Wow. That's sad and makes you realize how pointless a lot of this war has been, but I'm not surprised at their ignorance. Why sit down and have a decent conversation with the natives when you can hold them at gunpoint and order them around? Doesn't matter if they don't like it...you always have the power to blow them away.
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This is America. Anyone who doesn't think this has become an empire, has never truly understood the meaning of the term. Ask the Native Americans, the Iraqis, the Afghans, the Filipinos of the early and middle 20th century, the Panamanians during and after the building of the Panama Canal, the Vietnamese, etc. Manifest Destiny, economic improvement, spreading and/or preserving "democracy"...all official propaganda to justify the invasion of other countries and attempts to Americanize their cultures...usually with less than stellar results.