And that was what? 100 years ago? Can you imagine the current Mexican government reacting the same way today? Just ignoring a US Army incursion into its territory?
Perhaps you're not a frequent Mexico visitor as I am, but let me tell you, Mexicans are among the most Nationalistic Pride people on the planet. They bleed Red, White and Green. You'd not only have the Mexican Army responding with a massive attack on the US, you'd have every man, woman and child in the Nation from Matamoros to Chiapas, taking up arms against the "invading Yankees." --- In [email protected], Harland Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "Eric Dondero Rittberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could you conceive of a situation whereby if the US went into > > Chihuahua to hunt down Azteca radicals, the Mexican Government would > > not respond with the Military? > > Yes! In fact, that is exactly what did happen in the case of Pancho Villa. > The US launched the Punitive Expedition to chase Villa around the mountains. > They never did catch him, though. It was like George Bush' expedition to > catch bin Laden, (and bring back his head on a pike".) Pancho Villa > eventually made peace with the Mexican government, kept his commission as > Generalisimo del Norte, and now they name taquerias in his honor. > > Israel, on the other hand, is not chasing bandits; the Israeli army is > destroying Lebanon. 500,000 people have fled their homes! The Israeli air > force bombed Beirut International Airport! They have destroyed bridges, > houses, even service stations. Hundreds of civilians, woman and children, > have died under Israeli bombs. And they are still attacking. > > Harland Harrison > Libertarian Party of San Mateo County CA > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], <boyd.w.smith@> wrote: > >> > >> From: Eric Dondero Rittberg <ericdondero@> > >>> Notice you skirt the question of WHO ATTACKED WHO FIRST??? > >>> > >>> Who crossed whose border first Steven? > >>> > >>> Or is the answer to that question to uncomfortable for ya? > >>> > >>> Only problem, the evasive whitty little quip strategy doesn't > > work. > >>> > >>> Again: If a renegade band of Mexicans crossed our Border and > >>> killed > >>> 8 National Guardsman and kidnapped 2 others, would the United > >>> States > >>> have the right to respond and attack Mexico? > >>> > >>> Answer the question straight out. > >>> > >> No. Unless you could show that Mexico was responsible or > > complicit in the actions taken. You could attack the renegade > > Mexicans, but not Mexico. > >> > >> BWS > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
