Re: Sinking of battleship Maine

From: Stephen Grammont (islander@midmaine.com)
Date: Fri Oct 07 2005 - 09:48:29 PDT

On Oct 7, 2005, at 6:13 AM, Rick v100 wrote:

> If it was not the Maine it would have been another
> reason that the war started.

Correct. Which is why so many theorized that the Maine was actually
blown up by the US itself. It was so obvious that the US was looking
for a reason for war that the sinking seemed to be a little too
coincidental. I think that theory has been put to rest just as a
deliberate Spanish action has been, but the point remains that if it
wasn't the Maine it would have been something else. Many of the wars
the US has been involved in had similar "excuses" after military
pressure had built up to a point where it either needed to be released
or stood down. In other words, the decision to go to war was made
before the pretext for actually starting it was identified.

Steve

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