Is Mexico preparing to invade the US? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-mexico-preparing-to-invade-the-us <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-47489"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fis-mexico-preparing-to-invade-the-us%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Is+Mexico+preparing+to+invade+the+US%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fis-mexico-preparing-to-invade-the-us&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AIs Mexico preparing to invade the US?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-mexico-preparing-to-invade-the-us" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="d6c509083dff433600b84c56fd762e03" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/047/489/for_gallery_v2/soldiers_military_combat_field_dress_pattern_uniforms_Mexico_Mexican_Army_001.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/047/489/large_v3/soldiers_military_combat_field_dress_pattern_uniforms_Mexico_Mexican_Army_001.jpg" alt="Soldiers military combat field dress pattern uniforms mexico mexican army 001" /></a></div></div>That load of 30 million bullets was soon followed by fleets of Black Hawk helicopters and thousands of Humvees: in all more than $1 billion of American military equipment sold to Mexico within the past two years.<br /><br />In a security relationship between Mexico and the United States often described as standoffish, foreign military sales have lately become a big exception. 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Gortney, the commander of Northern Command, the U.S. military headquarters that deals with Mexico, testified to Congress earlier this year that Mexico's buying binge represented a "100-fold increase from prior years."<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/us/what-s-behind-mexico-s-military-buying-binge-1.352616">http://www.stripes.com/news/us/what-s-behind-mexico-s-military-buying-binge-1.352616</a> Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:37:04 -0400 Is Mexico preparing to invade the US? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-mexico-preparing-to-invade-the-us <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-47489"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fis-mexico-preparing-to-invade-the-us%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Is+Mexico+preparing+to+invade+the+US%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fis-mexico-preparing-to-invade-the-us&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AIs Mexico preparing to invade the US?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-mexico-preparing-to-invade-the-us" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="08806448561ba1922a91c7230a6044f9" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/047/489/for_gallery_v2/soldiers_military_combat_field_dress_pattern_uniforms_Mexico_Mexican_Army_001.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/047/489/large_v3/soldiers_military_combat_field_dress_pattern_uniforms_Mexico_Mexican_Army_001.jpg" alt="Soldiers military combat field dress pattern uniforms mexico mexican army 001" /></a></div></div>That load of 30 million bullets was soon followed by fleets of Black Hawk helicopters and thousands of Humvees: in all more than $1 billion of American military equipment sold to Mexico within the past two years.<br /><br />In a security relationship between Mexico and the United States often described as standoffish, foreign military sales have lately become a big exception. Adm. William E. Gortney, the commander of Northern Command, the U.S. military headquarters that deals with Mexico, testified to Congress earlier this year that Mexico's buying binge represented a "100-fold increase from prior years."<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/us/what-s-behind-mexico-s-military-buying-binge-1.352616">http://www.stripes.com/news/us/what-s-behind-mexico-s-military-buying-binge-1.352616</a> SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:37:04 -0400 2015-06-16T08:37:04-04:00 Response by MSG Brad Sand made Jun 16 at 2015 8:38 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-mexico-preparing-to-invade-the-us?n=750473&urlhash=750473 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ha, ha, ha.<br /><br /><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="429207" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/429207-spc-jan-allbright-m-sc-r-s">SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.</a>, no wait, you are serious? I think they learned their lesson in the 1840s when they were at least on par militarily. Any build up would be to fight their internal threats that have more money and better arms than the Mexican military. That internal threat is not going to allow the Mexican military do anything to disrupt the Cartels number on customer. MSG Brad Sand Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:38:35 -0400 2015-06-16T08:38:35-04:00 Response by SrA Jonathan Carbonaro made Jun 16 at 2015 8:40 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-mexico-preparing-to-invade-the-us?n=750475&urlhash=750475 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ha HA Go ahead and try it. SrA Jonathan Carbonaro Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:40:26 -0400 2015-06-16T08:40:26-04:00 Response by SGT Chip Hutchings made Jun 16 at 2015 11:06 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-mexico-preparing-to-invade-the-us?n=750734&urlhash=750734 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I really hope that you don't really believe this. SGT Chip Hutchings Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:06:43 -0400 2015-06-16T11:06:43-04:00 Response by SFC Henry Bartosik made Jun 16 at 2015 11:26 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-mexico-preparing-to-invade-the-us?n=750779&urlhash=750779 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Drug carrtels and possible ISIS SFC Henry Bartosik Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:26:22 -0400 2015-06-16T11:26:22-04:00 Response by SSG (ret) William Martin made Jun 16 at 2015 1:39 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-mexico-preparing-to-invade-the-us?n=751074&urlhash=751074 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If they do, I'm a speed bump down here in El Paso, TX. SSG (ret) William Martin Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:39:25 -0400 2015-06-16T13:39:25-04:00 2015-06-16T08:37:04-04:00