I'm starting to think it's about time for the US to "annex" Mexico. I live in South Texas and I was recently talking to one of my Hispanic friends about the illegal immigration/drug problem with our neighbors to the south. We had an intelligent debate about the issue and we both agreed that nobody is paying attention the real problem with illegal immigration: Mexico.

Mexico is such a God-awful country that people are fleeing in droves (no offense to anybody from Mexico or who has family there. I have many, many Hispanic friends who agree that Mexico is a dangerous place. It sucks because some areas are really beautiful). So I told my friend, tongue-in-cheek, that would should just take Mexico over. We laughed about it and discussed other things.

However, the thought has stuck with me ever since. I started thinking about the history of this world and how countries have come into being. So my philosophical question for the day is, once a country is established, does it have the right to always exist as is? At what point does a country deserve to have better leadership?

By the way, I don't think we should really take over Mexico. It's just frustration with the immigration debate and the drug violence. A lot of people here in South Texas are affected by it. I just wish Mexico could get its act together. I wonder, though, how the Mexican people would feel about being a part of the US. Do a majority of them have national pride? Hmmm food for thought