[Vision2020] Say What?

[Donovan Arnold]

Yeah, the level of infallibility is enough to make the Pope jealous. 
 


--- On Tue, 3/31/09, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
To: "<bear at moscow.com>" <bear at moscow.com>
Cc: "vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>, "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 8:45 AM


No one was ever any more right than you, bear!

Joe Campbell

On Mar 31, 2009, at 3:29 PM, <bear at moscow.com> wrote:

>
> And speaking of "hitting a history book"........
>
> Donovan wrote:
>
> " Mexico only had the US territories for about 20 years total time,  
> which they stole from
> the
> Spanish, which stole it from the natives. There were also only about  
> 20,000 people living
> in the
> area which the US took from Mexico. Many of the people elected to  
> stay in the US and not
> all
> considered themselves Mexican citizens. I am not saying we were  
> justified in taking the
> land, but
> we were not any more wrong than anyone else."
>
>
> What US territories did the Government of Mexico have ?
>
> What area are you talking about that the "US took from Mexico"? Are  
> you making a
> reference to
> the Republic of Texas, which was an internationally  recognized  
> independent republic ?
>
> And finally, what a great basis for the  way we should look at our  
> history and what we
> should
> strive for:  "we were not any more wrong than anyone else". It's  
> that very thinking that
> has other
> nations looking to bring former US officials to
> court!
>
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