Was the Mexican War justified
"The War with Mexico constitutes an episode, and by no means an unimportant one, in the history of the American Union. Its brilliant scenes, and stirring incidents, have attracted unusual attention, and they must long continue to be remembered." The Mexican War has generally been condemned by American historians as “the foulest blot on our national honor.” Mexico had insulted the US flag, plundered the commerce, imprisoned our citizens, lied to US representatives, and neglected our envoys. As early as 1837 President Jackson said that Mexico’s offenses “would justify in the eyes of all nations immediate war.” America’s war with Mexico has been labeled both then and since, an unprovoked and unjustifiable war of aggression and territorial aggrandizement. However, this holds contra. For one thing Mexico refused to recognize the annexation of Texas. This is one of the justifications that the war wasn’t for territory or that the war was the United States fault (DOC A). The annexation of Texas was a perfectly fair transaction. For nine years, since the victory of San Jacinto in 1836, Texas had been an independent republic, whose reconquest Mexico had not the slightest chance of effecting. In fac
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