Taking the Heights at San Juan Hill, 1898 (Pt 1)

[chazmena]

I hate this revisionism...these men were brave, no doubt, but the only reason why they succeeded throughout is because the Cuban Liberation Army isolated the Spanish fighting the Americans in San Juan and El Caney...preventing Spanish reinforcement. No where is that mentioned. Revisionism with Imperialistic designs...

[RPenta]

American Imperialism raises its ugly head.

[Nightrbinger24]

@RPenta

Actually, America fought in Cuba to help liberate it from Spain.

It's not Imperialist to help rebels free themselves from an actual Imperialist power.

[RPenta]

@Nightrbinger24 Actually, you need to read some history about this-you might want to find the part that goes something like: the Spanish left and the Yanquis stayed. Check with the Puerto Ricans and the Phillippinos also.

[Nightrbinger24]

@RPenta

Yes.

The Spanish left after their defeat in the Spanish-American war, ceding all territory they used to rule there to the American government.

The Cubans wanted freedom from the Spanish.

The Americans wanted no European influence in the Americas.

The Spanish wanted to keep Cuba.

The Americans stayed to keep Spanish and other European powers out of the Americas.

[RPenta]

@Nightrbinger24 Think a moment: (I know it's a new experience) why would Spanish "cede" territory to the US which was supposedly there only to assist Cubans gain freedom? How about ceding lands to Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and Phillipinos?

[Nightrbinger24]

@RPenta

They ceded territory to the Americans who then gave self-rule to the respective countries statesmen on the condition that trade was allowed between both nations and to billet American troops incase of invasion from a foreign power.

[RPenta]

@Nightrbinger24 They gave self rule--right that is why the US fought a bloody war against the Phillipinos and killed about half million of them beginning in 1900; Cuba had to accept the Platt amendment to get the damn US army out of the country to give US a veto over Cuban "self-government"; by the way, what foreign powers did you expect were going to attack Cuba or the Phillipines or Puerto Rico in 1898-1900?

[Nightrbinger24]

@RPenta

Americas always been a paranoid nation. Which is very odd for such a young one.

The Phillipinos fought against the US because they believed that were going to try and rule them the same way the Spanish did.

[krisvires]

great show, great upload. Now you know how "Black Jack" Pershing got his name.