:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliad_massacre


2 posted on 03/27/2018 11:15:20 AM PDT by iowamark
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To: iowamark

Well, the Mexicans were surely not very honorable in this fight.


3 posted on 03/27/2018 11:19:17 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: iowamark

MS-13 material. Maybe the originals.


4 posted on 03/27/2018 11:20:04 AM PDT by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: iowamark

Democrats would have cheered these killings, saying those Americans in Texas should not have had guns in the first place, and that they deserved this


5 posted on 03/27/2018 11:21:19 AM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: iowamark

The character of the mexican uncivilized culture hasn’t changed much, has it.


6 posted on 03/27/2018 11:22:03 AM PDT by publius911 (Declaration: MSM, I am so over watching or listening to bald perverts, thugs and sluts)
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To: iowamark

This is why We never surrender!


7 posted on 03/27/2018 11:22:04 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: iowamark

Should have started the wall right after San Jacinto.


8 posted on 03/27/2018 11:27:29 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: iowamark

I don’t recall Texan or American troops ordering the mass execution of Mexican prisoners at any point.

Heck, we paid the Braceros ... their government kept the money. The Mexican government is why Mexico has problems. Mexico could have had everything West of the Mississippi and south of Canada but with the same folks in charge in Mexico City it would still be a (much larger) mess.

So in summation, it’s okay with me that we sent Santa Anna back to be an incompetent tyrant over Mexico rather than do Mexico a favor and sting him up from some tree after San Jacinto as he deserved.


9 posted on 03/27/2018 11:29:47 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: realcleanguy

The Democrats would have tried to disarm Christians in Spain for the Muslim invaders.


10 posted on 03/27/2018 11:31:21 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: iowamark

And yet Santa Anna lived to a ripe old age, even after San Jacinto.


11 posted on 03/27/2018 11:34:59 AM PDT by IronJack (A)
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To: IronJack

IIRC, an elderly Santa Anna tried to meddle in the Caste War and was saved from execution by the U.S. Counsel to the Yucatan.


12 posted on 03/27/2018 11:38:03 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: realcleanguy

George P. Bush wants to change the Alamo exhibits to reflect the Mexican side of the story.


13 posted on 03/27/2018 11:40:59 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: IronJack

He sold us another piece of Mexico with the Gasdsen Purchase in 1853.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_Purchase


14 posted on 03/27/2018 11:44:05 AM PDT by iowamark
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To: iowamark

The History channel has an excellent series on now called The Men who made the America-Frontiermen.


15 posted on 03/27/2018 11:56:42 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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George P. Bush wants to change the Alamo exhibits to reflect the Mexican side of the story.

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Where did you see that?

The Mexican side is already represented. Most in the Alamo were Mexican citizens anyway.


16 posted on 03/27/2018 11:59:54 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Jim 0216

I believe all of us recognize these rebels were trattors


17 posted on 03/27/2018 12:04:27 PM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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To: Jim 0216

> Well, the Mexicans were surely not very honorable in this fight.

When were Mexicans ever honorable?

During the Mexican-American War, 1846-1846, the Mexican Troops used hollow point copper bullets with the hollow being filled with copper sulfate, i.e., poison bullets. These bullets had been outlawed by international treaty for over a century at that time. Virtually all wounds resulted in death by copper poisoning.


18 posted on 03/27/2018 12:06:28 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: iowamark

If Sam Houston had shot Santa Anna he would hailed as the Geo. Washington of Mexico. SA was a thorn in the side of Mexico for decades after Texas left.


19 posted on 03/27/2018 12:14:31 PM PDT by buffaloguy (Bond arms Cowbot)
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To: iowamark
Mexico lost Texas because of immigration.

Always remember that. When you invite people in who you don't 'force' to assimilate, there is always the chance they become the conquerors.

20 posted on 03/27/2018 12:16:16 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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