In response to the recent killing and kidnapping of U.S. citizens, many warmongers are rallying behind calls for military action, bombings, and war in Mexico. The situation on our border is dire, but war with our neighbors in Mexico is the last direction we should go. The horrors and the unknown consequences of a war of are always underestimated, while severe economic pressure accomplishes our objective of incentivizing Mexico to secure its border.
America does not like to refer to other countries, even during protracted conflict, as “enemies.” The closest we come to this designation is our Congressional declaration of war, which by my count has only occurred eleven times in history, the last being June 3, 1942, when President Roosevelt pursued peace-by-other-means on the remaining Axis powers.
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