I posted this in the Column section in the hope that more people would read it. Just a bit more information as a side bar: The Spanish flag has flown for a longer period over more of the land that would become the USA than the Stars and Stripes. Am I patriotic? Do I believe “My country, right or wrong?” “Yes,” to the first question, a resounding “No” to the second.
Lew Rockwell.com: The “Marines’ Hymn” as it is known, extols the exploits of the Marines, and among these, is the invasion of Mexico in 1846, referred to in the first line of the Hymn with the phrase “From the Halls of Montezuma.”
Forgotten, of course, are all the tales of rape, murder, and desecration of churches perpetrated by the Americans during their occupation of Mexico. These are not limited to the Marines, of course, but included both the regular army and the Texas Rangers, who have a long history of brutality toward Mexican Americans in Texas during and after the Mexican War. Read more here.
