tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post4346031904217061605..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Cinema RoyalsMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-86886655273502411092009-06-17T02:23:57.522-05:002009-06-17T02:23:57.522-05:00Indeed so; did a post a while back on the battle o...Indeed so; did a post a while back on the battle of Hacienda de Camerone where the Legion first gained its legendary reputation. It may be that the US wanted Mexico to remain poor and chaotic so it would always be weak and dependent on the US rather than a potential threat. Juarez would not have won without the support of the US. As to the spelling, im deutsche sprache es ist Habsburg but in English it is Hapsburg. Just depends on the language you're speaking.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-40422476153384225902009-06-16T23:27:05.038-05:002009-06-16T23:27:05.038-05:00So much bravery by the French Foreign Legion in th...So much bravery by the French Foreign Legion in that debacle.<br /><br />Of all the wars America hinted at, or actually did, their telling of the French to get out of Mexico is in my mind: the worst blunder of the 19th Century. Yes, a European puppet but considering the direction Mexico went in the subsequent years; wouldn't it have been better if the country developed under the steady rule of a true Monarch, and the subsequent accumulation of profitable consumer bases, then a silly banana republic warlord? <br /><br />Oh well, to Maximilian and the Hapsburgs...Or do you say it Habsburgs? Curious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com