Originally Posted by chamr
Maybe not. But was it necessary to lie, cheat, steal and genocide them so vigorously, systematically, and with the full backing of the US government and military?

That's generally the way that war and conquest happens, apparently. At least that's how history seems to portray it. Primitive people were defenseless against modernity, and yeah it's a crying shame, but it hasnt, or wasnt going to happen any other way.