Michael Parenti -- Spanish American War 2/3

THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR AND THE RISE OF US IMPERIALISM!

Michael Parenti uses the history of the Spanish American War to answer several very intriguing questions. Who first expressed the desire to annex the island of Cuba - and when? Why was the US government concerned about Spanish repression of the rights of Cubans while the repression of African Americans within the US was ignored? Why did the US attack the Philippines when it was Cuba they supposedly wanted to rescue? Why did the US give verbal support to the Cuban liberation movements against Spain while selling weapons to Spain to fight the popular movement? The Spanish American War was an important turning point in the transition of the US to an imperial power and many of the forces at work are eerily contemporary.

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[Strefanasha]

an aggressive war for the sake of mere aquisition of territory:

the definition of a war crime.

so much for the idea that the Americans are leaders of the free world, they are not even members of it when they have no regard for the liberty of others

[ahuse1]

because of the Teller Amendment, a congressional act which declared that the U.S. would not annex Cuba. This made the U.S. feel like the whole war was a humanitarian / missionary adventure. The U.S. grabbed everything but Cuba. But thru the Platt Amendment to the Cuban constitution, the US retained the right to intervene in Cuban affairs at will. Control, but no responsibility.

[98bigbutt]

But I don't understand is that under the Treaty of Paris of 1898,why did the US took Puerto Rico and not Cuba? I thought that Cuba was the primary target for US colonial possession.

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