February 02, 2025
The Second Mexican War?
Timothy Birdnow
We may have a second Mexican war soon.
Mexican cartels are threatening to kill ICE agents and suggest they may use drones to attack them. If the Mexican government refuses to act I suspect America will do what she id when Poncho Villa was raiding our territory - send in John Pershing and George Patton. (Well, not Pershing and Patton themselves but their modern equivalent.) The same was largely true in the runup to the first Mexican war when Mexicans were raiding settlements in Texas and then started massing troops at the border. If Mexico won't stop this Mr. Trump certainly will.
Most people are unaware but when Texas rebelled against Mexico the New Mexico territory - and area south of the border, rebelled as well. For a short time they created the Republic of the Rio Grande which was crushed by Santa Ana on his way to fight the Texans. Rio Grande was much easier to reach and take than Texas, which was a far-flung province with poor transportation and communications, making it very difficult for Santa Ana's traditional stand-up army to take. Sam Houston was able to lure Santa Ana deep into the hinterland where he was vulnerable. That wouldn't have worked in the flats in Rio Grande. Houston attacked in a swamp.
At any rate perhaps we should revisit the idea of a Republic of the Rio Grande, an American protectorate?
I don't know but Mexico can't and won't deal with the Cartels, and those Cartels are going after us now. We need to show our power.
it would be a bad thing to have to invade Mexico itself but we may have little choice. Sadly we won't fight it as we did the first war; Gen. Winfield Scott ordered the immediate hanging of any Mexican caught fighting without a uniform. That put an end to guerilla warfare. Today we'll be too "civilized" for that and probably would face an "insurgency" that would take years to quell if we quell it at all.
So optimally we don't want to fight this, but a quick incursion would be acceptable. Something will have to be done.
We may have a second Mexican war soon.
Mexican cartels are threatening to kill ICE agents and suggest they may use drones to attack them. If the Mexican government refuses to act I suspect America will do what she id when Poncho Villa was raiding our territory - send in John Pershing and George Patton. (Well, not Pershing and Patton themselves but their modern equivalent.) The same was largely true in the runup to the first Mexican war when Mexicans were raiding settlements in Texas and then started massing troops at the border. If Mexico won't stop this Mr. Trump certainly will.
Most people are unaware but when Texas rebelled against Mexico the New Mexico territory - and area south of the border, rebelled as well. For a short time they created the Republic of the Rio Grande which was crushed by Santa Ana on his way to fight the Texans. Rio Grande was much easier to reach and take than Texas, which was a far-flung province with poor transportation and communications, making it very difficult for Santa Ana's traditional stand-up army to take. Sam Houston was able to lure Santa Ana deep into the hinterland where he was vulnerable. That wouldn't have worked in the flats in Rio Grande. Houston attacked in a swamp.
At any rate perhaps we should revisit the idea of a Republic of the Rio Grande, an American protectorate?
I don't know but Mexico can't and won't deal with the Cartels, and those Cartels are going after us now. We need to show our power.
it would be a bad thing to have to invade Mexico itself but we may have little choice. Sadly we won't fight it as we did the first war; Gen. Winfield Scott ordered the immediate hanging of any Mexican caught fighting without a uniform. That put an end to guerilla warfare. Today we'll be too "civilized" for that and probably would face an "insurgency" that would take years to quell if we quell it at all.
So optimally we don't want to fight this, but a quick incursion would be acceptable. Something will have to be done.
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What with the way Trump's people are hitting the ball over the fence so far (example: Rubio and Panama), I think Mexico had better put a big squeeze on their cartels unless they want a war with us.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at February 03, 2025 12:49 AM (k9h1C)
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The cartels need to watch what happened to the Somali leaders hiding in caves and how they were eliminated because that will be them with no place to hide.
Posted by: Mike at February 03, 2025 08:41 AM (8lJEw)
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Agreed Dana. The Mexican government had best see that we have already threatened to annex Canada...
You're right Mike! If the U.S. gets serious about taking these guys out they will die. They have benefitted from weak leadership in America for years, but we have a new sheriff in town.
You're right Mike! If the U.S. gets serious about taking these guys out they will die. They have benefitted from weak leadership in America for years, but we have a new sheriff in town.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at February 03, 2025 08:59 AM (oxGOG)
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