telomerase said:
Wow, that's great footage. Think what would happen if anyone ever got footage of US soldiers crossing into another nation.
Oh, you mean like the bombing bystealth aircraft and the subsequent invading of Panama by Seals, Rangers, and other groups and kidnapping Manuel Noriega because he was tried in the US on drug trafficking charges?
When the US thinks such a violation of the borders of other countries is okay, they do things like giving the operation a catchy name to help justify the effort. We called that invasion "Just Cause." The US used our military to perform a military invasion and overthrow of Noriega via kidnapping under the guise that Noriega broke US drug laws via his activities that were not in the US. Bottom line, that was an act of war of one country on another.
That was in 1989. In 1983, the US invaded Grenada, an island nation that the British considered as one of their commonwealths. Thatcher specifically told Reagan not to interfere, and yet the US invaded Grenada in an act of war against the pro-soviet forces that were attempting to take over the country.
How about the recent military invasion of Afghanistan, not with Afghanistan's permission, under the guise of searching for terrorists?
Don't get me wrong. I think all of the military actions by the US were fine in that they protected US interests. HOWEVER, the point to this thread is that while some of us feel indignation that some nasty people in the military of Mexico can cross the border into the US is pretty silly sort of indignation given the US seems quite comfortable with invading other countries without their permission. The US doesn't have a great track record of respecting borders either. Heck Pershing's pursuit of Pancho Villa into Mexico is a classic.
