[Uncle Joe Cannon]

Better send a convoy of laborers to do the cleanup and construction work as well.

[Paleo Conservative]

That's just what New Orleans needs -- Mexican water treatment plants.

[Prince Charles]

A Mexican army aid convoy set out for the U.S. border Tuesday, carrying water treatment plants, mobile kitchens and supplies to feed the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Are they gonna cross the border in the desert?

[konaice]

Getting Mexicans here is not the problem.

WILL THEY GO HOME?

[Echo Talon]

Whats worse dysentery or Montezuma's Revenge?

[sockmonkey]

The trucks, carrying 195 unarmed soldiers, officers and specialists, were expected to arrive in Laredo, Texas,

I hope they can make it through the killing fields of Nuevo Laredo unscathed.

[doug from upland]

I have a feeling that their Army members are going to stay here then bring their families.

[carumba]

Chips and salsa, huevos rancheros, frijoles, Muchas gracias. I could survive but nobody would stay in the same room as me.

[c-b 1]

Maybe that was what was going with the Mexican Military just on the other side of the Border when we were out there tonite.

[benjaminjjones]

Mexico has an Army, not Banditos?

And what the heck are unarmed soldiers? Civilians?

[AngelesCrestHighway]

How about redirecting those trucks to help their own people in deep poverty to help prevent them from coming here?

[kittymyrib]

uhhh...I hate to tell them, but Houston has water. This makes no sense to me.

[ccmay]

C'mon guys, 20+ posts of mocking and sneering? We're better than that.

Thanks to our southern neighbors. ¡Viva México!

I agree that they should not be unarmed where they're going. I thought military visitors on official business were allowed to go armed.

-ccm

[BallyBill]

I'm betting most of the equipment is U.S. surplus or donated, but we appreciate the effort.
I wonder if Mexican immigrants would've treated their city like some New Orleans residence treated theirs?

[BroncosFan]

"Mexico sent a squadron of pilots to train in the United States in the 1940s, but they served outside the United States - in the Philippines - in World War II."

Is this correct? I've never heard it before and I know a bit about the topic.

[Gritty]

When they take their trucks back home, they should load up with their own refugees which live here - by the millions.