Reflection Post - Mexican-American War

In my reflection, I would like to discuss the Mexican-American War lecture by our guest lecturer Anthony Mora. I found that his lecture was quite outstanding and gave a lot of valid and interesting information about the Mexican-American War that is usually not seen in history books. He showed us how the Mexican-American War was much different than what U.S. historians have led us to believe and in fact, the war was not nearly as glorified and noble as our media has showed it to be. Although he made many good points and showed an abundance of supporting evidence, I felt that his lecture was too biased against the Americans and the way conducted ourselves during that time period. Yes, Davy Crockett was a Mexican citizen and quite possibly surrendered to the Mexicans, but Professor Mora did not give any information or evidence where Davy Crockett actually got his fame in America for his tremendous bravery and citizenship. Davy Crockett was not the only overly biased argument in his lecture either. The American army, he explained, did very horrible things to the Mexicans during the war, and he made it very clear that the U.S. government was not sensitive to any of the rights of Mexicans. I am no expert and I know very little about the Mexican War, but it just seemed to me that the only items he brought up bashed America, and he gave very little counter evidence to any of his points, of which, I'm sure, is plentiful. I thought his lecture was very informative and interesting, and it gave me a new look at the war, but I believe he could have done a much better job giving all the evidence.