SO WHO WOULD MEXICO CHOOSE?
Interesting to see that a Mexican newspaper has conducted a poll asking which of the contenders for the US Presidency would be best for Mexico.
"The results: Hillary Clinton got 41% of the Mexican vote. Obama was in second place, with 27% of the vote. And John McCain? He got a whopping 8% of the vote!"
Now McCain has incurred the wrath of many US conservatives for his serial pandering to Mexico. And all for nothing! The Mexicans overwhelmingly want to see a Democrat in the White House - we can all figure why.
David Vance
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Mexico intends to engineer an absolute majority of Mexicans in the states which were lost to the US, and then force a referendum on continued participation as memeber states of the US. I am meaning California, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas and this goal is near. It is also worth noting that the US has already accepted such a measure in principle and practice: the US did, after all, support the secession of Kosovo from Serbia - and that chicken will soon come home to roost on US soil.
A@A,
That is pure conspiracy theory nonsense. Just ask Charles in Texas how successful those same border states were in seceding from the Union 147 years ago.
Just ask Charles in Texas, or even yourself, these questions:
1. What is the population of those states now, and who comprise it?
2. Given its stance on Kosovo's secession from Serbia can the US government really deny that it supports the principle and practice of secession from one larger entity of a smaller component?
3. When these states have an absolute Mexican majority and the Mexicans make their move, what would any of you do about it, if anything?
BTW, Alan FM, it's called reconquista, and the supporters are serious about it.
Allan,
1. - irrelevant.
2. Yes, it can and it will where the US is concerned. Even if Kosovo set a universal precedent for seccession, which it didn't, the US would be no different than the UK in deciding on its own territory as it sees fit. Nobody could or would say anything about it.
3. None of them would need to do anything. The matter will be safe in the hands of the US govt, and nothing Mexico or the Hispanics could do can change that.
But in any case neither will want to. The Hispanic people in the US, who certaintly aren't all Mexican anyway, are obviously more than happy to be there and would be the last people to try to undermine their own constitutional security. Mexico, for its part, does not have any territorial ambitions in this regard. You are living in a 19th C territorial mindset. "reconquista" is just a word bandied about at times to revive a jaded audience.
>>the supporters are serious about it.<<
So what? Many people are serious about making the US a Muslim country. They are going to have as little success.
Thanks, Noel, you answered that perfectly.
Here's an interesting factoid: America gets the majority of her oil from Mexico!
Only 10%, I believe, from the Middle East.
America gets the majority of her oil from Mexico!
Evidently, it's really Canada with Mexico second (with 16% from the Persian Gulf) according to these figures.