And the US Army had a right to march into Mexico City. In a sane (non liberal) world we’d do it again and put a stop to this nonsense.
Imagine we have a military which considers it embarrassing to defend our borders.
A little History on this....
After securing Veracruz, Scott marched to Mexico City to defeat the forces of Santa Anna—who had by now seized the Mexican presidency for the sixth time—at the Battle of Chapultepec on September 13, 1847. The war was over. General Winfield Scott was military governor of Mexico City, the Mexican government existed in name only, and many a U.S. Congressman and Senator was demanding the U.S. annex the entire country of Mexico.
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