And it's not just oil either, although that is a factor. More serious is the potential opportunity for players like China/Iran to take advantage of a civil war-torn Mexico in similar fashion as N Korea/Lebanon.
The long-term play is the WoT - the bet is the US will internally survive.
"The author has been reading FR; it's been mentioned many times that the ultimate reason for Bush's open-border policy is the necessity of maintaining stability in Mexico.
And it's not just oil either, although that is a factor. More serious is the potential opportunity for players like China/Iran to take advantage of a civil war-torn Mexico in similar fashion as N Korea/Lebanon."
There have been many FR posts that China has been working overtime to become a big trading partner with Mexico. There have also been postings that China has been infiltrating Mexican borders to sell arms to revolutionaries.
China is not only going after Mexican oil it is going after Mexico, hoping to further destabilize them to our detriment.
And finally, it is well known that China is very active in promoting illegal CHINESE immigration into our borders.
Remember the Norinco attempts to import AK 47s for Black gangs?
Remember the attempt to take over the old US Navy base.port at Long Beach?
Remember Carter's virtual gift of the Panama Canal to China?
How about the Clinton treason on having Chinese infiltrate our top infrastructure, including the Los Alamos National Lab? And worse yet, selling nuclear and other sensitive information to China in return for campaign contributions?
We'd better start remembering and start taking commons sense, patriotic action.