Mexican Army in the USA

In this week of crisis in New Orleans, the Mexican government had not only offered the US government their condolences after the passing of hurricane Katrina but also aid. This aid arrived yesterday and crossed into the "most powerful country in the world".

In Toronto, The Toronto Star, came out with a small article titled Mexican Troops back in the U.S. (Read it at Reuters: http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2005-09-08T203127Z_01_N0813958_RTRIDST_0_KATRINA-MEXICO.XML ) which mirrors articles in other newspapers and other media in the US.

After all, this event was something worthy of the annals of history. It hadn't been since 1916 that an armed Mexican force (remember Pancho Villa?) had last entered the US. And if you only count official Mexican Army troops, the last time they were in what is now the US was back in the 1800s when Texas and the other territories were lost to the US.

Yes. It is a moment to feel proud to be a Mexican and feel proud that we are helping out a strong, first world country. We are demonstrating a commitment with the well being of all people of the world and also a strong military infrastructure to respond to disasters. I can only hope this is the beginning of Mexican involement to help in humanitarian aid all around the world, and why not, even as peacekeepers. After all, if we can help the US... we should be able to help less fortunate countries.