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Mexico has no military that could stop the US. Maybe sanctions...but it's not like saying "no" ever stopped Mango Mussolini.
Maybe Mexico should be in NATO now.
They have a whole lot of people who could pass as someone genuinely from the US underclass for long enough to get into a shopping mall or some legislatures with an automatic weapon.
And a border long enough that they can't be efficiently stopped, especially as the front overtakes them. Look at Russia and Ukraine and a third of the Russian strategic airforce in flames.
I am with you until the last sentence.
In an actual war, the US would take Mexico in half a day. The US military is far more competent than Russsia. But holding it is another matter.
There would be insurgents for decades and you are absolutely right that it would spill over into the domestic United States. I would be an absolute disaster.
Ukraine has the benefit of bordering a powerful alliance that is giving them weapons, Mexico does not.
Guatemala, Belize, and boats from Cuba are nowhere near the same thing as getting literal trainloads of heavy weapons and fighting vehicles through Poland.
comparing Mexican/Cartel resistance to an aggressive America, is not even in the same conversation as the bumbling fuckwit Russian invasion of Europe.
They have enough to hurt a lot.
And they should have a nice big defensive WALL 🤣
And so far America has paid for it!
They have enough to hurt the American South.
The 'good' Texans need to be ready to leave. They've bitched and moaned about not being able to for so long. But if they don't do it soon, one way or another they'll lose the chance forever.
They need to get clear of the pigs living next door before the pigs or the Mexicans take up arms.
Don't forget: one side's soldiers present a far larger target area...
"betcha they won't see me, Sarge"
Thank you, I know this is the cheeto creating distractions, but we (mexicans) would not stand a chance against the USA if they actually decided they wanted our territory.
Our militia is a joke in comparison and the narcos (you know, the ones with better equipment, information and controlling the goverment) would hide, they would not fight at all.
Also the goverment has been doing their best antagonising the citizens and taking our rights away so... It would be a hard pill to swallow for everyone and arming the people you've been harassing and abusing doesn't sound like a great idea.
If the US invades Mexico it'll overrun it within a day, no doubt. However, look at Afghanistan, Iraq. Look at how the US got beat every time. Now remember what cartels do with their enemies and imagine how many soldiers hanging from bridges it would take for the US to call it quits. Remember how many cartel soldiers there already are in the US. What do you think the Latino community will do once the US army starts the eventual murder of innocent Mexican citizens...
The US invading México will end Mexico, it will also end the US
the US invading -anyone- who isn't already seen as an enemy of the nation by the PEOPLE of the nation, will trigger an actual shooting civil war.
and by that I mean, there aren't very many countries that the majority of American people truly see as an enemy, so thats basically Russia, Iran, North Korea, to some extent China. and a bunch of countries from the middle east , central america and southeast asia who have varying histories of things vaguely "islamist, terrorist, or communist"
Mexico, and Literal Allies like Canada and other NATO countries, are not on that list. starting a war with someone not on that list, will be a signal to everyone in America who isn't a brown nosing collaborator, that their own government is rogue and has to be toppled.
Once again, Thank You President Sheinbaum!!