• FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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    11 hours ago

    How the foxtrot do you accidentally invade Mexico? What they mean is they committed another act of abuse and then said they didn’t mean it

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      12 hours ago

      They also said unauthorized access or photography was not allowed in that area and that ‘if you are found here, you may be detained and searched.’ Mexico’s foreign affairs ministry said its navy removed the signs from the sand, which it believed were on Mexican territory."

      That’s the result they wanted.

      It’s Mexico, clear as day, but Mexico just waffled on it and said they “believed” it was Mexico.

      They’ll take a page out of Israel’s playbook and start saying “until we figure this out, it’s a buffer zone”. Then just keep expanding it and not obstructing Americans from “settling” there, once they’re established, then it’s obviously America because why else would Americans be living there?

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        10 hours ago

        You might be reading too much into that. The article stated Mexico’s naval personnel removed them as the personnel acted on the information they had. I would highly doubt they were going to go to great lengths to confirm the exact coordinates of the boarder.

        Do I think that’s what the Americans were trying to do? Yes. But Mexico didn’t waffle it.

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          What??

          This wasn’t a random place, it’s a fucking beach with people who go there routinely…

          What “great lengths” did you think it would take to determine which side of Trump’s ridiculous fence this was on?

          You think people that live and work right next to the border, are unsure about where the border is?

          You think it’s something you can accidentally wander across?

          Mexico knew that beach was theirs, but when pushed they said it might be instead of saber rattling that America just tried to seize a fucking landinghead

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            You’re making a mountain out of a molehill.

            Mexico waffled nothing. They removed the signs. The statement of believe or not isnt consequential.

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              You think a hostile nation’s military headed by a demented narcissist showing up on another country’s sovereign soil and placing signs that it belongs to a different country…

              Is a molehill?

              Buddy, if you don’t understand why something is serious, I’d highly advise you to ask questions instead of loudly proclaim it’s not a big deal

        • smeenz@lemmy.nz
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          5 hours ago

          A boarder is someone who lives in your house. A border is what separates countries.

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    12 hours ago

    That’s about 20 miles south of the border. And the only reason to approach by boat would be because you couldn’t do it from land, because you’d be stopped.

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      In this day and age of GPS, there’s no excuse for them to be in another FREAKIN COUNTRY. Just complete morons.

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        8 hours ago

        They are morons for following illegal orders. Modern GPS can practically tell when you leaned over to fart, we cannot assume this was accidental.

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    11 hours ago

    Bah. I accidentally invaded America during Basic training. The other side of that long swathe of clearing was cooler, so we walked there.

    Wow, did we get in trouble when we all found out we actually invaded.

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      Did you hammer signs into the ground claiming that territory for your country? Had your country recently made military threats against American sovereignty, and had your country’s military recently killed 76 citizens of a country near America in extrajudicial slayings while claiming that they were doing the same things you’re threatening America over?

      It’s hardly a similar situation to that right now. Tensions are high, America is a serious threat.

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        6 hours ago

        Mexico and Venezuela are approximately one Mexico away from each other. They aren’t really that near to one another. The rest of your point stands but the Americas are really fucking big.

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          The similarity lies in what accusations the Americans are slinging, not their physical proximity.