[kms61]

Wasn't directed at you in particular, just some of the posts in general on this thread.

[MARTIAL MONK]

My point is that the U.S. policy toward the Indians was by and large humane. The Eastern press was quick to point out any transgressions on the part of the whites. They served as an unrelenting conscience for our dealings.

We could not tolerate the continuation of these barbaric stone age cultures. The murders had to be stopped. We did a fair job, at least in concept, of providing for them. The Reservations were not designed to keep the Indians in, they were designed to keep whites out. There were broken promises and outright crookedness in some cases but the policy was in the right direction.

I can promise the Greenies that the Clinton created National Monuments will be sancrosect as long as the grass shall grow . . .