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To: SilentZ who wrote (341310)	6/25/2007 1:59:00 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 1571939

Sure, but that was a long time ago. <g> Anyway, they stole it before that, but if you can’t maintain control of territory, someone else will take it and that’s the way it has always been. The main concern though is language and I don’t think Canada’s situation with Quebec is anything compared with what we have coming. If they were learning English it wouldn't be that big a deal, but they're not. * * *

To: SilentZ who wrote (341310)	6/25/2007 8:44:02 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571939

Yes, having the southwest stolen out from under our noses is worse than spending a trillion dollars. I'm no history expert, but didn't we steal it from them first? We didn't actually steal California. We paid $18 million for it. Chump change by today's standards but back in 1848 it was a lot of money: "The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, marked the end of the Mexican-American War. In that treaty, the United States agreed to pay Mexico $18,250,000; Mexico formally ceded California (and other northern territories) to the United States, and a new international boundary was drawn; San Diego Bay is one of the only natural harbors in California south of San Francisco, and to claim all this strategic water, the border was slanted to include it." en.wikipedia.org