On the Fact that When Spain Controlled Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, and the Philippines, Our Government Referred to Them as Colonies but When We Took Control of Them They Became "Possessions"

The Spanish-American War was one of America's shortest and least costly wars but being that it set the stage for the American Imperium (not to mention that it was brought about by propaganda, bald-faced lies, and a false-flag, the sinking of the Maine, similar to more recent wars) it shouldn't be ignored (and by, it shouldn't be ignored, I of course mean not in a manner that glorifies it like Karl Rove did in a recent biography on McKinley) though, yes, sadly it is.