Manifest destiny in the USA

[King]

There is a decision, oddly enough called Manifest destiny, that give the USA lots of lovely cores on Mexican terroitry. All the USA needs to do is cash them in.

 

[King]

Perhaps the USA should be doing something like this.

 

[King]

Oh Good Lord. 1866 and the US hasn't grabbed California yet? And I bet the US would get terrible infamy if it gets the entire territory at once.

OHGamer's AAR almost made me preorder, but the concerns about America have persuaded me to wait.

Not when the USA gets an early civil war and you don't get any infamy for grabbing cores.

 

[King]

King... taking advantage of USA's war against the Mexico to reclaim Yucatan is hardly fair. Whatever happened to sportsmanship in war?

Spanish Mexico looked good on the map though.

 

[King]

Okay. Do you have any screenies of the U.S. getting its historical borders, then?

It's working on it at the moment. It has taken three states off Mexico and wouldn't surprise me if it went after some more when the truce ends.

 

[King]

So it can't take, or rather isn't capable of taking, them all off Mexico in one blow?

Or it decided to leave it after 3 states instead of exhausting itself too much in a single war.

 

[King]

This is just smart play on part of the US. Don't make gigantic claims that might be disappointed...

+1 MIL for each wargoal you fail to achieve, the AI is highly aware of this.

 

[King]

You and King have done a great job of laying out the cost-benefit analysis; would you all say whether the US has to go back to the well more often than it wins the whole Cession in a (Veracruz-aimed) swoop?

I think the USA AI is doing the right thing, the longer it is at at war with Mexico the more the risk is that it will end up in another war somewhere else. Take what you can and quickly. A bit like this

 

[King]

As it turns out the US AI figured since it hadn't clocked up much bad boy taking out Mexico it could take a little more.

 

[King]

Poor Mexico got kicked by both Spain and USA.

I was Spain, all I wanted to was to try and reform the Spanish Empire in the Americas. I am sure the Mexicans will understand such a modest goal as this.