[Kozak]

"This is a part of Mexico, this is territory taken from Mexico,...

Reminds me of the old joke : Why do you hate America Juan?
Juan : Because you stole half my country. And it was the half with all the paved roads!

[skeeter]

Reminds me of the old joke : Why do you hate America Juan? Juan : Because you stole half my country. And it was the half with all the paved roads!

The irony is that for several decades the Mexican government invited the gringos into their northern territories to deal with the indians which were preventing their development. The problem for them was after he had tamed the land whitey stuck around.