Posted by
Cary Wesberry on Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:18:13 AM
Cinco de Mayo commemorates a resounding victory of Mexican troops over French invaders in Puebla, Mexico, on May 5, 1862. The French emperor, Napoleon III, antidemocratic despot that he was, planned to recolonize Mexico. He then hoped to help the Confederate Army secure the disintegration of the United States republic which he despised so thoroughly.
Fortunately for the Union Army, the valiant Mexican forces at Puebla thwarted Napoleon III’s game plan. The Mexican victory gave the Union Army enough time to build the massive military force that led to the decisive victory at Gettysburg in 1863. After Gettysburg, Lincoln dispatched General Philip Sheridan and troops to the Texas-Mexican border, where they supplied Mexico with weapons and ammunition. The Union even supplied soldiers, allowing honorably discharged American soldiers to keep their uniforms and rifles if they joined the Mexican army.
Although it took several years, the French invaders were eventually expelled. The American Legion of Honor marched in the Victory Parade in Mexico City. Because of American support in the 1860s, thousands of Mexicans crossed the border after Pearl Harbor to join the U.S. Armed Forces, as did others after 9/11.
Despite the Mexican-American war in Texas in the 1840s, by the 1860s, Americans and Mexicans coexisted primarily as allies and friends. Sadly, in the background of today’s celebration of Mexican-American brotherhood, all is not sweet concord. I won’t address the serious problem of anti-Mexican bigotry today, but instead will focus on the militant nationalism of hotheaded and hate-mongering Mexican-Americans that seeks to pervert the spirit of Cinco de Mayo.
A quick Google search uncovers various lurid statements that some Mexican-Americans are making about the United States. For example:
“Get out! We are the future. You are old and tired…Leave like beaten rats. You old white people. It is your duty to die.”
“California is going to be a Hispanic state. Anyone who doesn’t like it should leave.”
“We are practicing ‘La Reconquista’ in California.”
The concept of “Reconquista” is crucial. The “Reconquest” refers to the reconquest of Spain by Christians after centuries of occupation by Muslims from the 8th century until that most eventful year of 1492.
It is useless to try to alter the opinions of the men who made those statements. Malevolence cannot be reasoned with, so I merely offer the cautionary note that people consumed with anger about what happened to their ancestors often condemn their children to strife and violence. However, to Mexican-Americans and Mexicans of a calmer frame of mind, I humbly ask you, why would you want Mexico to take over California or any other American state?
Think about it. Why have you emigrated from Mexico to come here? Was it not for economic reasons? Then ask yourself, why is the United States a land of vast economic opportunity compared to Mexico? Why has the United States prospered over the decades while Mexico stagnated?
You can accuse me of Anglo-American jingoism if you want, but would you at least consider the possibility that the only reason the American southwest is so affluent today is because it is part of the United States and not Mexico? Both the Southwest and Mexico were blessed with temperate climates and abundant natural resources. The only reason why the former prospered while the latter stagnated was because the one was well governed and the other poorly governed.
If Mexico had been under the same system of law, governance, and justice as the United States, then its economic development would have paralleled that of the United States. If, on the other hand, the American Southwest had remained part of Mexico, it would be as underdeveloped as Mexico, and Mexicans would be emigrating northward from California in search of economic opportunity. In short, everyone—regardless of race or ethnicity—in the American Southwest today should be glad that Santa Anna lost the Mexican-American War! It would be a lot poorer region if he had won.
In closing, I offer an undiplomatic, pointed comment to the Mexican macho men who brag about reconquering California: If you really want to do something manly and heroic, try reforming Mexico. Set that beautiful land free so that it can finally achieve its enormous potential.
The article above is by Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson writing at Front Page Magazine. Mexico exists as a country free from European domination because the United States sacrificed lives to make it so. What do we get today in return? La Raza and the Communist reconquista movement. Those who make-up support these pathetic groups of assorted illegal aliens are truly some of the most angry and ungrateful people in our country. Not for one second do they stop to think just how horrible their miserable lives would really be if it were not for the United States. Illegal aliens leave Mexico and other South American countries in droves because of the deplorable conditions, then immediately form Marxist organizations demanding the Southwest portion of our country be given over to Mexico without even a fight or a thank you. Only a complete idiot would flee Communism south of the border and then desire where they moved into to become just like the place they left.
La Raza and the reconquistas are people who have no sense of personal responsibility or work ethic. They trash our border then proceed to trash our values and way of life. No country in the world allows as many legal immigrants into their country as does America. No country in the world gives as much to the poor and downtrodden. No country in the world has a standard of living which provides freedom and prosperity as does the United States. In our amazing and Godly generosity we even provide help, services, and a new life to those who shouldn't be here in the first place. What do they do when they get here? Complain and demand the Southwest portion of our great country be turned over to Mexico for complete destruction.
I am sick of these people and their lack of respect for those who make it possible for them to live outside of sewage instead of in it! If you love La Raza and you're in this country; go home! Don't waste your time and mine attempting to turn this country into Mexico when Mexico is but a few miles from you. Live there if my country is so oppressive. The La Raza and reconquista movement is made up of hysterical lunatics who can barely read or write but have the gaul to make demands upon American Citizens; the whole time refusing to obey our laws or show any respect for the Republic which gave them life. If they hate us so much then they should return to their own stinking crime-infested, Third World, trash-heap of a country and shut the Hell up. So many of us are fead-up with the constant whining and complaining when these "immigrants" should be working to make their lives better instead. Do what the rest of us have done; work for it you lazy jerks!