a moat?

Moat wouldn't be deep enough, with a canal we could have a backup to the panama canal

It would benefit mexico and the us. it would give us a border 'wall' and a major piece of infrastructure in one

this is the most idiotic idea i’ve ever heard

You know how much time and money it took to build the panama canal?

I do.

And add to that we don’t have the slaves they did in that time

We should have never given it up, I would also be comfortable with having an invasion to recapture it

Take eveything up to maybe 30 miles south of the Panama canal, much better use of our military than running around in asia or the middle east

Ehm it doens

doesn’t work that way

Why not? we could do it for law and order, get rid of the cartels, make the various countries us states, using their existing internal lines, etc

Trump 2020

logistics would be a breeze

You can’t just invade mexico and take it over

We did it before

Honestly do you know anything about world politics

Lmao

But invading it now would be bad

The world would turn against you

Mexican military is strong for latin america but peanuts compared to what we saw overseas

the real stuff they have is exactly what we do well

It isn’t about their military

culture wise we have so many mexicos here that could interface, we speak plenty of spanish, we can give them aid, we already have strong economic ties etc

Omg

I wouldn't use the old school model, i would invade and give them full US rigths as citizens, governors, senators, etc

Mexico is a big sovereign country if you would invade it you will get it big BIG trouble

who is going to risk their lives to save mexico?

russia?

china?

surely you jest

The world combined

They couldn't do anything about it, they don't have our logistics

They send a few battlions around and make a presence

You might be the US but they can’t do anything

You believe the US can take on the rest of the world

wow you live in a dream world

There are a few combinations we would have trouble with, but it wouldn't be that bad if we got serious

Russia barely even has fox-3s

Your economy would collapse

so their air power would be dogshit