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→"imminent Mexican attack on Texas": new section
A lot of this stuff was put there by users who have been known parodists. I removed some of it. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 17:57, 29 June 2007 (EDT)
A lot of this stuff was put there by users who have been known parodists. I removed some of it. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 17:57, 29 June 2007 (EDT)
== "imminent Mexican attack on Texas" ==
The article states that James Knox Polk "launched an invasion of Mexico to prevent an imminent Mexican attack on Texas." This is historical speculation and should be attributed or removed. In reality, there is no way to prove that an attack was or was not going to occur. To suggest this implies that we have absolute knowledge of the circumstances and human thoughts surrounding the event. Perhaps the wording should be changed to read, "Polk launched an invasion of Mexico to prevent what many USA Congressmembers saw as an imminent Mexican attack on Texas" or whatever the correct attribution may be. I may end up changing this myself. [[User:Malveramenso|Mal]] 21:16, 19 June 2008 (EDT)