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"Why is our neighbor to the south, Mexico, refusing to support the United States on Iraq at the United Nations? Could Mexico wind up casting the deciding vote against military action? We'll have a No Spin report. "

The above is from O'Reilly's webpage. I watched the re-run version and I thought it was a balanced assesment. The Mexican leadership (Vincente Fox) is PO'd about the open borders agenda and is pushing their weight around in a show of independence.

Meanwhile, see my above post, I'm in the Mexican tourism business and I'm pacing around, powerless to do anything. Customers are going to do what they are going to do and governments are kicking this soccer ball down this field as it rolls to it's inevitable goal (taking out Saddam).

I guess to continue this metaphor, the ball is being kicked back and forth, but who is going to be on our winning team? Right now, I could be the ball. The ball is all of the people whose life and livlihood ride on this winning point.

I have been able to be rather hypothetical and theoretical and a fan with an opinion on most of these war/games, but now, good Lord, I'm invested in the outcome.

I talked to a sage "our man in Mexico" tonight and he can't believe Mexico would actually vote against our resolution. He can believe they might abstain to push us some more, but not vote against us.

I said, we've seen so many "This can't be happening!" events that I can actually believe Mexico would do this disasterous deed.

Like I asked before. Any suggestions on anything I can do to be effective? Email the Mexican Consulate in Houston? And say what? AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

If history is any guide, the Mexican politicians will resent the heck out of it, but vote in the end with the US.

The one thing that has to weigh on everyone's minds, including the Mexicans and French, is that the US is going into Iraq regardless.

So why go on record as siding with the losing side when it won't make a darn bit of difference to the outcome?