Reply #12: Both of your Options

[rwenos]

I've always thought that if the Mexican government fell, all hell would break loose. It's entirely predictable that millions of refugees would try to stream over the border into the southwestern states -- Cali and Texas being the most hospitable.

The Smart Guys -- how could they not fortify the southern border? Why would the U.S. Army not intervene, as they did in 1916, to try to stabilize the chaos?

I completely agree with you about Iraq, of course. It just seems like we better get damned good and ready for a major civil war on our southern border.