[Orangedog]

Okay, better tin-foil up for this one...here goes.....

GW has been kissing Fox'x ass since 9/11 for one reason...CHINA! So what does China have to do with Mexico? (better really foil-up for this one!) We share a very large "border" with Mexico. If we start deploying troops along the Mexican border and generally start treating them like we should, they might turn to the OTHER country with a lot of money and big military...our good friends the Chinese! They are already running the Panama canal and Mexico can host a hole lot of troops from the other side of the planet. It would take years, but the Chinese are patient. IMHO, the last thing we need is to have China massing a presence in our own back yard when we are currently spreading out troops thin all over fighting terrorism. [/foil]

[x1stcav]

Excellent point. I understand that approximatelt 25% of the population of Panama now are 'guest workers', i.e. Chicoms.

Thanks, Jimmy.

[B Knotts]

OTOH, China is highly dependent on us, too.