The Last Samurai (2003) 2hr 34m [15] [Streaming Again] An American war veteran hired to teach modern military tactics in 1870s Japan becomes caught up in the conflict between the emperor and the samurai. #NowStrea…
California and the Western US have relied on immigrant farm labor since, well, the US won the Mexican-American War, which ended in 1848.
(military, history) In English language usage, any of several wars involving the United States of America, in non-U.S. local contexts.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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Why does every American war so quickly turn into a sunk cost fallacy?
“California and the Western US have relied on immigrant farm labor since, well, the US won the Mexican-American War, which ended in 1848.”
“Why does every American war so quickly turn into a sunk cost fallacy?”
“Indeed. I'm sure there's a Department who is memory-holing every American war, and police action, EVER, as we speak. The Wedding of 1812. The Spanish-American Fiesta. The Civil Cookout... 😭😭”
“The fact that a 2000 person Mexican force defeated a 6000 person French force at Puebla is important, but it's not the equivalent of Gettysburg in the US Civil War. The US did not like foreign involvement in Mexico, especially after the Mexican-American war ended in 1848.”
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(UK, obsolete) The American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence.
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