[SUSSA]

This is a very slanted opinion piece.

First, he errors in stating that President Polk sent troops to instigate a war. He reacted to an invasion by the Mexican military. In those days, the United States didn't sit back and take it when the Mexican military crossed into the U.S. and shot at our citizens.

Second, he neglects to mention that even though the U.S. won the war and didn't have to, we PAID Mexico millions of dollars for the land we got. A few years later they sold us more.

In fact, in the second sale, Mexico wanted to sell us more land but Northern states balked at adding more "slave" territory and cut the size of the purchase.

[jcon40]

Thanks for the good points made.

....... and also after we defeated their army, captured Mexico City, which we should have just kept, we allowed them to sue for peace then sell us the California Territory.

2 weeks later Gold was discovered in Coloma California.