Mexicans are proud people and would not stand for Gringos dominating them. They still remember the Mexican War and all the territory the US took from them.
Now they are practicing “Reconquista”.
Sleeper Cells in the US would raise hell and in some cases paralyze whole cities. Don’t underestimate an enemy. You should know that.
Nation building in Mexico would not be a good thing or work out. We have our own disasters to deal with.
Welcome Home! I was in the 101st Abn. in I Corps and we took over when the Marines pulled out of I Corps.
I know that they're a proud people - I grew up with Chicanos in San Fernando went down Baja California to Ensenada a lot. My battalion went to orphanages around Tijuana once a month to bring the kids clothes and feed them while repairing their toilets and roofs and windows. The kids had never seen grass before the one time we go permission to take them to Camp Pendleton.
But that Mexican government is a disease - same old corruption, same old distance between the top tier and the suffering people, and either ignoring or facilitating the invasion and the drug barons.
We can't let this continue or our country becomes "North Mexico" without any of the benefits.
If we don't do something drastic, particularly against the cartels, we lose generations to Fentanyl, heroin, and Cocaine.