This war made the United States a superpower. But it did it with chaos, incompetence, and a guy on a horse charging the wrong hill. That’s very American.
We got a global empire by accident. We got a President who was basically a human rocket. We got new foods, new smokes, and a new attitude. We went from a shy teenager to the loudest kid in class.
So next time you bite into a Cuban sandwich, remember: You’re tasting a war. A short, weird, hilarious war that changed everything. And it started with a boat that nobody really needed to blow up. Classic America.
