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When the US says so. We are the bosses of the World, are we not? *NM* Francie Send a noteboard - 16/08/2010 08:06:08 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
Francie
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At what point does it become ok to take over a country? - 16/08/2010 04:25:09 PM 1309 Views
why would we want to make Mexico our problem? *NM* - 16/08/2010 04:30:48 PM 361 Views
Well, generally it's no longer seen as acceptable. - 16/08/2010 04:38:11 PM 945 Views
Revolución! *NM* - 16/08/2010 04:47:55 PM 339 Views
When it spills your pint and eyes up your woman? - 16/08/2010 04:53:29 PM 819 Views
When they get on your nerves or have something you want, preferably both - 16/08/2010 05:04:10 PM 840 Views
I agree we should attack Canada instead - 16/08/2010 05:19:48 PM 833 Views
When the US says so. We are the bosses of the World, are we not? *NM* - 16/08/2010 08:06:08 PM 345 Views
west point? *NM* - 16/08/2010 08:56:58 PM 311 Views
Well take over and intervene are two totally different things - 16/08/2010 09:00:50 PM 1041 Views
never *NM* - 16/08/2010 09:05:03 PM 343 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 433 Views
If he had never gone to war, that would also have meant no Holocaust... *NM* - 16/08/2010 09:28:16 PM 337 Views
Dachau opened in '33, Nuremburg Laws were '35 - 16/08/2010 09:36:59 PM 768 Views
Ok that's what I was thinking - 16/08/2010 09:45:51 PM 809 Views
Uh, yeah, see, there's a difference between "blaming" and "exterminating". - 16/08/2010 09:52:37 PM 809 Views
Re: Uh, yeah, see, there's a difference between "blaming" and "exterminating". - 16/08/2010 09:54:29 PM 746 Views
I don't know if there's really anything to specifically compare it to... - 16/08/2010 10:00:59 PM 918 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 820 Views
Ah, - 16/08/2010 10:04:39 PM 731 Views
I second the motion to invoke Godwin's Law for closure... - 16/08/2010 10:11:22 PM 865 Views
Perhaps - 16/08/2010 09:46:55 PM 723 Views
Well, you'll note I didn't make that causal relation you attribute to me. - 16/08/2010 09:55:39 PM 856 Views
The Dachau follow up was bookkeeping - 16/08/2010 10:05:35 PM 807 Views
The US already took half of Mexico, so why not the other half? - 16/08/2010 09:57:56 PM 854 Views
"Took" is an unfriendly word, we purchased it *NM* - 16/08/2010 10:21:58 PM 351 Views
yes after a messy political and physical "conflict" - 16/08/2010 10:53:22 PM 822 Views
There was also the Gasdsen Purchase - 17/08/2010 12:30:21 AM 776 Views
The Gadsden Purchase was a pittance and an afterthought, as I'm sure you're aware. - 18/08/2010 12:36:24 PM 683 Views
It is fairly large, but yes - 18/08/2010 02:21:25 PM 765 Views
Well, yes, it WAS a purchase, but then, it would be. - 18/08/2010 03:22:23 PM 1211 Views
and why did it belong to Mexico to begin with? *NM* - 17/08/2010 01:28:28 AM 376 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 640 Views
At least we took the time to conquer it - 18/08/2010 05:20:57 PM 988 Views
well they were not using it *NM* - 17/08/2010 01:27:47 AM 323 Views
Once you solved all your own problems, I'm sure. *NM* - 16/08/2010 10:58:28 PM 339 Views
We should seal our border and peform drone strikes on cartels. - 17/08/2010 12:58:37 AM 665 Views
Re: We should seal our border and peform drone strikes on cartels. - 17/08/2010 02:39:11 AM 739 Views
Re: We should seal our border and peform drone strikes on cartels. - 17/08/2010 03:34:59 AM 902 Views
I think maybe we've had enough of nation building for a while *NM* - 17/08/2010 02:45:22 AM 329 Views

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