The Spanish-American War

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From Media Rich Learning's award-winning video series, "America in the 20th Century."

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[PoetsLight]

@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.

[rigamarrow]

USSMAINE EVIDENTLY Sank from spontaneous combustion in the forward magazines.

[Nucci604]

@PoetsLight btw it was a boiler explotion in the main hall !

[Nucci604]

@PoetsLight Yes, indeed ! But it was the right time for us to get the spaniars out of North America !

[ivonotei]

@elissadon shut up, you dont know jack about Cuban history or our struggles

[macgator1988]

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

[CeltiberianFury]

@macgator1988

What about the USS Turner Joy and USS Liberty?

Internal explosion means "sabotage"

[macgator1988]

@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]

@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.

[CeltiberianFury]

@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

[EYAccount]

@CoreyStudios2000 No the american empire just wanted to expand its naval range and territory

[EYAccount]

@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