starshineowned
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ORIGINAL: truckinslave It really is a serious situation, and an even more serious trend. Extrapolate it out... Closing the border would help Mexico in the long run. Many of their hardest-working, smartest people, people who could really help their country (and would prefer to, if it was possible) .... leave. Revolution against the cartels is not the only revolution they need. Mexico and the USA both have natural resources (they have more oil; we may have more/better farmland). Both have intelligent hardworking people. Both have everything from warmweather ports to international tourist destinations. What's the difference? The United States Constitution. They need a revolution. So, you seal off the border, severely restrict entry, and let the carnage ensue. Up until now, most of the 26,000 killed were themselves in some form of drug business or another. If Mexico collapses, the collateral damage of your "revolution" will be even bigger than that of the current fight against drugs. How many people die before your nation takes action? If Mexico goes under, the casualties so far would look like Manhattan on September 10th. "How many people die before your nation takes action?"..... See now this one part here is always something that gets me. It doesn't matter in the end exactly "where" our nation steps in and takes action because either way it always ends up one of two extremes. We either stuck our noses in some place we didn't belong for "personal benefits" or we sat back on the sidelines and watched all those people suffer as a result of our in action. I really am tired of that game. I would like for transparency to ensue and Mexico government be made to publicly ask for assistance but I just don't see that happening and it will end up being the big bad US jumping in and taking advantage scenario. On one hand I understand the hush of that sort of thing because it would in the end undermined the governing authorities within Mexico and certainly hamper there abilities to be trusted or relied upon by the peoples after things were more stabilized but dang it always makes us look like the boogie man cometh. starshine
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