It was the USS Maddox that was allegedly fired upon by North Vietnamese Patrol Boats that led to the major involvement of the U.S. in Vietnam the USS Turner Joy was there and claimed they were under fire. But it did not receive any hits nor was sunk.
So now I have rebuffed three of your alleged claims that the U.S. was responsible. Internal explosion does not mean sabotage, boilers were known to blow. As for 9-11 that has been documented in Popular Science for the Towers coming down
The hoi polloi DIE in their droves, not because they're patriotic, but because they don't think for themselves. If people thought for themselves, they'd be no need for war.
Recent investigations and computer graphic technology suggest that the USS Maine probably was destroyed by an explosion resulting from a fire in the coal bunker that was adjacent to the powder magazine. Bad design and faulty safety precautions were the likely causes. Not that it mattered at the time. The situation was practically a 'casus belli' on a silver platter, which is what most everyone wanted.
The problem with that war was we kept the Philippines under U.S. rule, instead of letting them become an independent nation. We could have signed a treaty with the new government to protect them from foreign aggression, and in that way we could have acquired "favored nation status" with them. Instead we killed all their rebels when they wouldn't accept U.S. rule. A bad precedent that led to our present-day situation as world "police officer".
Lol, this video totally sucks. Everyone knows that the Maine was sank by the US, but it was promoted by the media in the States as an aggresive act by Spain. Pulitzer & Co. took good care of that. I wonder how can they nowadays name a prize to journalism after somebody who helped provoke a war through such a dirty use of yellow press?
Besides, Cuba, Filipinas & Puerto Rico were Spanish provinces, NOT colonies.
And more Filipinos died in the war with the US than in 400 years of Spanish reign.
it always seems like people are so up and arms over the us attacking someone for whatever reason, but when britain or france does it, no one hardly cares. they always love to say "us imperialism" but they never utter "british imperialism" why is this? if you wanna be mad at some people for something that occured more than a hundred years ago, go attack england. i know usa isnt perfect, but it gets on my nerves.
@ILikeReallyBigButts Abusive ad hominem (also called personal abuse or personal attacks) usually involves insulting or belittling one's opponent in order to attack his claim or invalidate his argument, but can also involve pointing out factual but apparent character flaws or actions that are irrelevant to the opponent's argument. This tactic is logically fallacious because insults and negative facts about the opponent's personal character have nothing to do
Okay, people here have to realize that the Spanish were no good guys. They went into Cuba to oppress and to kill. The U.S. on the other hand, was not the country it is today. William McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt genuinely believed in doing good. It was only after the First World War that the U.S. began to fuck Cuba up.
@Killzoneguy117 Thats a little Harsh! I am a spanish American I love woth cultures, the U.S believed in doing good we still believe in doing good, but look how cuba paid the U.S for coming to their rescue( fidel Castro) also
look how the arab world paid us for coming to their rescue from the rusians( 9-11) the ppl that at the time seem like the bad guys are the good guys!
What a bunch of bullshit. This whole fucking senseless war could have been avoided if it weren't for Bush's incessant greed. WAKE UP, AMERICA. OIL SPEAKS. AND IT'S SAYING "DEMONS OF THE WORLD, START WARS OVER ME. HUMAN LIVES ARE EXPENDABLE AND MONEY IS HAPPINESS." God Damn America.
USA was a great power to form, Spain a power in decline. USA knew that Spain was backward and weak, so we started the war. USA was higher than that had modern weapons and technology and won the war easily. But if the war had been body against body, without arms, the story would have been different. They had been very difficult.
On January 16, 1899, Sumner addressed an overflow crowd brimming with patriotic pride. With studied irony, Sumner titled his talk "The Conquest of the United States by Spain."
Sumner threw down the gauntlet:
"We have beaten Spain in a military conflict, but we are submitting to be conquered by her on the field of ideas and policies. Expansionism and imperialism are nothing but the old philosophies of national prosperity which have brought Spain to where she is now."
@alvaradokids The USA never admitted this; please stop talking out of your ass. But it's highly unlikely that the Spanish destroyed the Maine, it was most likely Cuban rebels who wanted to draw the Americans into war.
I think the Americans sink the Maine.They did the same thing repeatedly since then:
They sink RMS Luisitania to enter war with Germany,the USS Turner Joy to enter war in Vietnam,they tried to sink USS Liberty with the help of Israeli Air Force to blame Egypt but FAILED miserably....and of course did 911 to take over the Middle East.
I wouldn't be surprise that the same thing happens involving Iran n later on China
@CeltiberianFury First off Maine sunk due to the boiler exploding near the magazine. The US. blamed Spain. A 1976 investigation by Admiral Rickover essentially agreed with the Spanish findings, that the USS Maine sank as the result of an internal explosion.
@macgator1988 As for the Lusitania, it was sunk on May 7, 1915. The U.S. did not declare war on Germany until April 2, 1917 after four unarmed US merchant ships were sunk (City of Memphis , Vigilante , Illinois , Healton ) between March 18-21, 1817. The Lusitania had nothing to do with.
Spain forces dominated on the land , they slaughtered the unorganized americans , but on the sea american really ruled.Anyways Spain somehow capitulated not enough mans ,so far from the home etc.
Heh... Somehow this reminds me when the U.S took Texas. The U.S purposely sent their troops to border between Mexico and the U.S. At that time Mexico and U.S were having a border dispute, so when U.S troops were too close to what Mexico claimed to be their land, they shot them and killed them, which was a excuse for the U.S to declare war ^^
Spain lost the islands of Puerto Rico & Cuba to the U.S. in the Spanish American War of 1898. The armored cruiser of Spain, the Infant María Teresa, was defeated at the port of Santiago in Cuba, marking the end of the colonial era for Spain.
España perdió las islas de Puerto Rico y Cuba a EE.UU en la Guerra Hispano-norteamericana de 1898. El crucero acorazado de España, la Infanta María Teresa, salió derrotado del puerto de Santiago de Cuba, marcando el fin de la época colonial de España.
they didnt admit it retard they woulnt do that. theres proof everywhere. look around dont believe everything your government says. If a plane hit the pentagon then wheres the fuseolage and other debris? Or the plane that crashed in pennslyvania that dissapeared into thin air. Bull shit a 747 dont just dissapear. Dont be so ignorant
@TheDutchie420 um when the plan rammed into the pentigon it DISSINTAGRATED moron. the side of the building was on fire and just because they dont have peices of it doesnt mean it didnt happen and it didnt dissapeard it crashed moron. The terrorists turned off the tracking becon on all planes and the AFA didnt know what the hell was happeining. There is alot more proof that i did happen then it didnt. There is no proof that the goverment did it. I dont even wanna argue with a idiot.
i heard the maine was sunk because of an easily prevented accident: a supposed cigarette that was dropped on a highly flammable area. this is why smoking is retarded lol.
wow, and to think Spain was a superpower in the 17th century, kinda funny to lose 4 territories in 4 months to the mighty USA (which wasn't nearly as powerful as it is today).
@TxTechRox123 Yes but Spain was not nearly as powerful as it was before in fact it was weak thats about all the territories it had, America had the Largest Economy since the 1870s we just became the most powerful after WW2
@TxTechRox123 España no perdio ningun territorio en favor de Estados Unidos antes de 1898. España vendio Florida a Estados Unidos en 1819. El resto de territorios de Estados Unidos habian sido cedidos por Reino Unido, Francia y Mexico. En el siglo XVII los Estados Unidos no existian todavia. ¿De que demonios estas hablando? Ademas de eso, tu pais es independiente gracias a Francia y España. Es decir, gracias a nosotros tu no eres ingles.
@josema5 si perro los estados unidos weren't nearly the power that it is today. If America withdrew their armed forces from Afganistan and Iraq and concentrated them into invading Cuba we could have the 51st state en los estados unidos. We need to conquer Cuba, those communist bastards. We beat Cuba, then we can invade Mexico via Tejas.
To alvaradokids,Right after the USS Maine blew up,The Spanish Government officals investigated the ship and had proof that Spain didn't blew up the Maine.
A 1911 Naval Commission found the explosion most likely was an external mine. A 1976 investigation by one Naval officer and 2 experts examined not the ship (as in 1911) but photos and documents, drawing the conclusion that the explosion was internal, but most likely a coal bunker. There has been no "recently addmited" (sic) comments from the US Navy or government. Get your head out of your @**, alvaradokids.
Bobo! The spaniards expelled moors before engaging in european wars... At the same time Spain fought against berbers pirates and ottomans. Meanwhile, your beloved frenches and brits stablished covert agreements with them... I've already recommended you read some books, it seems you don't need them to justify your anger against Spain. Right, little boy?
@murggik the language that you and others call Spanish is only one of the actual Spain, Netherland, Luxemburg and Belgique were former part of Spain known as Flandes since the Middle Ages for personal union. Spain like UK is the result of the union of many ancient kingdoms, South Italy was part of Aragon kingdom. We use call Castilian to Spanish language because it is the language of the Kingdom of Castile
@iSPaLiTo leave the man alone, is just an ignorant faggot raped by a Spanish, is talking like a 7/11 but he has no fucking idea about what this mother fucker is talking about.
@murggik you are very wrong, Netherland was part of Spain like south Italy, Milan, Franche-comté, etc.. Spain didn't ivade anything, on the other hand, Europe was catholic except east countries that was orthodox, some people reveled and protestant arose killing million of catholics people
The US hasn't admitted to sabotaging it's own ship. The US accepts that the destruction of the USS Maine was most likely an accident aboard the ship (the nature of which was not unheard of at the time). Granted it was a convenient at the time to blame Spain for the disaster.
@JJRage420 the usa cant handle iraq or afganistan why mess with mexico???if they had learned from russia in georgia they be in and out glory in hand....
Mexico is VERY different from Afghanistan "The Graveyard of Empires." As for Iraq, we won. It's was declared a victory in 2008. By every measure we have conclusively defeated all the enemies, pacified the country, deposed the previous regime, successfully helped to establish a new functioning democratic government, and suppressed any lingering insurgencies.
USA was an emergent country, an emerging giant and wanted to create an empire. Spain was a country in decline, with two centuries of crisis, bankrupt and poor. It was a weak country who can easily take their colonies (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Guam). In the same period, Germany also attempt to occupy the Spanish Micronesia (Marianas, Palaos, Carolinas islands).
USA needed an excuse, the yellow journalism and WR Hearst were responsible for inventing.
@CnoVoC spain is was not poor nor is poor they are still dumping mexican gold into the world market mainly because its over 1000 buck an ounce!!!! think about it thats alot of gold!!!!!1400 to 2010!!! how much gold did they rape out of mexico!!!!
@alvaradokids Mexico didn't exist, it was part of Spain and they exploted their terrotory like they want. Spain was the most powerful country of the world before Colombus, the expeditions were EXPENSIVE, Spain spent much more in America of what America was producing, spent all his gold and the blood of his citizens for the bilge of "culturizar" of that epoch
@murggik, read some history books. It had nothing to do with religion. The ruling dynasty in Naples was closely related to that of Aragon (and therefore Spain) since the XIII century. Naples wars were the result of the French invasion. Greece? What's the problem with Greece?
@alvaradokids Let me give you another more recent example of this disgusting tactic: "The Tonkin incident" where they delibertly sended in a Torpedohunter boat into enemy territory and claimed to be attacked. Research on both Vietnamese and American side found out this wasn't the case and this attack was staged and proven to be false. and was used as an excuse to start a war with Vietnam.
@murggik, Spain didn't turn against protestants, rather king Charles (German emperor born in Flanders and incidently king of Spain also) fought against the rebellion in his domains. In addition, you ignore the fact that the Protestant Reform was not confined to religion sphere but also affected the political sphere. Many German noblemen supported the reform as a pretext to rebel against their emperor.
@murggik, it seems you're referring to king Charles I of Spain (and V of Germany), emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. So Spain turned against christian Europe in XVI century...? Well, Spain was also a christian country, so what are tou talking about?
Every Civilization is entitled to strive to greatness The Spanish, and other major countries have had their shot at greatness for a much longer time than America. Whatever the cause America is a lot younger but we have to be doing something right to have gotten this far without scrappin the constition
Me as a Spaniard I am not bitter about that we were defeated, our army those days was pretty crappy and outnumbered compared to the US, it was bound to happen though, all of those colonies would have gotten independence anyway, and Guam would have been sold to Germany, Ja, no bitterness form Spain USA
Well, this video could also have talked about the genocide in Philippines (1.000.000 people killed by USA) and the stablishment of a communist dictatorship in its own backyard (Cuba)...
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If I were America, I would invade spain and sell it to France. :) besides, the spanish are a greedy peoples who fight for "the Lord". The Lord is the supreme godlike ruler of Spain since the Spanish are Catholic and yet they still want gold and glory.
Well, France once tried to conquer Spain... with very bad results. Yes, Spain has traditionally been a Catholic nation. It fought and defeated Muslims around the Mediterranean while other nations like France and England established covert agreements with them. If not for Spain, probably your country would be full of people who pray facing Mecca and wearing Burkes. Nowdays Spain has no official religion. BTW, USA presidents use to invoke the name of God in their speeches.
Take it easy, your manners are similar to those of the girl of the movie "The Exorcist". BTW, I know something about Poitiers, Al-Andalus, etc... Do you? Have you ever been in Seville, Granada, Toledo? Ever heard about Lepanto, Navas de Tolosa (Al-Uqba), siege of Viena? Have you read books and chronicles of those times...? Because of your stupid manners I guess not.
@MrCorocotta lol. you're silly. USA had to be involved because of the genocide Spain caused on Cuba. you kind of misunderstood, even though I know history. You may think that a US ship was blown up by the US, but it was accidently shot by Spain. Cubans had to rebel against Spain. I support the old Cuba. The US should have never get to Havana and went to a different part of Cuba to end the war.
New theory, the Maine shot...XD? Now seriously, its very difficult to believe that US intervention was due to humanitarian reasons. 1) American journalists (Hearst,etc) had to invent stories about atrocities to accelerate the start of a war that could be supported by people. 2) US used extremely violent methods to subjugate Filipinos ("kill everyone over ten", remember?) Then, what could be the reasons for the war? Money and power perhaps? Truth is hard but better than fairy tales
@MrCorocotta i understand, but these subjugated Filipinos are those loyal to Spain. after the war, America promise a new commonwealth and with it, its independence after WW II. Another is this, the Philippine-America Wr erupted because of some abusive and drunk officer on the Filipino side who was shot probably by an english immigrant. Then, the USA and the Philippines got all angry and argue each other about the incident to be on purpose, it truth is it was the shooter to blame, not USA.
No, that cruel war began when US betrayed the same Filipinos who had fought against Spain, turning their country into an American colony. The defeat of the Filipinos represented the cancellation of the First Philippine Republic and its Constitution. After WW II US gave a 'formal' independence to the Filipinos, but in fact still controlled the country by means of puppet governments untill 1986.
@MrCorocotta shut up, liar. I read history books. You're just acting smart to discriminate others' opinions and have yourself seem more smarter than others. I'm sorry, but this war was caused by a bullet, not by Americans wanting to cause genocide. You truly misunderstand.
Of course I discriminate others' opinions if they are wrong. The simple-minded version of the bullet (did you learnt it at school?) as the cause of war is very weak as compared with the following reason: Filipinos fought against Spain to achieve independence, not to become a U.S. colony. I'm sure Americans did not want a genocide from the very beginning of the occupation. But they eventually made use of it to impose their colonization plans in Filipinas
@CoreyStudios2000 there are 3 versions of the USS Maine explosion, 1) USA blew up there own ship, which is hardly unlikely, 2) The USS Maine exploded by an inner accident, which for me is the most probable, 3) The Spanish shot it purposely or accidentally, but don't believe that because Spain was in no condition of war, and was dead scared of American involvement
@nicklessz if you say so, then what of the communist cuba? They're even worse because of their dictators ruling them and ignoring human rights. We need the old cuba, only a more fair, more capitalist, and more democratic Cuba.
Read what I said, the pre-Castro Cuba was a US-backed dictatorship. I'm not defending the current regime by the way I'd be glad to see them gone, the fact is there was no "old Cuba" that respected human rights to begin with and human rights are not what the US-Cuban conflict is about.
@CoreyStudios2000 Modern cuba is one of the highest nations in terms of HDI, it also has a better healthcare system then america; the old goverment of cuba was pretty much a satilite of the american empire
HAHAHAHAHA is it a joke??Because in the video Spain looks like a horrible country that torture Cuban people and destroy military ships that were in peace mission.
When the truth is U.S.A used the explosion of the USS Maine like a excuse to steal the Spanish colonies, thanks to president Mckinley Spain suffered two dictatorships and a civil war
@pilot696 Nonsense. The Spanish Empire was a rotten facade by 1898. The US did Spain a favor by kicking their asses out of the Western Hemisphere, where they had no business being in the first place. Spain's problems are the fault of the Spanish. Trying to blame Franco and the Spanish Civil War on the US is exactly the type of pathetic victim's mentality that has relegated Spain to being a spectator in the life of Europe.
@elissadon shut up, you dont know jack about Cuban history or our struggles
ivonotei 1 week ago
It was the USS Maddox that was allegedly fired upon by North Vietnamese Patrol Boats that led to the major involvement of the U.S. in Vietnam the USS Turner Joy was there and claimed they were under fire. But it did not receive any hits nor was sunk.
So now I have rebuffed three of your alleged claims that the U.S. was responsible. Internal explosion does not mean sabotage, boilers were known to blow. As for 9-11 that has been documented in Popular Science for the Towers coming down
macgator1988 2 weeks ago
Dear Gullible people
The hoi polloi DIE in their droves, not because they're patriotic, but because they don't think for themselves. If people thought for themselves, they'd be no need for war.
SuperFactsonly 1 month ago
USSMAINE EVIDENTLY Sank from spontaneous combustion in the forward magazines.
rigamarrow 1 month ago
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gregsta730 2 months ago
My great-great grandfather fought in this war.
bowlinballs405 3 months ago
suck my spanish dick americans
julioclau 3 months ago
@julioclau no thanks its probably yellow
gregsta730 2 months ago
@gregsta730 did your mom tell your?
julioclau 2 months ago
Recent investigations and computer graphic technology suggest that the USS Maine probably was destroyed by an explosion resulting from a fire in the coal bunker that was adjacent to the powder magazine. Bad design and faulty safety precautions were the likely causes. Not that it mattered at the time. The situation was practically a 'casus belli' on a silver platter, which is what most everyone wanted.
ARKALER 4 months ago
The problem with that war was we kept the Philippines under U.S. rule, instead of letting them become an independent nation. We could have signed a treaty with the new government to protect them from foreign aggression, and in that way we could have acquired "favored nation status" with them. Instead we killed all their rebels when they wouldn't accept U.S. rule. A bad precedent that led to our present-day situation as world "police officer".
JBC814 6 months ago
Lol, this video totally sucks. Everyone knows that the Maine was sank by the US, but it was promoted by the media in the States as an aggresive act by Spain. Pulitzer & Co. took good care of that. I wonder how can they nowadays name a prize to journalism after somebody who helped provoke a war through such a dirty use of yellow press?
Besides, Cuba, Filipinas & Puerto Rico were Spanish provinces, NOT colonies.
And more Filipinos died in the war with the US than in 400 years of Spanish reign.
KarakoramHitchhiker 7 months ago
@KarakoramHitchhiker Maine was not sunk by US (it was THEIR SHIP) but it is highly highly unlikely that the Spanish sunk it.
lobbyist101 4 months ago
@KarakoramHitchhiker Pulitzer changed from yellow journalism, became very truthful and became a journalist icon.
lobbyist101 4 months ago
La madre patria no necesita de esos cochinos puerto riqueños, bola de nacos.
Y los Estadounidenses no valen mierda, abusones asesinos.
FernandoLuis191 7 months ago
it always seems like people are so up and arms over the us attacking someone for whatever reason, but when britain or france does it, no one hardly cares. they always love to say "us imperialism" but they never utter "british imperialism" why is this? if you wanna be mad at some people for something that occured more than a hundred years ago, go attack england. i know usa isnt perfect, but it gets on my nerves.
God bless America!
Aronz1000 7 months ago
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We totally blew up our own ship...
vaibanez17 8 months ago
¡VIVA PUERTO RICO ESPAÑOL!
Hernandez101010 8 months ago
@Hernandez101010 Fuck you beaner. Tell all 40 million of your cousins to get jobs.
ILikeReallyBigButts 7 months ago
@ILikeReallyBigButts Abusive ad hominem (also called personal abuse or personal attacks) usually involves insulting or belittling one's opponent in order to attack his claim or invalidate his argument, but can also involve pointing out factual but apparent character flaws or actions that are irrelevant to the opponent's argument. This tactic is logically fallacious because insults and negative facts about the opponent's personal character have nothing to do
Hernandez101010 7 months ago
@ILikeReallyBigButts with the logical merits of the opponent's arguments or assertions. Thank You for your great argument and impressive knowledge.
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ILikeReallyBigButts 7 months ago
@Hernandez101010 That was a cool story bro.
ILikeReallyBigButts 7 months ago
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false flag attack even for the Spanish-American war ...LoL until now it have been false flag attack lol fucking idiot we are all .
sattanhellsing 8 months ago
Okay, people here have to realize that the Spanish were no good guys. They went into Cuba to oppress and to kill. The U.S. on the other hand, was not the country it is today. William McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt genuinely believed in doing good. It was only after the First World War that the U.S. began to fuck Cuba up.
Killzoneguy117 8 months ago
@Killzoneguy117 Thats a little Harsh! I am a spanish American I love woth cultures, the U.S believed in doing good we still believe in doing good, but look how cuba paid the U.S for coming to their rescue( fidel Castro) also
look how the arab world paid us for coming to their rescue from the rusians( 9-11) the ppl that at the time seem like the bad guys are the good guys!
elissadon 7 months ago
@elissadon Fair enough.
Killzoneguy117 7 months ago
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What a bunch of bullshit. This whole fucking senseless war could have been avoided if it weren't for Bush's incessant greed. WAKE UP, AMERICA. OIL SPEAKS. AND IT'S SAYING "DEMONS OF THE WORLD, START WARS OVER ME. HUMAN LIVES ARE EXPENDABLE AND MONEY IS HAPPINESS." God Damn America.
xDecemberFlower 8 months ago
USA was a great power to form, Spain a power in decline. USA knew that Spain was backward and weak, so we started the war. USA was higher than that had modern weapons and technology and won the war easily. But if the war had been body against body, without arms, the story would have been different. They had been very difficult.
Absurus 8 months ago
On January 16, 1899, Sumner addressed an overflow crowd brimming with patriotic pride. With studied irony, Sumner titled his talk "The Conquest of the United States by Spain."
Sumner threw down the gauntlet:
"We have beaten Spain in a military conflict, but we are submitting to be conquered by her on the field of ideas and policies. Expansionism and imperialism are nothing but the old philosophies of national prosperity which have brought Spain to where she is now."
PROPHETIC
PoetsLight 9 months ago
@alvaradokids The USA never admitted this; please stop talking out of your ass. But it's highly unlikely that the Spanish destroyed the Maine, it was most likely Cuban rebels who wanted to draw the Americans into war.
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@PoetsLight I would neither admit something that made me look like a total asshole.
spanish111japan 5 months ago
@PoetsLight
I think the Americans sink the Maine.They did the same thing repeatedly since then:
They sink RMS Luisitania to enter war with Germany,the USS Turner Joy to enter war in Vietnam,they tried to sink USS Liberty with the help of Israeli Air Force to blame Egypt but FAILED miserably....and of course did 911 to take over the Middle East.
I wouldn't be surprise that the same thing happens involving Iran n later on China
CeltiberianFury 3 weeks ago
@CeltiberianFury First off Maine sunk due to the boiler exploding near the magazine. The US. blamed Spain. A 1976 investigation by Admiral Rickover essentially agreed with the Spanish findings, that the USS Maine sank as the result of an internal explosion.
macgator1988 2 weeks ago
@macgator1988 As for the Lusitania, it was sunk on May 7, 1915. The U.S. did not declare war on Germany until April 2, 1917 after four unarmed US merchant ships were sunk (City of Memphis , Vigilante , Illinois , Healton ) between March 18-21, 1817. The Lusitania had nothing to do with.
macgator1988 2 weeks ago
@macgator1988
What about the USS Turner Joy and USS Liberty?
Internal explosion means "sabotage"
CeltiberianFury 2 weeks ago
@PoetsLight Yes, indeed ! But it was the right time for us to get the spaniars out of North America !
Nucci604 1 week ago
@PoetsLight btw it was a boiler explotion in the main hall !
Nucci604 1 week ago
The U.S. conducted military campaigns like throughout the world long before the existence of Israel, the Mossad or AIPAC.
bradchesney11 10 months ago
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THE REAL NAME IS:
GERMANO- HELLENIC WAR
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unfukkkmee 1 year ago
Marti was actor Cesar Romero's Grandfather
jvarela965 1 year ago
Spain forces dominated on the land , they slaughtered the unorganized americans , but on the sea american really ruled.Anyways Spain somehow capitulated not enough mans ,so far from the home etc.
Vykuk123 1 year ago
Heh... Somehow this reminds me when the U.S took Texas. The U.S purposely sent their troops to border between Mexico and the U.S. At that time Mexico and U.S were having a border dispute, so when U.S troops were too close to what Mexico claimed to be their land, they shot them and killed them, which was a excuse for the U.S to declare war ^^
crazydude903 1 year ago
Spain lost the islands of Puerto Rico & Cuba to the U.S. in the Spanish American War of 1898. The armored cruiser of Spain, the Infant María Teresa, was defeated at the port of Santiago in Cuba, marking the end of the colonial era for Spain.
España perdió las islas de Puerto Rico y Cuba a EE.UU en la Guerra Hispano-norteamericana de 1898. El crucero acorazado de España, la Infanta María Teresa, salió derrotado del puerto de Santiago de Cuba, marcando el fin de la época colonial de España.
USCSoundCheck 1 year ago
Were they using Line formation tactics like in the American civil war?
steve5123456789 1 year ago
@alvaradokids Ok um the us didnt attack its self on 9/11 thats just sad that you think that and where did they admit it?
DillontehHAXer 1 year ago
they didnt admit it retard they woulnt do that. theres proof everywhere. look around dont believe everything your government says. If a plane hit the pentagon then wheres the fuseolage and other debris? Or the plane that crashed in pennslyvania that dissapeared into thin air. Bull shit a 747 dont just dissapear. Dont be so ignorant
TheDutchie420 10 months ago
@TheDutchie420 um when the plan rammed into the pentigon it DISSINTAGRATED moron. the side of the building was on fire and just because they dont have peices of it doesnt mean it didnt happen and it didnt dissapeard it crashed moron. The terrorists turned off the tracking becon on all planes and the AFA didnt know what the hell was happeining. There is alot more proof that i did happen then it didnt. There is no proof that the goverment did it. I dont even wanna argue with a idiot.
DillontehHAXer 10 months ago
type in gift in front of youtube!!
MajorMarmar 1 year ago
i heard the maine was sunk because of an easily prevented accident: a supposed cigarette that was dropped on a highly flammable area. this is why smoking is retarded lol.
kalinga01 1 year ago
@selenadelos, what the hell do you think the Spanish were doing in Cuba?
elnino103083 1 year ago
Thank you for the video. now i know a bit about america history. Even though they change they their cloth, it still the same. war!
MrLagila 1 year ago
@alvaradokids Uh..troll?
XxxSakura101 1 year ago
wow, and to think Spain was a superpower in the 17th century, kinda funny to lose 4 territories in 4 months to the mighty USA (which wasn't nearly as powerful as it is today).
TxTechRox123 1 year ago
@TxTechRox123 Yes but Spain was not nearly as powerful as it was before in fact it was weak thats about all the territories it had, America had the Largest Economy since the 1870s we just became the most powerful after WW2
VanOstrum 1 year ago
@TxTechRox123 España no perdio ningun territorio en favor de Estados Unidos antes de 1898. España vendio Florida a Estados Unidos en 1819. El resto de territorios de Estados Unidos habian sido cedidos por Reino Unido, Francia y Mexico. En el siglo XVII los Estados Unidos no existian todavia. ¿De que demonios estas hablando? Ademas de eso, tu pais es independiente gracias a Francia y España. Es decir, gracias a nosotros tu no eres ingles.
josema5 1 year ago
@josema5 si perro los estados unidos weren't nearly the power that it is today. If America withdrew their armed forces from Afganistan and Iraq and concentrated them into invading Cuba we could have the 51st state en los estados unidos. We need to conquer Cuba, those communist bastards. We beat Cuba, then we can invade Mexico via Tejas.
TxTechRox123 1 year ago
@TxTechRox123 Buena suerte con las invasiones! Tambien podeis invadir Inglaterra? (me caen mal jaja)
josema5 1 year ago
To alvaradokids,Right after the USS Maine blew up,The Spanish Government officals investigated the ship and had proof that Spain didn't blew up the Maine.
98bigbutt 1 year ago
A 1911 Naval Commission found the explosion most likely was an external mine. A 1976 investigation by one Naval officer and 2 experts examined not the ship (as in 1911) but photos and documents, drawing the conclusion that the explosion was internal, but most likely a coal bunker. There has been no "recently addmited" (sic) comments from the US Navy or government. Get your head out of your @**, alvaradokids.
lovesdefleppard 1 year ago
hoax
mudgoldful 1 year ago
@alvaradokids um... NO. nothing like 9/11.
also it was admitted that the explosion came from within the ship so back then that's how it would of seemed.today we know that because science.
I'm Puerto Rican and very thankful for the USA. because of them the Island now runs it's own Island
Dogmeat1950 1 year ago
Bobo! The spaniards expelled moors before engaging in european wars... At the same time Spain fought against berbers pirates and ottomans. Meanwhile, your beloved frenches and brits stablished covert agreements with them... I've already recommended you read some books, it seems you don't need them to justify your anger against Spain. Right, little boy?
MrCorocotta 1 year ago
@murggik the language that you and others call Spanish is only one of the actual Spain, Netherland, Luxemburg and Belgique were former part of Spain known as Flandes since the Middle Ages for personal union. Spain like UK is the result of the union of many ancient kingdoms, South Italy was part of Aragon kingdom. We use call Castilian to Spanish language because it is the language of the Kingdom of Castile
iSPaLiTo 1 year ago
@iSPaLiTo leave the man alone, is just an ignorant faggot raped by a Spanish, is talking like a 7/11 but he has no fucking idea about what this mother fucker is talking about.
katalambda 1 year ago
@katalambda Yes, I've noticed
iSPaLiTo 1 year ago
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AhmadAlony123 1 year ago 3
@AhmadAlony123 Fuck you cunt
Konphetty 1 month ago
@murggik you are very wrong, Netherland was part of Spain like south Italy, Milan, Franche-comté, etc.. Spain didn't ivade anything, on the other hand, Europe was catholic except east countries that was orthodox, some people reveled and protestant arose killing million of catholics people
iSPaLiTo 1 year ago
The US hasn't admitted to sabotaging it's own ship. The US accepts that the destruction of the USS Maine was most likely an accident aboard the ship (the nature of which was not unheard of at the time). Granted it was a convenient at the time to blame Spain for the disaster.
majesticfeet 1 year ago
THANK U U R AWESOME AND HOT
Dracula585 1 year ago
i really dont care but im doing a project so im forced to watch dis
MorganAnn1114 1 year ago
@alvaradokids your so full of it.you need to lay off of water your smokin.
jbeezy81275 1 year ago
Mexico should pay attention to this. This could be them next,lol. God bless the USA!!!
JJRage420 1 year ago
@JJRage420 the usa cant handle iraq or afganistan why mess with mexico???if they had learned from russia in georgia they be in and out glory in hand....
alvaradokids 1 year ago
@alvaradokids
Mexico is VERY different from Afghanistan "The Graveyard of Empires." As for Iraq, we won. It's was declared a victory in 2008. By every measure we have conclusively defeated all the enemies, pacified the country, deposed the previous regime, successfully helped to establish a new functioning democratic government, and suppressed any lingering insurgencies.
kamikaze6000 1 year ago
Another war Us Imperialism .
mbj0308 1 year ago
USA was an emergent country, an emerging giant and wanted to create an empire. Spain was a country in decline, with two centuries of crisis, bankrupt and poor. It was a weak country who can easily take their colonies (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Guam). In the same period, Germany also attempt to occupy the Spanish Micronesia (Marianas, Palaos, Carolinas islands).
USA needed an excuse, the yellow journalism and WR Hearst were responsible for inventing.
CnoVoC 1 year ago
@CnoVoC spain is was not poor nor is poor they are still dumping mexican gold into the world market mainly because its over 1000 buck an ounce!!!! think about it thats alot of gold!!!!!1400 to 2010!!! how much gold did they rape out of mexico!!!!
alvaradokids 1 year ago
@alvaradokids Mexico didn't exist, it was part of Spain and they exploted their terrotory like they want. Spain was the most powerful country of the world before Colombus, the expeditions were EXPENSIVE, Spain spent much more in America of what America was producing, spent all his gold and the blood of his citizens for the bilge of "culturizar" of that epoch
iSPaLiTo 1 year ago
@CnoVoC the wisest answer i found around here
katalambda 1 year ago
@murggik, read some history books. It had nothing to do with religion. The ruling dynasty in Naples was closely related to that of Aragon (and therefore Spain) since the XIII century. Naples wars were the result of the French invasion. Greece? What's the problem with Greece?
MrCorocotta 1 year ago
@alvaradokids Let me give you another more recent example of this disgusting tactic: "The Tonkin incident" where they delibertly sended in a Torpedohunter boat into enemy territory and claimed to be attacked. Research on both Vietnamese and American side found out this wasn't the case and this attack was staged and proven to be false. and was used as an excuse to start a war with Vietnam.
Givarius 1 year ago
@Givarius more recently the saber rattling in the korean peninsula....and the sinking of ships and air raids into the north....
alvaradokids 1 year ago
@alvaradokids Thanks for adding this information. it gives a clear view on modern society and the ways behind it.
Givarius 1 year ago
@murggik, Spain didn't turn against protestants, rather king Charles (German emperor born in Flanders and incidently king of Spain also) fought against the rebellion in his domains. In addition, you ignore the fact that the Protestant Reform was not confined to religion sphere but also affected the political sphere. Many German noblemen supported the reform as a pretext to rebel against their emperor.
MrCorocotta 1 year ago
@murggik, it seems you're referring to king Charles I of Spain (and V of Germany), emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. So Spain turned against christian Europe in XVI century...? Well, Spain was also a christian country, so what are tou talking about?
MrCorocotta 1 year ago
@murggik, slaughtering jews...? Protestants in 1492...? LOL
Read some history books,mate.
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kukupuffs93 1 year ago
Every Civilization is entitled to strive to greatness The Spanish, and other major countries have had their shot at greatness for a much longer time than America. Whatever the cause America is a lot younger but we have to be doing something right to have gotten this far without scrappin the constition
Kalkas53 1 year ago
@alvaradokids Yeah, it was a "mechanical issue" which to me seems a bit too convenient.
elspoko 1 year ago
Me as a Spaniard I am not bitter about that we were defeated, our army those days was pretty crappy and outnumbered compared to the US, it was bound to happen though, all of those colonies would have gotten independence anyway, and Guam would have been sold to Germany, Ja, no bitterness form Spain USA
capenati 1 year ago
Long live Spain!
edseaver 1 year ago
Splendid little war... ROFL!
Well, this video could also have talked about the genocide in Philippines (1.000.000 people killed by USA) and the stablishment of a communist dictatorship in its own backyard (Cuba)...
USA does these things in style, LOL!
MrCorocotta 2 years ago 2
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If I were America, I would invade spain and sell it to France. :) besides, the spanish are a greedy peoples who fight for "the Lord". The Lord is the supreme godlike ruler of Spain since the Spanish are Catholic and yet they still want gold and glory.
CoreyStudios2000 2 years ago
Nope Spain has no oficial religion.
paladinee 2 years ago 2
Well, France once tried to conquer Spain... with very bad results. Yes, Spain has traditionally been a Catholic nation. It fought and defeated Muslims around the Mediterranean while other nations like France and England established covert agreements with them. If not for Spain, probably your country would be full of people who pray facing Mecca and wearing Burkes. Nowdays Spain has no official religion. BTW, USA presidents use to invoke the name of God in their speeches.
MrCorocotta 2 years ago 2
Spanish are greedy people? Have you ever been in Spain? You are USA citizen, aren't you? It's curious you dare to talk about 'greedy' people... LOL
MrCorocotta 2 years ago 2
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@MrCorocotta fucker eve heard of Al Andalus?
yumyumwhatzohai 2 years ago
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@MrCorocotta or Battle of Tours? fucker head mother fucker asshole bitch.
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Take it easy, your manners are similar to those of the girl of the movie "The Exorcist". BTW, I know something about Poitiers, Al-Andalus, etc... Do you? Have you ever been in Seville, Granada, Toledo? Ever heard about Lepanto, Navas de Tolosa (Al-Uqba), siege of Viena? Have you read books and chronicles of those times...? Because of your stupid manners I guess not.
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@CoreyStudios2000
The king is not like 'OUR GOD', it was mostly the mos important person, now it's a fat ass sitting.
The british did the same, for their queen.
Americans did it, for 'FREEDOM' LOL
spanish111japan 5 months ago
USA #! Spain! Never again will you threaten the Cubans and the American people's.
CoreyStudios2000 2 years ago
I think Spain does not want to threaten anybody. BTW, many people in (all) America would appreciate the U.S. to stop behaving like a bully...
MrCorocotta 2 years ago 3
@MrCorocotta lol. you're silly. USA had to be involved because of the genocide Spain caused on Cuba. you kind of misunderstood, even though I know history. You may think that a US ship was blown up by the US, but it was accidently shot by Spain. Cubans had to rebel against Spain. I support the old Cuba. The US should have never get to Havana and went to a different part of Cuba to end the war.
CoreyStudios2000 1 year ago
New theory, the Maine shot...XD? Now seriously, its very difficult to believe that US intervention was due to humanitarian reasons. 1) American journalists (Hearst,etc) had to invent stories about atrocities to accelerate the start of a war that could be supported by people. 2) US used extremely violent methods to subjugate Filipinos ("kill everyone over ten", remember?) Then, what could be the reasons for the war? Money and power perhaps? Truth is hard but better than fairy tales
MrCorocotta 1 year ago 2
@MrCorocotta i understand, but these subjugated Filipinos are those loyal to Spain. after the war, America promise a new commonwealth and with it, its independence after WW II. Another is this, the Philippine-America Wr erupted because of some abusive and drunk officer on the Filipino side who was shot probably by an english immigrant. Then, the USA and the Philippines got all angry and argue each other about the incident to be on purpose, it truth is it was the shooter to blame, not USA.
CoreyStudios2000 1 year ago
No, that cruel war began when US betrayed the same Filipinos who had fought against Spain, turning their country into an American colony. The defeat of the Filipinos represented the cancellation of the First Philippine Republic and its Constitution. After WW II US gave a 'formal' independence to the Filipinos, but in fact still controlled the country by means of puppet governments untill 1986.
MrCorocotta 1 year ago
@MrCorocotta shut up, liar. I read history books. You're just acting smart to discriminate others' opinions and have yourself seem more smarter than others. I'm sorry, but this war was caused by a bullet, not by Americans wanting to cause genocide. You truly misunderstand.
CoreyStudios2000 1 year ago
Of course I discriminate others' opinions if they are wrong. The simple-minded version of the bullet (did you learnt it at school?) as the cause of war is very weak as compared with the following reason: Filipinos fought against Spain to achieve independence, not to become a U.S. colony. I'm sure Americans did not want a genocide from the very beginning of the occupation. But they eventually made use of it to impose their colonization plans in Filipinas
MrCorocotta 1 year ago 2
@CoreyStudios2000 there are 3 versions of the USS Maine explosion, 1) USA blew up there own ship, which is hardly unlikely, 2) The USS Maine exploded by an inner accident, which for me is the most probable, 3) The Spanish shot it purposely or accidentally, but don't believe that because Spain was in no condition of war, and was dead scared of American involvement
capenati 1 year ago
the old cuba was also a dictatorship, probably a worse one too
nicklessz 1 year ago
@nicklessz if you say so, then what of the communist cuba? They're even worse because of their dictators ruling them and ignoring human rights. We need the old cuba, only a more fair, more capitalist, and more democratic Cuba.
CoreyStudios2000 1 year ago
Read what I said, the pre-Castro Cuba was a US-backed dictatorship. I'm not defending the current regime by the way I'd be glad to see them gone, the fact is there was no "old Cuba" that respected human rights to begin with and human rights are not what the US-Cuban conflict is about.
nicklessz 1 year ago
@nicklessz nvm. this part of history is too crazy.
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St984 1 year ago
@CoreyStudios2000 Modern cuba is one of the highest nations in terms of HDI, it also has a better healthcare system then america; the old goverment of cuba was pretty much a satilite of the american empire
EYAccount 3 weeks ago
@CoreyStudios2000 No the american empire just wanted to expand its naval range and territory
EYAccount 3 weeks ago
@MrCorocotta many people in America wish the world would stop acting a fool....
jspecaspec23 9 months ago
HAHAHAHAHA is it a joke??Because in the video Spain looks like a horrible country that torture Cuban people and destroy military ships that were in peace mission.
When the truth is U.S.A used the explosion of the USS Maine like a excuse to steal the Spanish colonies, thanks to president Mckinley Spain suffered two dictatorships and a civil war
pilot696 2 years ago
Pilot696,the Spanish threw Cubans who wanted and fought for independence in concentration camps.
MrDS67 2 years ago
In Guantanamo?
paladinee 2 years ago 2
Precisely the same that US did in Philippines few years later.
MrCorocotta 2 years ago
@pilot696 Nonsense. The Spanish Empire was a rotten facade by 1898. The US did Spain a favor by kicking their asses out of the Western Hemisphere, where they had no business being in the first place. Spain's problems are the fault of the Spanish. Trying to blame Franco and the Spanish Civil War on the US is exactly the type of pathetic victim's mentality that has relegated Spain to being a spectator in the life of Europe.
Sierra688 1 year ago
it's not the 9th calvery, it was the 10th
AFHSwedgebreaker3000 2 years ago
Looks more like the US Civil War than the Spanish-American war...
How stupid can you be?
shibbershabber 2 years ago
sooo helpful
MOFO11393 2 years ago
Good save USPN.
pecepetube 2 years ago
El era español, un traidor. VIVA ESPAÑA VIVIA ESTADOS UNIDOS.
pecepetube 2 years ago
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SassanianPrince 2 years ago
Wow, 3,333...That's pretty cool.
ghrocker99661 2 years ago
thnxs ...D
i finsh my HW
jes1soc1game101 2 years ago
lol...this is homework for us too
ghrocker99661 2 years ago
Reason why Hitler didn't went to attack Spain.
McRMGlen4 2 years ago
yyyy
mongoose100989 2 years ago