How was T. Roosevelt a war monger??
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Whilst I wouldn't want to take this thread to another topic, he was a chief proponent of the Spanish American war that lead to the annexation of Cuba (supposedly on humanitarian grounds for the Cuban people's liberty), which led to the country becoming a holdout for corrupt American businessmen and led to the rise of Castro. As a result of the war, the Americans also claimed the Philippines from Spain that had gallantly fought and succeeded in freeing itself from colonial rule from only to be put through a bloody war with the US to crush their independence that resulted in the use of torture and the deaths of some 600,000 Filipinos.
It was criticized by Mark Twain among others as counter to American ideals of liberty.
Whilst I can't deny his many accomplishments and admire his willingness to push progressive ideas, if the Spanish American war was fought today it's proponents would be war criminals.
You can argue the Americans were better colonial masters than the Spanish and I wouldn't disagree but the war to achieve it cannot be justified by that.