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Old 01-27-2009, 12:39 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Strange Famous View Post
How about if Mexico was surrounded by states that were universally hostile and would destroy the moment they could if they had the power to?
I think the US is Israel in your analogy, SF, but anyway...

The historic moment when that particular case was true is LONG past... It's like a UK politician talking about our Empire. There is, literally, as much water flowed beneath the bridge as that.
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