[Rusty0604]

What these modern day Mexicans don't know it that the Mexicans living in the area wanted out of Mexico and fought their corrupt and inept government. Some things don't change.

[Paladin2]

The Spanish stole the Mexico from the Indians.

[Ciaphas Cain]

Somewhere, Pancho Villa is laughing.

[JMS]

Settled in the Mexican-American war. There is no claim. Mexico owes us and we should kick out all of their nationals who don’t have work papers. Visitors of course can stay until they’re time here runs out and we can have a normal relationship with our neighbor.

[vladimir998]

They gave that all up . . . after we defeated them in the Mexican-American War. That door closed a long time ago.

[heartwood]

I’ll abide by the Navaho vote.

[Regulator]

Glad to see them admitting it in print - in Carlos Slim’s newspaper, no less.

Undoubtedly the Left agrees with them.

But they only want the material wealth the gringos created.

And as for citizenship, and the right to rule us, forget it.

That’s war.

[Ray76]

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/guadhida.asp

[tbw2]

The United States gave American citizenship to Mexicans in the U.S. when we annexed these territories. Their descendants are American citizens.
Those Mexicans in the US today who are not citizens had to have been born in Mexico - and they ARE Mexicans, not Americans.

[Reno89519]

How about instead we take Mexico and make it a safe-haven or zone for Mexicans we then deport from the US?

[RC one]

I think we should start conducting military operations against the Cartels inside Mexico instead. we should waterboard them until they tell us our money is and then we should take our money and use it to build the wall.

[Williams]

I don’t think it’s funny. California is theirs already. Why are we letting these rotten ingrates abuse us.

[Kartographer]

[HartleyMBaldwin]

“...more than half the rest of Mexican territory...”

And it was the half with all of the paved roads, too.

[Mastador1]

The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war and specified its major consequence: the Mexican Cession of the territories of Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo México to the United States. The U.S. agreed to pay $15 million compensation for the physical damage of the war.

Mexicans have no claim, their reconquista por la raza is mierda and the NYT is staffed by Pendejos. It would be more logical to say that New York should be returned to the Indians that were cheated out of it.

[TexasGator]

Didn’t we save them from the French?

[Pelham]

Dubya and Obama already did this for all intents and purposes. A fool and a traitor.

[joshua c]

If Mexico took back the Southwest it would just change the location of the border Mexicans would cross to get out of Mexico

[fahraint]

uhh.....remember the Alamo, or something like that...maybe “come and take it”....or San Jacinto, baby...

How many texicans want to split from Tejas and join to Mexico, drug lord land?

[Oatka]

Mexico may give up its rightful claim to ownership of Texas, California and the entire Southwest of the United States, but only if the U.S. government gives the hugely valuable prize of U.S. citizenship to many millions of Mexicans

Somewhere in Mexico, ca 1848 - "All right, we'll call it a draw"

[RinaseaofDs]

Oops. Too late. Mexico went 0 for 2 years of battles in the Mexican-American war. The US flag was flying over Mexico City, which is about 900 miles away from the Texas border. Unlike every other country in history, we gave back all that conquered territory.

A lot of folks don’t know a US Colonel was the person in charge of Mexico for about a year. Apparently, our generals were busy.