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At what point does it become ok to take over a country? Dark Knight Send a noteboard - 16/08/2010 04:25:09 PM
I'm starting to think it's about time for the US to "annex" Mexico. I live in South Texas and I was recently talking to one of my Hispanic friends about the illegal immigration/drug problem with our neighbors to the south. We had an intelligent debate about the issue and we both agreed that nobody is paying attention the real problem with illegal immigration: Mexico.

Mexico is such a God-awful country that people are fleeing in droves (no offense to anybody from Mexico or who has family there. I have many, many Hispanic friends who agree that Mexico is a dangerous place. It sucks because some areas are really beautiful). So I told my friend, tongue-in-cheek, that we should just take Mexico over. We laughed about it and discussed other things.

However, the thought has stuck with me ever since. I started thinking about the history of this world and how countries have come into being. So my philosophical question for the day is, once a country is established, does it have the right to always exist as is? At what point does a country deserve to have better leadership?

By the way, I don't think we should really take over Mexico. It's just frustration with the immigration debate and the drug violence. A lot of people here in South Texas are affected by it. I just wish Mexico could get its act together. I wonder, though, how the Mexican people would feel about being a part of the US. Do a majority of them have national pride? Hmmm food for thought
Formerly Mat Bloody Cauthon on Wotmania, blessed be its name
This message last edited by Dark Knight on 16/08/2010 at 04:26:41 PM
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At what point does it become ok to take over a country? - 16/08/2010 04:25:09 PM 1287 Views
why would we want to make Mexico our problem? *NM* - 16/08/2010 04:30:48 PM 352 Views
Well, generally it's no longer seen as acceptable. - 16/08/2010 04:38:11 PM 923 Views
Revolución! *NM* - 16/08/2010 04:47:55 PM 329 Views
When it spills your pint and eyes up your woman? - 16/08/2010 04:53:29 PM 797 Views
When they get on your nerves or have something you want, preferably both - 16/08/2010 05:04:10 PM 817 Views
I agree we should attack Canada instead - 16/08/2010 05:19:48 PM 813 Views
west point? *NM* - 16/08/2010 08:56:58 PM 302 Views
Well take over and intervene are two totally different things - 16/08/2010 09:00:50 PM 1016 Views
never *NM* - 16/08/2010 09:05:03 PM 334 Views
Not even Hitler's Germany? (if he never went to war but just stayed put) Reply to Yuna *NM* - 16/08/2010 09:24:41 PM 422 Views
If he had never gone to war, that would also have meant no Holocaust... *NM* - 16/08/2010 09:28:16 PM 327 Views
Dachau opened in '33, Nuremburg Laws were '35 - 16/08/2010 09:36:59 PM 744 Views
Ok that's what I was thinking - 16/08/2010 09:45:51 PM 780 Views
Uh, yeah, see, there's a difference between "blaming" and "exterminating". - 16/08/2010 09:52:37 PM 790 Views
Re: Uh, yeah, see, there's a difference between "blaming" and "exterminating". - 16/08/2010 09:54:29 PM 728 Views
I don't know if there's really anything to specifically compare it to... - 16/08/2010 10:00:59 PM 896 Views
Also, perhaps someone should just invoke the (variation of the) Godwin Law and stop this whole thing - 16/08/2010 10:02:23 PM 796 Views
Ah, - 16/08/2010 10:04:39 PM 710 Views
I second the motion to invoke Godwin's Law for closure... - 16/08/2010 10:11:22 PM 845 Views
Perhaps - 16/08/2010 09:46:55 PM 703 Views
Well, you'll note I didn't make that causal relation you attribute to me. - 16/08/2010 09:55:39 PM 836 Views
The Dachau follow up was bookkeeping - 16/08/2010 10:05:35 PM 779 Views
The US already took half of Mexico, so why not the other half? - 16/08/2010 09:57:56 PM 830 Views
"Took" is an unfriendly word, we purchased it *NM* - 16/08/2010 10:21:58 PM 341 Views
yes after a messy political and physical "conflict" - 16/08/2010 10:53:22 PM 798 Views
There was also the Gasdsen Purchase - 17/08/2010 12:30:21 AM 746 Views
The Gadsden Purchase was a pittance and an afterthought, as I'm sure you're aware. - 18/08/2010 12:36:24 PM 663 Views
It is fairly large, but yes - 18/08/2010 02:21:25 PM 741 Views
Well, yes, it WAS a purchase, but then, it would be. - 18/08/2010 03:22:23 PM 1187 Views
and why did it belong to Mexico to begin with? *NM* - 17/08/2010 01:28:28 AM 365 Views
same way it seems to be the way most people who own the Americas came to own it. - 17/08/2010 01:46:49 AM 621 Views
At least we took the time to conquer it - 18/08/2010 05:20:57 PM 968 Views
well they were not using it *NM* - 17/08/2010 01:27:47 AM 315 Views
Once you solved all your own problems, I'm sure. *NM* - 16/08/2010 10:58:28 PM 330 Views
We should seal our border and peform drone strikes on cartels. - 17/08/2010 12:58:37 AM 645 Views
Re: We should seal our border and peform drone strikes on cartels. - 17/08/2010 02:39:11 AM 715 Views
Re: We should seal our border and peform drone strikes on cartels. - 17/08/2010 03:34:59 AM 881 Views
I think maybe we've had enough of nation building for a while *NM* - 17/08/2010 02:45:22 AM 317 Views

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