Fox: "Mexico Doesn't Fear U.S...."

The Guardian ^ | Wes, March 05,2003

[yankeedame]

Fox: Mexico Doesn't Fear U.S. Reprisal

Wednesday March 5, 2003

MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Vicente Fox said Tuesday Mexico isn't worried abut the United States' reprisal if it doesn't back a resolution supporting war with Iraq, and said Mexico would not accept any unilateral U.S. action to disarm Iraq.

Also Tuesday, officials confirmed that Mexico's foreign secretary had tried to revive a Canadian compromise proposal on the conflict in a Saturday meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Mexico, a member of the U.N. Security Council, is one of several nations that has declined to say how it would vote on a U.S.-backed resolution paving the way for war with Iraq.

Mexicans largely oppose military action against Iraq, and Fox doesn't want to offend voters before crucial congressional elections this summer. Some Mexicans, however, fear a vote against their powerful northern neighbor would anger the United States, the destination for more than 85 percent of Mexican exports.

Recent statements by Fox stressing the need to disarm Saddam Hussein appeared to indicate Mexico was edging closer to the U.S. position.

But on Tuesday Fox told a meeting of businessmen in the central state of Aguascalientes: ``We are not going to accept any unilateral decisions.''

``We say 'No war, yes to peace,''' Fox told the crowd. ``Imagine what kind of world we would have if everybody took unilateral decisions about starting a war.''

Fox also said Mexico shouldn't fear retaliation from the United States if it stuck to its pro-peace stance.

``We are in an almost daily dialogue, they know our position and we're convinced there won't be any reprisals.''

British officials met with their Mexican counterparts Friday and Saturday in Mexico in a bid to sway undecided Security Council nations.

Powell and Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez spoke by telephone on Monday and met Saturday at Powell's home in the Virginia suburbs, Foreign Relations Department spokesman Allan Nahum said.

Nahum said Derbez asked Powell about a compromise plan of the type proposed by Canada - a sign that Mexico is looking for a way to please both sides. The Canadian proposal would set a series of benchmarks Iraq would have to meet by the end of the month.

[sheik yerbouty]

Maybe it's time they should!

[Mr. Mojo]

Fox: "Mexico Doesn't Fear U.S...."

This sort of statement plays very well on the machismo-obsessed Mexican street. Pure public consumption nonsense.

[TLBSHOW]

of course not with the open border policy....

[F16Fighter]

MEMO TO FOX:

Ho-hum....

[Husker24]

Mexico doesnt seem to have a problem about not having U.N permission for its unilateral American invasion.

[Centurion2000]

President Vicente Fox said Tuesday Mexico isn't worried abut the United States' reprisal if it doesn't back a resolution supporting war with Iraq, and said Mexico would not accept any unilateral U.S. action to disarm Iraq.

Like these Mexican scumbags are going to stop us ??

[snowtigger]

Fox is a blithering idiot!!

[holyscroller]

And after still another insult and spitting in his face by Fox, GW still does nothing to stop the invasion across our Southern border. GW may not be insulted, but I am! CLOSE THE BORDER and throw all the illegals out NOW!

[FreeCanuckistan]

You know.....this fresh resolve by the Mexican's against the US, was conspiciously preceeded by Cretin's recent discussions with Fox.

This is Chretien's work.....for sure.

[doug from upland]

This sonofabitch has 5 million of his law breaking citizens sucking benefits out of California. He better not stand in our way.

[Blue Collar Christian]

When was the last time they thought they had a real army? Oh, yeah, it was under Santana. They are still licking the wounds inflicted by Texans.

[P-Marlowe]

I've always thought that Baja California should be part of Southern California. There's about 1600 miles of pristine oceanfront and bayfront property just waiting for development. I think if we re-examined the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalago, it would clearly show that all of California was supposed to have been seeded to the US.

[Blue Collar Christian]

Why can't we just bury them? If we throw them out, they keep trying to get back in. Closing the boarder tight enough to seal them out would cost alot more. Though I would volunteer time every year to spend a week on the boarder with my 300 WIN MAG sniping illegal immigrants.

[RecentConvert]

We don't need the approval of mexico or any other third world banana country telling us what to do.

Kick the mestizos out and seal the immigration floodgates NOW!

[KickRightRudder]

we are becoming a third world country.

[MEG33]

Public consumption,yes,but the money sent home to Mexico made him really want progress on amnesty and immigration compromise.Our mind was changed 9 11. He may be in a real snit.It ain't over yet.