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In my day, we couldn't afford this type of immigration into Mexico. South Carolina and Florida were the extent of the vacations; + Onhell, it's not like you have to go to Mexico to be surrounded by a ton of Mexicans.  :lol:
 
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I am trying to formulate a good opinion on this as we speak. I am sad to say that I really don't have a frame of reference in this arena. As you know, out of necessity, I devote most of my thought processes to the Middle East.

In this context, I am a Marine, not an American soldier that was responsible for and spent the bulk of the time there in the 90's. My brothers and sisters from this service would be able to give much greater insight into what is occurring now. I will have to research this particular crisis further.

One thing that does come to mind in reading the existing posts is a curiosity in why the US would have anything invested in this situation one way or another? As a general stance, we like to promote the freedom of any race of people that wish to proclaim their own nationality but this, of course, is not always the case or an easy matter to deal with in certain geographical locations. In this case, I do not see any hidden agenda here for the US but of course I could be wrong. As I stated, I just don't have enough information at this moment.

Here is a quick personal observation: Over the last decade, the MAJOR European powerhouses have done a great job in creating a very successful economic power block and also done fairly well in minimizing the meaning of long-standing national boundaries. At the same time, however, it seems that there is a growing trend in break-away provinces and desires for certain regions to establish their own national identities. On the one hand, Europe is seeing more prosperity than it has in over a century, on the other, it seems like more and more people want no part of it. It is an interesting and dangerous challenge that you guys are dealing with over there. When all of this first started to come about, I did wonder how well unifying so many different cultures would work out over time.
 
I just gave myself a quick history lesson on the region (beyond my own lifetime) and it is not encouraging. I had known and now remember some of the major highlights but had no idea about how deep and far back this division between ethnic Albanians and Serbs really goes. The Balkan region is certainly in need of some help right now but my personal beliefs do not agree with drawing arbitrary borders and settling populations within them. My hope would be that these guys can work something out on their own but I have serious doubts about that.
 
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