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WarGamer

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4. Ahistorical nonsense...

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Jan 26, 2024, 09:44 PM

Jan 2024

"couldn't protect itself from Mexico"

FFS Texan won their War of Independence from Mexico.

Ask Santa Anna how the Battle of San Jacinto went after the Alamo...

A decade before joining the USA.

At most... security with Mexico was "a" concern... but in reality, it was DEBT and they were courted by Southern US States...

And a great number of Texan leaders were from the US.

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One of the main reasons Texas joined the US was because it couldn't protect itself from Mexico [View all] bigtree Jan 2024 OP

Please give Texas back gopiscrap Jan 2024 #1

You took the words right out of my mouth. Wonder Why Jan 2024 #2

Said the same thing elsewhere recently Jarqui Jan 2024 #5

And Texas did not want to be part of Mexico because Sneederbunk Jan 2024 #3

In the end, most of 19th Century US history (the first 70 years anyway) was about slavery... Wounded Bear Jan 2024 #7

Ahistorical nonsense... WarGamer Jan 2024 #4

we'll just ignore the U.S. troops that fought that war. bigtree Jan 2024 #8

I'm not talking about the Mexican-American War... that was a decade later. WarGamer Jan 2024 #9

Mexican - American War April 25, 1846 ended February 3, 1848 bigtree Jan 2024 #12

All correct. Like I said earlier. WarGamer Jan 2024 #16

Slave states were desperate for TX to join the Union as a slave state, so they wouldn't lose parity in the Senate. eppur_se_muova Jan 2024 #6

LOL former9thward Jan 2024 #10

the war that guaranteed the independence from Mexico that Texas spent a decade fighting to achieve? bigtree Jan 2024 #13

Remember the Alamo? This is amusing, but it's really not accurate. Texas had already won a war against Mexico. LauraInLA Jan 2024 #11

they were still fighting long after that bigtree Jan 2024 #14

and all the rest of the states joined for noble reasons 😅 🙄 nt Raine Jan 2024 #15

"We stole it fair & square" - the mantra of some Texans UTUSN Jan 2024 #17