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I think the US is fine with a War on Anything, as long as it's done in another country. The actual killing is done in Mexico and Afghanistan, and we're just pea
by antidoh 14y ago
I think the US is fine with a War on Anything, as long as it's done in another country. The actual killing is done in Mexico and Afghanistan, and we're just peachy fine with that.
- daniel-cussen 14y agoAfghanistan I'll grant you, mostly, because there are no US civilians for miles and miles. There are some soldiers, though. But Mexico? No. No, for so many reasons: it's a favored tourist destination, for one. Second, relatedly, Spring Break takes place there. America will be damned before it lets her young women drop dead in such a manner! And, that's an industry unto itself, with a lot of US investment tied up there. Third, the Latino population in America votes and are not peachy fine with their cousins dropping dead. The Mexican contingent within that Latino population is pretty large. Fourth is the giant, hardly monitored stretch of border between Mexico and US. Afghanistan is something like three borders and an ocean or two away from US. Pretty easy to stop violence from spilling over. But Mexico? A bit harder.
- antidoh 14y agoAnd yet on it goes.
- daniel-cussen 14y agoIndeed.