Killed because he was in a car from Arizona. No two ways about it. Politically motivated. Perhaps not assassination in a sense of a public official, but definitely targeted because he was from Arizona. There is no doubt in my mind.
OK. I agree there is no way I would, at present, travel through Mexico. The hostility towards Americans has deep roots far beyond today’s politics and I relate two family instances of it.
My parents stopped vacationaing in Mexico after viewing video of Mexicans celebrating in the streets of Mexico City as the twin World Trade Towers in New York City collapsed on 9/11/2001. It was very shocking for them, as we all have friends who came from Mexico, and we never recognized any hate or resentment from them.
My father told me this past week about his grandfather, a Welsh collier mining gold in Mexico during the years after WWI.
Pancho Villa had raided their mining camp and rounded up all the miners and their families. These poor people were herded into the mine and Pancho Villa had told them he was going to blow up the mine with dynamite.
My grandmother’s parents and relatives were rescued by U.S. cavalry commanded by General Pershing. Not surprising, my great grandparents, who had just escaped being killed by Mexicans and later the massacre at Coalfield, Colorado, decided it was time to go back to the Empire. My great grandfather later died in a mine collapse on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
After mulling this over, my thoughts and instincts are that, the Arizona “shot across the bow” will be identified by future historians as the key incident leading to CWII.
I think Arizona will make a stand on the 2nd and 10th Amendments and all hell will break lose. There will be Citizen Militias deputized, as in the old days of the West, to deal with the border.
This will result in some bloodshed, and Mexico will send its Army into the border, just as they did in the days of Pancho Villa.
Then 0bama will be put to the test: defend America and Americans or defend his PC Fantasy version of the world.
If he does not defend the US, and its constituent states, it is then grounds for removal from office.
Should he be impeached, then we will see, not a region versus region insurrection, but more likely an Urban vs. Suburban/Rural conflict, given that most cities are blue islands in Red states.
Sbmitted for your consideration.