In a message dated 8/23/02 2:23:57 PM Central Daylight Time, Katt1930@aol.com writes: > > WAR is not stealing......Texas and California was conquered lands. > > Do think war is a game of checkers???? > Jerree I will not let you get away with that. You can't have it both ways. Was it a war or was it an action against criminals who were rebelling against their country? Pick one. If not war, then it is 'acquiring' done by the US government from their own countryman. They are good for that. The victor gets to make the defintions. William