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Comment author: James_Miller 12 August 2015 01:02:59AM 2 points [-]

One could say that the US has tried before, and it didn't work out well for them.

But we also took Texas and California, and all Americans would agree that at least one of these acquisitions worked out for us.

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 18 August 2015 02:51:50AM 3 points [-]

Well the population of those regions was replaced/swamped with Anglos.

Comment author: moridinamael 12 August 2015 06:20:30PM 1 point [-]

Yep, Texas has been a great acquisition.

Comment author: Vaniver 12 August 2015 01:14:07PM 1 point [-]

But we also took Texas and California, and all Americans would agree that at least one of these acquisitions worked out for us.

I meant that the invasion plan failed, not that if the invasion plan had succeeded, it would have been worse than the mainline history.

If we had absorbed Cuba in 1902 instead of letting it go, I think it would have worked out well (but not as well as Texas or California--it probably would seem comparable to Florida as a state).

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