Did the US really have a legal/legitimate claim to annex Texas ?   I am thinking no.?
94078
what about hawii? what about the 13 original colonies. no! the history of mankind is we take things. we took the US and it ours now. but its part of life.\n\nland is won with war, not polotics.
659136
Hey thewanderer862004.  I think you need to read up on American history.  The US did attack and capture Mexico City, but we gave it back because it was 2 weeks after the end of the Mexican-American war in 1848.\n\nHowever, The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war and gave the U.S control of Texas, California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming.
105103
The United States never had any empire full stop.\nThey never claimed other countries as their own.
1032680
we cannot help it -- TEXAS, of course!....just kidding...
18249
Those deeds aren't recognized by any country. That came about because in some UN resolution they decided that no COUNTRY could claim the moon as it's own, or any territory on it. But, they didn't mention individuals or companies... so theoreticaly, a person can claim a peice of the moon, but no court or anything would defend that claim. It's been done before too, but lots of people.
7815
That all really depends on your definition of "stole." Technically, the Mexican government signed the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, ceding all of the territories to which you refer in exchange for $15 million and ending the Mexican-American War. One could say, however, that the Mexican-American War was merely a pretext for taking all of the territory, and it is likely not far from the truth. Also, a large chunk of Arizona and a section of New Mexico were purchased after the stealing of the rest in 1853 as the Gadsden Purchase, in which the US paid Mexico $10 million, about $343,826,098 accounting for inflation.
213661
Yes. We should've taken over Canada and Mexico when we had the chance.  Manifest destiny, baby... BOOYAH!\n\nqutab_afghan: Insha Allah this [grabbing my crotch], douchebag!
1127452
I hope the answers given by the Americans on here , aren't representative of the views of all Americans. There's got to be SOME Americans who are good guys. \nAs previously mentioned by others, only more eloquently, America invaded and 'stole' this bay about 100 hundred years ago, as it was strategically sited for access to the whole of the Caribbean. (It has carried out this strategy many times since, all over the world). To make it look legal, the US sends Cuba a 'rental cheque' every year, which Cuba has never cashed.\nEffectively, the US are squatters in Cuba, they have no linternationally recognised legal right to be there.
240761
Weapons of mass destruction UN resolutions backed up the US and allies to invade. CIA and MI5 both said they had them. None were ever found. \nAt the end of the day saddam was evil and did need to be over thrown. However the US really needs the oil. Now that is not to say they want to steal it but they do need a friendly govt. to trade with. \nMost of the contracts have also went to US companies which is a slap in the face for the allies. \n\nmy source is just from watching news in the uk which went to town on our own govt for allowing us to be rogered by our supposed close friends in the good ole U.S. \nno disrespect intended. I my self work for an amercian company in the North Sea oil fields.\n\nGood question mate.
482823
texas was part of mexico, but mostly americans lived there, and they wanted to break from mexico and form their own country, and possibly join the USA. the texans organized an army and started fighting the mexicans, and one main battle took place at the alamo\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo
132851
Wasn't that the next mexican conquest after the Alamo?  The battle cry "Remember the Alamo" is incomplete. It is "Remember the Alamo, remember Goliad" I recall the mexican army had captured 400 or so texians and executed them there. Outnumbered, they surrendered expecting to be treated as prisoners.
616827
Mexico most definitely DID NOT cede Texas to the US. Texas won her independence from Mexico in April of 1836 because President Santa Anna failed to live up to the terms of the Constitution of 1824.\n\nMost of the people who fought and died in the Texas Revolution were Mexican citizens. The majority of Texas' citizens - both Anglo and Hispanic alike - supported the Texans fight for independence.\n\nTexas was an independent Republic for ten years before joining the United States in 1846.\n\nInterestingly, when Texas won independence and joined the United States ten years later, Texas territory extended all the way up into Colorado. Do the illegal immigrants plan to recapture Colorado in their laughable plan to regain Aztlán???
383329
the united states own puerto rico which is actually a territory, not a state, and one other territory.  I'm not sure what it is called but i think it is located by the philipeans
442486
Umm...no.  First of all, the United States has never stolen any land from Mexico.  We won a few wars.  We made the peace agreements.  Mexico legally signed their lands over to us.  And this all occurred close to 150 years ago.\n\nThe notion that they're going to take Texas and other Southwestern states "back" is ridiculous.  People are coming over the border to find work as there is very little in Mexico.\n\nAnd, even for a minute, the Mexicans are trying to take land "back" from the US, we would declare war on them before any of that would happen.  And then they would lose and they'd finally stop complaining.\n\nI don't think anyone should worry about that though, as the Mexican government can't seem to do anything correctly, anyway.
546632
What history book did you read?  Texas won their independence from Mexico and then asked the United States to annex them.
355739
"The Republic of Texas is no more," proclaimed Anson Jones, the last president of the republic, as he stood on the steps of the old wooden Capitol building in Austin and hauled down the Lone Star flag. The date was Feb. 19, 1846, and the ceremony was the culmination of years of effort on the part of Jones, Sam Houston and other Texas leaders who orchestrated Texas' annexation into the union. \n\nBy all historical accounts, Texas officially joined the Union on Dec. 29, 1845. It has been a state for more than 150 years. But now, a beleaguered group calling itself the Republic of Texas is capturing headlines with its claim that Texas annexation violated the United States Constitution. Despite more than 150 years of calling itself a state, the group argues, Texas remains a sovereign, independent nation. \n\nThe self-styled Republic of Texas has taken its argument to the Supreme Court of Texas, which dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction. The group also has petitioned the International Court of Justice at The Hague; the court refused to hear its application. Nor would the U.S. State Department listen to its contention. Since then, the group has begun filing phony property liens, including a $93 trillion lien against the assets of the state of Texas, and last weekend it took two people hostage. So the time has come to take a serious look at the group's claim that Texas' annexation was illegal. \n\nThe group argues that since Texas was an independent nation in 1845, and nations make agreements by treaty, the United States could annex Texas only by treaty. Only Congress has the power to admit new states, so a treaty would have relegated Texas to territorial status. Moreover, the U.S. Senate was in no mood to ratify an annexation treaty in 1845. It had rejected just such a treaty in 1844. Thus was born the idea of annexing Texas -- as a state -- by joint resolution of Congress. A joint resolution required only a majority vote in each house, and Congress could admit new states. \n\nThe group's claim that the joint resolution was unconstitutional is not original. It was raised in both houses of Congress during the debates, and a majority of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations reported against the resolution on that ground. \n\nNevertheless, Congress passed the joint resolution consenting to Texas' annexation, and President John Tyler signed it on March 1, 1845. The Congress of Texas unanimously accepted the resolution on June 18, and a constitutional convention, convened on July 4, drafted a new state constitution. \n\nThe annexation proposal was submitted to the people of Texas and ratified by an overwhelming majority on Oct. 13, 1845. The U.S. Congress quickly adopted a Texas statehood resolution, and President James K. Polk (who had taken office in the interim) signed it on Dec. 29, 1845. \n\nTexas' annexation marked the first time in history that a sovereign nation voluntarily relinquished its sovereignty and became a part of another nation. Was it constitutional? Under international law -- and the group claims its status is governed by the law of nations -- no nation has the right to question its agreement with another nation by claiming that the other nation violated its own law. \n\nIn any event, in an 1868 case called Texas vs. White, the Supreme Court held that once Texas became a state in 1845, its union with the other states was complete, perpetual and indissoluble. In a 1901 case, the Supreme Court said that territory acquired by conquest or treaty is acquired "as absolutely as if the annexation were made, as in the case of Texas ... , by an act of Congress." \n\nNor did the state of Texas reassert its independence in 1861, as the group argues, by seceding from the Union. As Texas vs. White makes clear, Texas' attempt at secession was void from the beginning. \n\nThe Republic of Texas insists that since Texas is an independent nation, its status is governed by intern
396816
Last I heard there were 20,000,000 (20 million) illegals in the United States.  We never sent that many troops anywhere in all history to invade a county.  Therefore, it must be an invasion.