[itsahoot]

but I think there's a better chance of at least minimal cooperation if the income keeps flowing.

That strategy worked well for the Clinton administration, when they bought off North Korea, to prevent them from developing Nukes.

A pacifist is one who feeds his children to the alligator, hoping that the alligator will eat him last. (approximate quote of Churchill)

[livius]

There's a difference between nukes and illegal Mexican immigrants, although you wouldn't know from the overheated rhetoric of some on this forum.

Unless we deal with this realistically, we're never going to be able to deal with it at all. Are you wondering why this plan is going ahead? It's because it's the only possible one, but virtually no one here makes any constructive suggestions. It's all hatred and bile.