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Blue_in_Mass Donating Member (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 05:26 PM
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16. A demilitarized Mexico-USA border?
According to what I've investigated, the USA Coast Guard is now patrolling certain lakes (Eire and Huron, I think), with mounted 7.62 MM machine guns on the cutters. This does not violate the Rush-Bagot treaty because they are there for police enforcement duties, not military ones.

Now, despite the fact that there is no 'Rush - Bagot' Treaty with Mexico, at the very least the USA should aggressively enforce the legal aspect of its border with Mexico, using police action, and not military action.

Do you agree?
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