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OK. Call me a bleeding heart. These people or more accurately their ancestors got screwed. I am not proud of it. But its a done deal. Whining about something that can't be undone is not going to serve anyone's interests. On a side note some of the comments on here display a disturbing and very perverted view of history. Gloating about an injustice committed by our fore bearers (for those of us of white European descent) is not good form.

The Indians would have wiped us out if they could have too. I agree that they did get screwed, but the English were struggling to survive as were the Indians. There were no innocent or guilty in this. The Indians had always fought each other, Europeans had always fought each other. It's simple human nature, and when the English arrived here; which they had every right to do, what came next over the centuries was unavoidable. I'm sure Indians are proud of their ancestors who fought the English, and I am proud of my Puritan ancestors.

These people did not "get screwed". They lost, pure and simple. The various tribes had been at war with each other for hundreds of years, and couldn't even forget their differences and band together for the time it took to repel invaders. They might have staved off the invasion of their country had they used a little ingenuity, upgraded their arms, and honed their guerrilla fighting tactics....and most importantly, removed the Europeans while their numbers were small. The natives just waited too long, thats all.

Invasion and occupation of countrys have been going on since the beginning of time....and the invasion and occupation of what is now North America is no exception....

Look what is going on as we speak. America took the southwest states from Mexico....now Mexico is taking it back, wetback by wetback....and our government and therefore, WE the People, are letting it happen with only minimum resistance. Maybe we ought to use a little ingenuity, upgrade our arms, and hone our guerrilla fighting tactics??...its already too late to kick them out easily due to their numbers already here.

So the World turns and grinds on.