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Marty[_2_]

wrote:

"By the time President Polk came to office in 1845, an idea called
"Manifest Destiny" had taken root among the American people, and the
new occupant of the White House was a firm believer in the idea of
expansion. The belief that the U.S. basically had a God-given right to
occupy and "civilize" the whole continent gained favor as more and
more Americans settled the western lands"

Unfortunately, little has changed, except maybe to expand the idea. Now
the US has a God-given mandate to "democratize" the planet.

Cheers
Marty