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== "imminent Mexican attack on Texas" ==

== "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.  Also, could someone help me out with the footnotes?  I'm not sure how to unify two different citations which are from the same source into one footnote. [[User:Malveramenso|Mal]] 21:16, 19 June 2008 (EDT)

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.  Also, could someone help me out with the footnotes?  I'm not sure how to unify two different citations which are from the same source. [[User:Malveramenso|Mal]] 21:16, 19 June 2008 (EDT)