“We would force someone to sell to us by threat of an armed attack? I am afraid thats not a reasonable course of action.”
We “forced” the Indians to give up North America using “armed attack”, and in many cases, it wasn’t even a “sale” — they got next to nothing in return.
Was -that- a “reasonable course of action”?
BTW, I have no problems with that, and think it was indeed.
I guess we’ll just have to disagree. About both actions.