Can't believe there were people who criticized this deal out of the sheer desire to be as contrarian as possible.
>>2797062
Well I'm not sure about the exact time of discovery but at the time it was really just tundra that was probably gonna be more expensive to govern than it returned in taxes. People back then didn't know that Akaka was a literal goldmine.
Just some liberal niggers whining about government spending through any yellow press slander possible
>>2797062
At the time it wasnt a very good deal. The US paid something like 10% of its gdp for land that was economically worthless as far as anyone knew
It was worth it just to piss off the UK though
>>2797266
>LE REDDIT LOOK WHAT I DID
>>2797266
t. reddit
>>2797266
Hi R*ddit!