07-06-2014, 02:18 PM
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Cleveland calling it an act of war is a far cry from what you referred to as "The US legally declared war on the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893. It was legal under the laws of the United States, so trying to use the illegal angle is going to get nowhere."
In fact it was not legal under US law, because Congress did not declare war, instead one rogue commanding officer landed marines to support the overthrow, but he was acting outside of his mission and chain of command. The order of events was first a Provisional government, Republic of Hawaii, annexation as a territory, then statehood. The Provisional government asked to be taken into the United States and was turned down, so they formed the Republic of Hawaii, both of which were the results of an illegal coup d'etat in which a legal sovereign government was forced from power and replaced against the will of the majority of the people at that time.
Carol
Cleveland calling it an act of war is a far cry from what you referred to as "The US legally declared war on the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893. It was legal under the laws of the United States, so trying to use the illegal angle is going to get nowhere."
In fact it was not legal under US law, because Congress did not declare war, instead one rogue commanding officer landed marines to support the overthrow, but he was acting outside of his mission and chain of command. The order of events was first a Provisional government, Republic of Hawaii, annexation as a territory, then statehood. The Provisional government asked to be taken into the United States and was turned down, so they formed the Republic of Hawaii, both of which were the results of an illegal coup d'etat in which a legal sovereign government was forced from power and replaced against the will of the majority of the people at that time.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb