I was talking about cold war decades. Mexico was smart to realize it would be foolish to join Soviet block like Cuba did living on border of a more powerful neighbor. Ukraine not so smart. Now result is Ukraine is destroyed and unlivable. I feel bad for millions of Ukes forced to flee the country as refugees. Florida has so many Ukrainian women forced to sell their bodies to survive.
Mexico doesn’t live in Europe and next to Russia, it is why they don’t really have to bother with a military and spend less than a half of a percent on it and that is about their internal problems.