USS Maine the US battleship sent to Port Havana in Cuba then Spainish colonial! Turret magaine blown up laid blames on the Spanish! An all out war is kick started at Spanish colonial overs: Cuba, Porto Rico,Guam,the Philipines...one by onefallen in US hands! Spain was seen as a potent adversary in late 19th century!

Very familar like thesedays at US-China tensions! an anyone smell the gunpowder fumes in the air?