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Rob, Mexico has always been a lawless place WAY before a drug issue in the US began.........a matter of fact, known by all.......

Maybe I'm just stupid, but I miss your point.

It appears the point is Mexico would have been better off if the United States had completely subsumed their country. My Fox News-loving brother-in-law on a few occasions has blurted out that we should just roll in and take over. Recently, right-wing pundits and politicians threaten to send troops into Mexico to deal with the cartels and drug trade. There is never any mention of the demand side of the equation, of course.

As Mr. Stump so eloquently catalogued in our high school U.S. History class a million years ago, one of the major themes of the United States in the 1800's was Manifest Destiny. The oft-repeated mantra was, "Sea to sea. Pole to pole."

The attempt to annex Canada via the War of 1812 was stymied. There was some discussion of annexing all of Mexico after the victory in what the U.S. called the Mexican-American War and what the Mexicans called the War of North American Invasion. Instead, the U.S. was content in annexing approximately 55% of Mexican territory.

After these two events, Manifest Destiny then became simply, "Sea to sea." I still have deep admiration for Mr. Stump, a veteran of World War II. He fought for and loved his country but did not countenance any sanitizing of our history.

Oh, by the way, shouldn't invading a sovereign nation on the flimsiest of excuses in order to steal half their territory be considered lawless? Darned shame this matter of fact is not known by all.