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In article <BMnJtM.18B@world.std.com> DSPWorld@world.std.com (Amnon Aliphas) writes:
>   It looks like Jim Eggert's knowledge of history is deficient.
>
>   Most of the land taken by the U.S. in 1847, during the Mexican War was taken
>   by force from Mexico.  The U.S. forces were occupying Mexico City Sept.1847 and
>   Mexico, was forced to sign the Guadalupe-Hidalgo treaty by which Mexico
>   "ceded" California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, parts of Utah and Colorado,
>   and of course Texas (which was anexed before, and was the reason the war
>   started).
>
>   Get your facts straight before you post them.
>
>   Amnon Aliphas

Please reread my posting.  Here is the paragraph to which you reply:

In article <JIME.92Apr10233057@bullwinkle.atc.ll.mit.edu> jime@bullwinkle.atc.ll.mit.edu wrote:
>> CA and most of NM and AZ were taken by the US by force of military
>> arms from Mexico in 1846-48.  The US pretty much conquored Mexico and
>> kept the pieces it wanted.  Southern NM and AZ were bought
>> peacefully from Mexico in 1854.  Most of FL was bought from the
>> Spanish in 1821, after we took it anyway in 1818.

It seems that your posting and mine are consistent.
What exactly are you taking issue with?

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=Jim  jime%atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert)