Is Mexico, REALLY a friend of the US?
339307
I think the US should just BUY mexico and make it a state.
1053178
Mexico.  Their country is an ally.  We have nothing against Mexicans, only against illegal aliens.  Mexicans who immigrate here legally are fine.  Mexicans who stay in their country and play soccer are just great.  \n\nWe oppose some of the Mexican government's policies about illegal immigration, however, it is hard to blame them for them since they benefit so much from it and our country lets them get away with it.\n\n\nGo, Mexico!
212456
Mexico and U.S. have had conflicts forever.  There are protests on immigration in LA now where there are half a million people.  3/4 of those people are probably illegal and should go back to mexico if they are so unhappy with our country.  \n\nThey were very close to war with us in WWI, i believe.  Germany sent mexico a telegram, the Zimmerman Note, offering them and alliance.  Germany wanted the U.S. to have to fight a home front and promised Mexico they would get the land they lost to the U.S. many years ago back.  This included California, Arizona, New Mexico, colorado, utah, and possibly a few others\n\nRight now I don't think mexico is at war with us.  They are taking advantage of the equal rights our government gives though and our causing us some problems.
681968
they're all in north america?  i think mexico is north america and not central america....hmmmm, may have to look that up.
635776
I don't think that the Mexicans would agree. Mind you, there is always the option to invade it like the US normally does with other countries, but then again Mexico doesn't really have a lot of resources that the USA is interested in.
573837
What kind of "relation"? US Embassies? You know the saying "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer"
635676
interesting, isn't it?  A land once owned by Mexico and very ruthlessly stolen from them in war is now being called a land that they should stay out of.  You shouldn't see your friends as 'illegal' aliens.  Really, the original people who came to this country immigrated without permission.  They killed the people who were already here.  And yet, somehow, they determined that they had more of a right to be here than the people who already were... Stand up for your friends.
222899
No. Have you ever heard the saying "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" before? Foreign relations lead to strange bedfellows, such is the nature of diplomacy.
90249
Mexico is not the true problem for US security. The problem that makes the US a target of terrorism is its policies imposed over other countries which clearly violate their sovereign rights. Outside the US, Americans are perceived as people who only care about themselves, their business and their money. A good lot of American policies imposed over other countries have been clearly a violation of the rights of democracy in those countries, just to favor some major US corporations. Bush should be spending more time trying to make peace than invading other countries and attacking other nations because their ways are different than ours.
635689
Yes, I am watching it right now. He actually thinks Mexico is our friend when they despise us according to polls and such.
1049723
The same reason that citizens of Mexico call it "Mexico" when it is actually "Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos" The United States of Mexico. So therefore The United States of America is "America". I dont want to say the whole thing all the time, it is too much. I am against people living in a pro-American, anti-anything else bubble, but I dont think that is the reason behind THIS!
334902
I actually agree with you, though I wouldn't put it in your terms.  I do think the United States should SERIOUSLY open talks with Mexico about annexing it...that is...making it a territory of the United States like Puerto Rico and Guam,  though not making it a "state" per se.\n\nWhen over 50% of the population of an entire COUNTRY does not want to live there and are trying to immigrate to the U.S., there is a serious problem.  \n\nI'm sympathetic to the economic problems that Mexican citizens are facing, but the U.S. has it's own problems, as well.  NO ONE IN THE WORLD has the right to just go to another country and expect "rights."  Every country...and I do mean EVERY country--even Mexico--has their own immigration rules and laws.  The U.S. is no exception, and I'm not sure why Mexican citizens feel they have the right to simply ignore our laws?\n\nThere is a problem and a lot of those people need help, if the government of Mexico is ill-equipped to help their own people, and they are insistent that flooding the U.S. is the only solution, then I say open the U.S. Mexico border; make Mexico a U.S. territory subject to all of our laws and taxes and give them protection under our military system.  \n\nI have no doubt this would be a mess, but honestly, what the heck are we supposed to do when the majority of Mexicans prefer to live in the U.S. and we can't stop them from flooding across the borders illegally?  It would be better to just open the borders so that citizens AND businesses can cross without restrictions, and that way over time, there will be less incentives to come north.
285247
They think Texas is part of Mexico,no joke
499335
Probably Mexico toward the USA.  Part of our angle has always been to create good relationships for the benefit of business, so we will appease the Mexicans to get these good relationships.
1087358
At this point I believe so. We are in a war on terror officially. Any country that does not take our concerns seriously, need a wake up call. Mexico is one of them. We have every right to militarize our border when we are being invaded. And we are being invaded. The invaders carry drugs, diseases and are by their very nature counter culture. They cost the US billiions of dollars in untold ways and they threaten the culture in general. They are also, outside of the law of this country by entering in the way they do. All that said, I'm sure many are nice people.\nI would ask the question, "if someone put a gun to your head and blew your brains out, would it matter to you if they were a nice person?"\nWe ARE at war with these people and in a sense with Mexico and while it is not traditional, it is being fought for the same old things most wars are fought for. Power, control, money.
56797
No I don't think so. Look at us americans we will always act all proud to be americans, also if you went to mexico you could ask any of them and they would tell you that they were pround to be that I think it depends on how you carry that pride. I'm glad that you are proud of who you are, too few are
422548
Absolutely NOT.  Mexico is the toilet of the western hemisphere.  It is filled with poverty, corrupt officials, drug lords, illiterate people, and nothing but problems.  With the exception of Mexican food, Mexico has offered virtually NOTHING of any worth to the civilized world.