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[โ€“] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It was pre nukes, but we actually did go to war with Mexico. How do you think we got Texas?

[โ€“] bizarroland@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago

We weren't a badass superpower when that happened. We were just in a place where the actual superpowers of the time were unable and unwilling to spend the money needed to defend Mexico from us.