[ek_hornbeck]

The fact that Jefferson Davis and others in the Confederacy had their sights on Mexico is hardly a revelation, nor does it diminish them morally given manifest destiny being the foundation of US history.

In retrospect, I wouldn't want to be saddled with Mexico or Central America as part of my country, but chances are those countries wouldn't be 1/10 of the mess that they are today if they were part of the Confederate States of America as opposed to being quasi-narco states.

[ealgeone]

In retrospect, I wouldn't want to be saddled with Mexico or Central America as part of my country, but chances are those countries wouldn't be 1/10 of the mess that they are today if they were part of the Confederate States of America as opposed to being quasi-narco states.

I don't know....look at Detroit, Chicago, other urban areas.