Why dont we just take over mexico?

Question

They claim we stole Texas Why dont we just go in and take the rest of it

If we take over the drug cartells and take the money it will help pay for some of the people money we get from the crooked government should help with the rest of them

Answer 1

If you think propping up Iraq was expensive.............

Answer 2

Daniel F, cause they multiply like a cats...its why they're high in population..and go to USA lols just think about of Hiroshima, Japan

btw... Texas is sold . The Mexican-American War lasted from 1846 until 1848. It grew out of unresolved border disputes between the Republic of Texas and Mexico after the annexation of the former by the United States nine years after the Texas Revolution. It ended in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in which Mexico, under pressure, surrendered a vast tract of land to the United States for the sum of USD $15 million.

Answer 3

You can not win a war in Irag, 25 million people in a open desert country. You think you are going to win a guerrilla War with 109 million people in mountainous Mexico And 40 million people in the US, You do not honestly believe that continental U.S. cities are going to be spared the ravages of such a war.
You will win the Shock and Awe part of the War.
But we have already beaten the U.S. in a Guerrilla War of the Occupation of Mexico in 1848.
US lost 1,500 KIAs in the War itself,
U.S. lost 4,800 KIAs and 2800 Captured and executed in the Guerrilla war In the Occupation of Mexico. American forces were forced out of Mexico with a loss of 12,000 KIAs.
Much like Irag isn't it ?

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/
Occupation/Occupation.htm

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"US guerrilla war 1848 Occupation of Mexico"
item 2 ,or you can pick anyone on the page.

Edit; Dubious
The Texas rebellion started because Texas anglos introduced slaves into Mexican territory, and refused to release or withdraw the slaves from Texas. In Mexico it was againts the law to own slaves.The rebellion was successful. The Neues river was the border of Texas, The US goverment said it was the Rio Grande and sent troops into Mexico and they were repulsed by the Mexican Army, America Claimed "American Troops were Attacked on American Soil. (Another WMD lie) and declared war on Mexico. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was agreed upon and signed on Febuary 2, 1848 , The U.S. Congress in March 1848 ,unilateraly deleted Article 10, that guaranteed the Property rights and land grants of the 80,000 Mexicans that found they were now Americans. That is where the stolen land claims come from. Has nothing to do with Mexico, It was stolen from the new American Citizens.

And you can think about Bagdad !

Answer 4

Because, aside from the many bone-headed decisions coming out from Gov. Perry, I'd like to think that Texas's government is smarter than that. Taking over Mexico would quadruple the problem that illegal immigrants present.

Dealing with silly claims (like we stole Texas) is like swatting pesky flies. It's a lot easier to shoo the flies away (silly claims - not the people) than to go and adopt several million more people.

Answer 5

We do not want to correct the corruption, crime, and poor living conditions there. If they were ambitious they would be solving those problems themselves.
By the way we sure didn't steal Texas. They declared their independance, won their battle for it, became a nation and then asked to join the US. If We had wanted the country our troops were all the way to Mexico City during the Mexican War and we could have just taken it then.

Answer 6

we would have to care for all the poverty
the u.s.a. gives each state a certain amount of money
say mexico is around the size of the u.s.

we would have to double the money that we give the u.s for mexico

and we would probably have to give extra because alot of mexico is like the united states

Answer 7

Ron , do you really want to take over Mexico.? Don't we already have enough of them coming across the border ? Bad enough they are taxing our facilities at a fair rate, with food stamps, medical assistance, welfare etc. You want the whole corrupt country to be our foster child?

Answer 8

I wouldn't mind taking Mexico, but it's all the baggage that comes with it. You're right, though. Heck, they all keep coming here. If we took it over, then they could stay and have the best of their world AND ours!

Answer 9

South America doesn't want citizens of Mexico. Why don't they start complaining about that, instead of complaining about the US.

Answer 10

Not a bad idea, we are running out of good places for toxic landfills

Answer 11

You want all those scorpions? There's not as much value in Mexico's land as there is in Texas'.