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Perry open to sending US troops to Mexico
Yahoo News (AP) ^ | 10/1/2011 | STEVE PEOPLES

Posted on 10/01/2011 9:59:16 PM PDT by South40

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said Saturday that he is open to sending American troops to Mexico to help battle drug cartels.

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Mexico's government, however, has been opposed to foreign forces in its territory.

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: borderwars; drugwars; mexico; perry
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To: 3boysdad
Make it ours?

Yeah...that's just what we need -- 100+ million peasants reliant on the American taxpayer.

21 posted on 10/01/2011 10:21:34 PM PDT by South40 (2012 matchup.... CAIN vs UNABLE?)
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To: JoenTX
The United States military will not operate in Mexico short of a full-on invasion. There’s no other way.

Read some history. Then play again.

/johnny

22 posted on 10/01/2011 10:22:58 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Mexico is controlled by 15 billionaire families. If they want this to stop, they can hire their own army. They obviously are either in on the cut or have brokered a deal to exempt themselves from attack. Why then should American young men be used to deal with their problem?

Obviously the PTB in both nations do not want to stop this invasion of people and drugs. I wonder what their offshore accounts look like.

No thanks, Perry.


23 posted on 10/01/2011 10:23:46 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight
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To: South40

Perry said: “What’s a sovereign nation”


24 posted on 10/01/2011 10:24:27 PM PDT by Liz (The rule of law must prevail. We canÂ’t govern ourselves by our personal point of view.)
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To: Hostage
The problem is the Mexican political establishment is not ready to permit US Special Forces to operate inside their jurisdiction unless it is so secret that no one would know they were ever there.

And they likely never will be. Which means Perry was either blowing smoke or he would do so w/o their approval.

25 posted on 10/01/2011 10:25:07 PM PDT by South40 (2012 matchup.... CAIN vs UNABLE?)
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To: South40
Does he want to invade a sovereign nation?

THE LOONIE LEFTIES SURE THINK SO!!!

Rick Perry Wants to Invade Mexico!

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26 posted on 10/01/2011 10:25:22 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: South40
But if Mexico does not want our help in trying to solve its rampant crime problem we have no right to force it upon them.

Not true. We did it before. We can do it again.

And if Mexico can't keep their house clean, and it spills into my house.... Oh, hell yes.

War isn't about who is 'right'. It's about who survives.

Lets us play again.

/johnny

27 posted on 10/01/2011 10:26:03 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: South40

Okay, I’m not saying there aren’t circumstances under which it might be a really good idea to take military action against those trolls. That said, I’m amused by the idea that a fence would be an intolerable hardship on border landowners and a shooting war wouldn’t be.


28 posted on 10/01/2011 10:26:12 PM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: South40

Did you even read your own article? Of course he’s not going to go invade Mexico.


29 posted on 10/01/2011 10:26:36 PM PDT by tirednvirginia
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To: Liz
Perry probably sees Messico as an annex of America in which case he would send troops at will.

I'm beginning to think he's not just insane, he's dangerous.

30 posted on 10/01/2011 10:26:58 PM PDT by South40 (2012 matchup.... CAIN vs UNABLE?)
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To: South40
But if Mexico does not want our help in trying to solve its rampant crime problem we have no right to force it upon them.

Did Afghanistan request our "help" in addressing their little crime problem?

31 posted on 10/01/2011 10:27:03 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: South40

He did not talk about invading Mexico. He said he is open to the idea of sending troops to assist the Mexican government just like we did in Columbia. We were there at the request of Columbia.

If the Mexican Government is overthrown it’s going to get very ugly and it’s certainly possible. It seems prudent to keep all options on the table and we certainly have resources and intel capability honed in Afghanistan and Iraq that could be effective.


32 posted on 10/01/2011 10:28:05 PM PDT by volunbeer (Keep the dope, we'll make the change in 2012!)
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To: smoothsailing

The ‘loony lefties’ support Perry and his loony leftist policies. So your post makes no sense.


33 posted on 10/01/2011 10:28:36 PM PDT by South40 (2012 matchup.... CAIN vs UNABLE?)
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To: stilloftyhenight
Mexico is controlled by 15 billionaire families.

Then kill them outright in the daylight.

And in the US, we're supposed to be the powers that be.

I'm all for bringing back the troops from the middle east and using them on the southern border.

/johnny

34 posted on 10/01/2011 10:29:24 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: South40

Wonder how he is going to handle this one when they ask him aout it at the next debate?


35 posted on 10/01/2011 10:30:16 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: JRandomFreeper
Not true. We did it before. We can do it again.

No, it is true -- we have no right to invade Mexico. Care to cite what gives us the right, other than to repeat 'we've done it before'?

36 posted on 10/01/2011 10:30:51 PM PDT by South40 (2012 matchup.... CAIN vs UNABLE?)
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To: South40

In that case, let’s invade Washington!


37 posted on 10/01/2011 10:31:37 PM PDT by 3boysdad (The very elect.)
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To: South40
he would do so w/o their approval.

Do the goblins ask for our approval before invading the territory of the US?

Eff 'em.

And then, kill them until we don't have that probem any more.

How hard is that?

/johnny

38 posted on 10/01/2011 10:31:41 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: South40

Dear Governor Perry: Simple solution - put armed troops shoulder to shoulder on the U.S. side of the entire border between Mexico and Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California while a ginormous solid wall is being built the entire length. Seal all the tunnels. Search everything going to and from. Refuse entry to illegals, confiscate and destroy drugs and guns coming in and guns going out. Put a few select CEO’s who hire illegals in prison as an example to all.


39 posted on 10/01/2011 10:32:07 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: RichInOC
That said, I’m amused by the idea that a fence would be an intolerable hardship on border landowners and a shooting war wouldn’t be.

Good point, Rich. I don't really think Perry wants to invade. But his suggestion cannot be good for relations between the two countries or for his campaign. It makes him sound like a nut -- more so than usual.

40 posted on 10/01/2011 10:33:05 PM PDT by South40 (2012 matchup.... CAIN vs UNABLE?)
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