Mexican War

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• 5/28/2023
  

  The Mexican War Suggests Ukraine May End Up Conceding Crimea. World War I Suggests the Price May Be Tragic if it Doesn't

  by Alan J. Singer

  Ukrainian leadership would likely compare the abandonment of its claim to Crimea to be an injustice on par with Mexico's surrender of California and the southwest to the United States. Is it the least bad alternative? 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  3/4/2022
  

  Putin is Following the 19th Century US in Using Separatist Movements to Justify Empire

  by Elliott Young

  No American observers should use the term "unprecedented" to describe Putin's claim to support self-determination as a justification for invading another country. It's part of the toolkit of empire.

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• 4-20-14
  

  What Do You Call It When a Big Country Takes a Chunk of a Small One? Greed (And We Should Know)

  by David Lee McMullen

  The intent is a massive land grab, pure and simple.