Did America  not win the war with Mexico many years ago?
536957
The US-Mexican war happened between 1846 to 1848.  As a consequence of the war the United States acquired the northern half of Mexico. This area later became the U.S. states of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.\n\nThe defeat of Mexico was the first time an enemy force occupied the capitol of the nation. The French would also occupy Mexico City in the 1860's\n\nRelations between the United States and Mexico remained tense for many decades to come, with several military encounters along the border.
388072
Even American Indians fought for different hunting grounds.  Our European ancestors that settled here were just better warriors.  Now we have boarders and laws.  They are observed in all other countries on this planet, the USA should not be any different.  Mexico has some of the toughest immigration laws and some of the harshest penalties for breaking them.
576026
I would say that yes, Mexico is passive aggressive towards America. I wouldn't go so far as to say that Mexico is "expanding", there is however a huge amount of the population that doesn't want to be there.
1121355
Brig-Gen Aylwin-Foster hits the nail fully on the head. The Americans only understand total war and seems never to learn the lesson: Modern wars are not fought in this way. \n\nIn Malaya the British used small units of highly professional soldiers to kill only where necessary and to win hearts and minds wherever possible. These well-led fighting units knew their terrain and knew their enemy. They worked in amongst the people, in the towns and in the villages and deep in the jungle. More often than not, their successes were measured in the way they turned the local populace against the communists insurgents who'd spread like a cancer through the communities of the Malaysian pensinsula. This campaign was marked by brilliant soldiery - by the bullet and by persuasion. It was the skilful combination of the two that won the day. \n\nSomething in the American psyche (often revealed in the macho output of Hollywood) leads them to believe that overwhelming force wins wars and wins friends. It does neither. It has lost them every major military intervention since World War II. And before American respondents say American might won World War II, remember this - Germany's forces were mightier that those of the Allies, yet they lost.\n\nAmerica needs to look closely at itself. With every day that passes its swaggering, gung-ho approach becomes more of a pastiche of the goose-stepping Nazis pre-World War II. The Nazis are reviled and mocked in equal measure now - at once a joke and a horror. One day the America of the early 21st Century may be similarly seen by the civilised people of this small planet.
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It's an item now because it is getting worse. You may not be aware that Mexican Army units make about 100 illegal incursions into the United States every year, sometimes to escort drug runners into the US.  This is a huge problem and to speak out against it would undermine the Administration's irrational and inexplicable infatuation with Vicente Fox's corrupt regime and that crap piece of garbage called NAFTA.  The Mexicans are a huge problem that is getting bigger and at one point or another are going to have to be confronted point blank whether the Administration wants to or not.  the very sovereignty of the United States is at risk, and the Federal government by refusing to properly address the issue is defaulting on its obligation to defend the country.\n\nYou will be hearing more and more about this and I would  not be overly surprised if at some point in the near future open warfare breaks out between the US and Mexico.\n\nITEM:\nMexican Army Invades U.S. \nPhil Brennan, NewsMax.com\nWednesday, March 12, 2003 \nIt’s the war nobody wants to talk about: well-armed Mexican soldiers storming across America’s southern border, sometimes with guns blazing.\n“We are in state of war,” Edward Nelson, chairman of U.S. Border Control, told Soldier of Fortune magazine. “And we are fighting enemies who have brought the battle to our shores. If ever there was a time for the United States to put troops on the border, it is now.”\n\nA blockbuster exposé in the magazine's March issue notes that over the past five years, there have been 120 documented incidents of Mexican military/police incursions, sometimes resulting in the arrest of Mexican army personnel on U.S. soil by Border Patrol agents.
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I don't know how the past can be used as a valid argument, it doesnt make sense. \n             Excerpt from the History Channel\n\n                   War with the U.S.\nThe residents of Texas, then under Mexican rule, had been angered in 1829 by a governmental decree abolishing slavery, and the plan by Santa Anna to centralize the government increased their resentment. Texas rebelled in 1836 and declared its independence after Santa Anna was decisively defeated by the Texan leader Sam Houston at San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. In 1846, as a result of friction between U.S. citizens and Mexicans, a dispute over the western boundary of Texas, and the desire of Americans to acquire California, the U.S. declared war on May 12 (see Mexican War). The Mexican forces were again routed, and U.S. troops occupied northern Mexico and, in 1847, Mexico City. Under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on Feb. 2, 1848, the Rio Grande was fixed as the boundary of Texas and the territory now forming the states of California and New Mexico became part of the U.S. The Gadsden Purchase in 1853 clarified the New Mexico boundary and gave an additional strip of territory (now southern Arizona and a slice of southwestern New Mexico) to the U.S. \n\nMexico was confronted with a grave reconstruction problem after the war. Finances were devastated, and the prestige of the government, already weak, had considerably diminished. Santa Anna, compelled to resign after the war, returned from exile in 1853 and, with Centralist support, declared himself dictator. Early in 1854 a liberal revolt began, and after more than a year of intensive fighting, Santa Anna fled from Mexico. The revolution was the first event in a long, fierce struggle between the powerful classes that had traditionally dominated Mexico and the liberal democrats who demanded a voice in the government.
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America does not offer, because they know that they will not accept.  Mexico, though more impoverished, has a common trait with other countries: the desire to be an autocracy or self-governing country.  Also, many people are already against imperialism-immoral, causes more problems for america, etc- so it would be difficult to convince congress to agree with the decision to take over mexico.
1087358
At this point I believe so. We are in a war on terror officially. Any country that does not take our concerns seriously, need a wake up call. Mexico is one of them. We have every right to militarize our border when we are being invaded. And we are being invaded. The invaders carry drugs, diseases and are by their very nature counter culture. They cost the US billiions of dollars in untold ways and they threaten the culture in general. They are also, outside of the law of this country by entering in the way they do. All that said, I'm sure many are nice people.\nI would ask the question, "if someone put a gun to your head and blew your brains out, would it matter to you if they were a nice person?"\nWe ARE at war with these people and in a sense with Mexico and while it is not traditional, it is being fought for the same old things most wars are fought for. Power, control, money.
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Letsee... \n\n1776-1783: US Revolution\n1812-1815: War of 1812\n1846-1848: Mexican War\n1861-1865: Second US Revolution\n1898: Spanish-American\n1917-1918: World War I\n1941-1945: World War II\n1950-1953: Korea\n1961-1972: Vietnam\n1991: Gulf War II\n2001: Afghanistan\n2003: Gulf War III\n\nSo, America has had about 194 years of peace in the 230 years that it's been around.
736591
The US/Mexico war was going to happen anyway.  There was room for only one major continental power.  The US also was sure of its Manifest Destiny Doctrine and that meant that the two nations had to duke it out.  We won and took the legitimate spoils of war in the eyes of the people of that era.  There was even some debate about annexing ALL of Mexico but it was not viable at that time.
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No.  After the Mexican-American war Mexico ceded most of the land that makes up New Mexico to the United States.  The rest of the territory was purchased from Mexico (the Gadsden Purchase) around 1853.  The land remained a U.S. territory until New Mexico became a state.\n\nBTW, I think Billy the Kid was from New York originally anyway, so for him it's a moot point.
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mexician and american war 158 years ago.  only i am not so sure you can invade, mexician troops were riding across the rio grande into texas, which had won its independence.\n\nat the same time, the folks in CA declared indpendence from mexico as well.
189226
USA.. Mexican-American War.\n\nFrance....funny.
659136
Hey thewanderer862004.  I think you need to read up on American history.  The US did attack and capture Mexico City, but we gave it back because it was 2 weeks after the end of the Mexican-American war in 1848.\n\nHowever, The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war and gave the U.S control of Texas, California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming.
442486
Umm...no.  First of all, the United States has never stolen any land from Mexico.  We won a few wars.  We made the peace agreements.  Mexico legally signed their lands over to us.  And this all occurred close to 150 years ago.\n\nThe notion that they're going to take Texas and other Southwestern states "back" is ridiculous.  People are coming over the border to find work as there is very little in Mexico.\n\nAnd, even for a minute, the Mexicans are trying to take land "back" from the US, we would declare war on them before any of that would happen.  And then they would lose and they'd finally stop complaining.\n\nI don't think anyone should worry about that though, as the Mexican government can't seem to do anything correctly, anyway.
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A country can't maintain what they don't have.  Presige has been gone in the world since the Clinton administration when the world was laughing at our former president's sexual behavior.\n\nWhat has happened since has just brought it further downhill.\n\nAmerica would regain prestige if we won the war, but how do you win this kind of war?  I'm not holding my breath.\n\nBest Wishes,\n\nSue
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After the Mexican-American War, the United States paid Mexico $15 million (the Treaty of Guadulupe Hidalgo) for what is now California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico.  Texas won its War of Independence from Mexico in 1836, and later joined the United States as a slave state in 1845.\n\nThe United States later purchased the southern portion of Arizona, as well as the panhandle portion of New Mexico, in 1853 (the Gadsden Purchase) for $10 million.