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To: SJackson

Paging General Black Jack Pershing and Lt. George Patton.


2 posted on 05/16/2008 7:28:34 AM PDT by AU72
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To: AU72

Forget a border fence — we need to plant 1,00 miles of landmines.


3 posted on 05/16/2008 7:30:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: AU72
These days, both of them would be sharing space with Ramos and Campeon.
5 posted on 05/16/2008 7:33:45 AM PDT by wally_bert (Tactical Is Still Missing A Chair!)
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To: AU72

Wait a minute...I thought Juan McCain said that the immigration problem was under control now.


7 posted on 05/16/2008 7:37:28 AM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: AU72
Pancho Villa invaded New Mexico and attacked the 13th US Cavalry.

He got his ass handed to him and he fled back over the border.

Pershing and patton spent eleven months hunting Villa in Mexico after that.

They never found him.

During that time Patton killed one of Villa's lieutenants and another one of his lieutenants was killed in a skirmish.

The US expeditionary force fought two engagements with the Mexican Army, losing one and drawing the other. This was because the carranza government of Mexico who were fighting Villa did not like US troops within their borders because they believed it won more popular support for Villa.

Pershing withdrew his forces and fortified the US border to prevent further raids.

Pershing told reporters that his mission was a failure.

9 posted on 05/16/2008 7:38:42 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: AU72

You apparently forgot that General Winfield Scott, assisted by Capitan Robert E Lee, conquered Mexico in a combined arms invasion. They landed at Vera Cruz and marched inland to Mexico City where they soundly defeated General Santa Anna. Part of the campaign involved US Marines at the Halls of Montezuma.


23 posted on 05/16/2008 8:19:22 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The Bitcons will elect a Democrat by default)
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To: AU72
Paging General Black Jack Pershing and Lt. George Patton.

How about Zachery Taylor and Winfield Scott. We need some rereconquistadors.

30 posted on 05/16/2008 8:51:30 AM PDT by ALPAPilot
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