[Monterrosa-24]

"...I guess the Reconquista was good, heroic and justifiable when Christians reclaimed their lands by throwing Muslims out of Europe, but bad now."

Yes, in Spain it involved centuries of fierce warfare. Here it involves going to sleep and not minding our border.

I love El Salvador but that does not mean that I want millions more of them to come here. Mexicans too cannot expect to see a welcome mat when millions come to promote Mexico and continue to be Mexican.

I say make it a real border and cut the flood to a trickle.

The Spanish became the strongest country of the World from 1492 to 1588 due to the competitiveness learned during the reconquest. Mexico is weak and only further weakening the United States by providing more votes for unworkable socialism.

[Luis Gonzalez]

As long as you call what these illegals are doing a "reconquista", you are giving it gravitas.

Call it what it is...illegal border jumping.

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

The Spanish became the strongest country of the World from 1492 to 1588 due to the competitiveness learned during the reconquest.

No, it was mostly because of the gold and silver pillaged out of South America. Precious metals can do wonders for your economy, a fact not lost on Queen Elizabeth I who happily sicced her pirates on Spanish galleons. The Moorish kingdoms were already fractured and weak way before 1492. The fall of Granada in that same year was just the final stroke.

[VOA]

"The Spanish became the strongest country of the World from 1492 to 1588 due to
the competitiveness learned during the reconquest."

A slight amplification:
I recently read the book linked below. The writer (Rodney Stark) mentioned that
one historian probably most accurately summed up the rise and fall of Spain in this
way: Spain didn't fall...because it never rose. It was only the Spanish Empire
that ascended for awhile.
Contemporary travelogs noted that the countryside of Spain was backwards
and still moderatley impoverished even at the apex of the Spanish Empire.
And that Spain never got a real manufacturing base...simply spending their
gold and other loot to get foreign goods.

The Victory of Reason : How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and
Western Success
by Rodney Stark
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400062284/sr=8-1/qid=1143494237/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-2648512-0001636?%5Fencoding=UTF8