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Political Cynic |
We have enough of our own problems. Why in hell would we willingly take on more? | |||
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| Just for the hell of it  |
No and hell no. Mexico also would not allow that to happen. Mexico is its own country they are not going to say oh let's get gobbled up by our neighbor to the north. _____________________________________ Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. Jack Kerouac | |||
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Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
Ridiculous. How do you suggest we outsiders, the US, make improvement in Mexico, when "the proud Mexicans don't do more to fix their country" (your quote)? Send them a strongly worded letter? Pour more money into the place like we're doing in Ukraine right now? Invade their country and take out the bad guys? Send a million missionaries down there? Give me more great ideas, here, man. Btw, the Mexicans aren't doing anything to fix their country, let alone doing "more". I can't even understand why you started this thread with the ridiculous nonstarter questions "Could/should the USA incorporate Mexico?" "...the USA amending it's borders to include Mexico?". Just like that, huh?  Q | |||
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Mexico is a barely functioning democracy with not a lot of real tradition in that arena. Corruption is endemic. The head of the national anti-kidnapping task force was also a leader of the largest kidnapping gang. The cartels are deep in everything. Imagine the worst most corrupt city in the US. Now multiply the dysfunction by 1000. Spread that over 128 million people, most of whom don’t speak English and want no part of being part of the US. Would you have Mexico be a territory? That won’t fly. Multiple states? Nobody wants anything to do with any of this. | |||
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My apologies, fellas. This has been a small taste of dumb shit my wife has to put up with all the time. Poor woman. Imagine two stoners on a grassy hillside, laying on their backs, contemplating the cosmos, passing a joint back and forth. I am one of those stoners. Metaphorically. "Bro, you know all this hubbub about the border with Mexico? What if the border just wasn't there, bro. Like, what if Mexico was part of the US?" "Dude. Faaaar out!" Yeah. I do that shit all the time. I'll persist just long enough that it seems like I am genuinely invested in the idea, because I want to satisfy my curiosity across however many angles I perceive, and then I am satisfied that the thing has run it's course. Thanks, team! This annoying trait of mine has cropped up in firearm and training-related threads multiple times. I don't typically venture into international politics. Good thing! | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Mmmmmm ... TACOS!  הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Oriental Redneck |
I actually enjoy your firearm discussion posts, because they deal with facts. What we have here is fantasy. So, my recommendation is, stay in Mason's Rifle Room. j/k j/k...  Q | |||
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I hear ya, man. The Lounge is a scary place. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
 It’s all good… "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Ammoholic |
See, this man knows what's up! I hear their taco bowls are even better than Trump Tower's.  Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Member |
Just declare Mexico and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) without their consent. Then we can regulate the crap out of them. That's what cities do to us in the good ole USA! ______________________________________________________________ Common sense is no longer simply uncommon. It is rare these days. | |||
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I believe this is how the US acquired California. | |||
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Member |
If enough of us just move there... ...fuck that. "Ninja kick the damn rabbit" | |||
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| Live long and prosper  |
How much are the Mexicans paying you to toss that idea around?  0-0 "OP is a troll" - Flashlightboy, 12/18/20 | |||
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goodheart |
Now Canada...I'd go for taking most of western Canada, and they would probably be happy to come along. I'd leave out Vancouver though, we don't need another San Francisco. Quebec? Merde alors! _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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| Coin Sniper |
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should... Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Member |
From your keyboard to God’s ears. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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delicately calloused |
The simple answer is, it’s too late for that. There was a window after the Mexican-American war that it could have worked. We opted for the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and paid Mexico some odd millions for the land we conquered. It was not stolen as some assert. With that cash, Mexico survived and rebuilt. Since then our cultures moved antipodally. We advanced while corruption prevented their advancement. Now we are two societies spinning at dissimilar rates. If they were to merge, friction would be destructive. It’s sad really. Mexico is beautiful and rich in resources. The average patriotic citizen there is just like you and me. Or at least it was so 45 years ago when I lived there for a few years. There’s no chance of a union now absent some unilateral collapse. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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| Experienced Slacker |
Thank you. Well thought out and presented without any ill will. It is a pity it can't work, gaining valuable turf is usually a great idea. | |||
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