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Remember the Maine!
(this goes back waaaaaaaay before ww2)
Didn't we blame the Maine on Spain
Yes, the following line is 'to hell with Spain' I believe, it was used as a cassus belli to start the Spanish-American war in which y'all took over Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and practically took over Cuba, although Cuba was technically made independent.