With all the problems we are having with Mexican Cartel right now and their war on America, the obvious question on the minds of Americans is “Will Mexico be our next battle field?”
When a 14 year old is kidnapped and made to kill and other children are volunteering to join the cartel, you know that not only Mexico but the U.S. has a big problem brewing on the other side of the border.
Keeping this in mind, please read the following re-post from http://www.RedState.com.
Like it or Not: Mexico is America’s Next Afghanistan
It’s time to ‘man up’ and face a fact that most politicians know, but few care to admit.
Posted by LaborUnionReport (Profile)
Sunday, December 12th at 9:00AM EST
With the exception of a few state governors, such as Texas governor Rick Perry and Jan Brewer not many public officials want to stand up and publicly admit the obvious.
The United States of America will likely be forced to invade Mexico. It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. The question then becomes: What to do with Mexico after we invade it and wipe out the drug cartels (as much as can be). Does the United States merely return Mexico to a nation state of corrupt politicians, failed economic policies, and lawlessness, or do we annex Mexico and turn it into the 51st state? …www.redstate.com
The point that many of us have “a certain false security in believing that, since most of America’s streets are not filled with the murder and mayhem that is going on just South of our borders, we have nothing to worry about” is a real concern of mine.
It appears that most Americans believe: “Well, it’s their problem, not ours.” The truth is that the illusion of security is quickly falling apart. Many social sites and chat rooms talk about this problem but are not worried about it spilling over our borders. That attitude is so naive because it is spilling over. How many Americans have to be killed or kidnapped before the U.S. sees it as an American problem?
It is ludicrous to think we are safe on this side of the border when we know that 80 miles into Texas is controlled by the cartel and that there are areas on our side of the border that even Border Control stay out of because it is too dangerous. Does this not concern you? Why not?
You should be very concerned about Mexico’s problems “with the stories of American police officers being threatened by Mexican drug cartels, of kidnappings and drug murders in Arizona and Texas, of control of certain parts of Arizona and forays into New Mexico and Colorado by drug cartels, of teenagers being turned into hitmen, and American tourists being kidnappedor killed while on vacation in Mexico.
While America’s national interests are certainly being threatened, not just by the flood of illegal immigrants, but by the violence that is beginning to spill across our borders, the Obama administra-tion chooses to pander to special interests pushing amnesty, while ignoring repeated requests for troops along our Southern border. Moreover, the administration claims about the level of deportations in 2010 have come under scrutiny, leaving many to wonder if the administration is even remotely serious about secure borders, or just playing games for the media. … www.redstate.com
What is the point to be here? The point is that, like it or not, Mexico’s problems are now our problems. Unfortunately, we have an administration that seems to not care about border problems the states deal with nor in helping relieve the strain law enforcement is having on the budget in those states.
Government has been trying to deal with illegal immigration through Mexico for decades, and various Presidents and Congress have tried amnesty (which has never worked) and other ideas to help curb the flow of illegals into this country. So far, nothing has worked that well because politicians don’t seem that committed to solving the problem.
In 2005, President Bush made a deal with Canada and Mexico and signed the SPP Act. Basically, the signing of this act removed borders between U.S., Canada, and Mexico. It’s purpose was to pave the way for the North American Union, and make it easier to move cargo from Mexico through U.S.to Canada. Ships from China and the Far East offload at Mexican seaports and then transported by truck and rail into the United States via the new NAFTA Super Highway. These new cargo streams would cross the border in supposedly secure FAST lanes, checked only electronically until the first Customs stop in Kansas City!
[P]oliticians in Washington have cowardly turned a bi-partisan blind eye to the economic refugees (i.e., illegal aliens) that have transgressed our borders until it has become an unbearable strain upon our economy. Then, rather than securing our border and addressing the problem, the immigrants are now being used as political pawns in order to create a huge pool of 8 million progressive voters.
Irrespective of what happens farther down the road, the violence that is occurring today in Mexico and spilling over into the U.S. is something that cannot continue to be ignored by the administration, regardless how weak it may be.
If things do not change in Mexico (or if the President refuses to secure our borders), sooner or later, the U.S. will likely have to send a large amount of troops into that country to wipe out the drug cartels.
Mexico, today, poses as significant (or more significant) threat to the United States than Afghanistan and, as a sovereign nation, America has the right to defend itself and its time the White House (and other politicians) get honest with the American people about what they intend to do about it.
In the meantime, the Obama administration should stop playing politics with people’s lives along the border, ‘man up’ and get Rick Perry and the other Republican governors the troops they need to keep Americans safe along the border.
LaborUnionReport
