> Yes, building a fence and comparing Mexico and the US with the Israel/Palestinian terrorist problem has very bad diplomatic overtones – Mexico is not a terrorist state, we are not at war with the state of Mexico even if it has a bunch of nasty criminals who like to shoot up our border.
kat-missouri: Quite right. I’d also add that Mexico elected a pro-American president who is asking for our help to defeat narco-terrorists who terrorize both sides of the border. We need to work with Mexico in security / military partnership just like we have with Colombia. Mexico is under attack and fighting back very hard, and defeating these thugs will take both countries to do. Mexico is fighting very hard, and we abandon them at our peril. There is no reason to see a friendly nation that is your 3rd largest trading partner as an enemy.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/08092007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/narco_insurrection_opedcolumnists_ralph_peters.htm
