The discussion only leads to nothing, maybe funny commentaries.

Invading Mexico for what ever reason you can think of would be the end of the U.S. no need of a Phd to know that, the absolute end. Modern warfare or whatever, very unlikely.

For starters, very expensive, and there is about 50 billion dollars or more of U.S. investment in Mexico, you are going to ruin it.

You would have to evacuate every American from Mexico first, like half a million, and deal with the 56 million Mexicans legal and illegal in the U.S. with what? concentration camps? like in WW2 when you put Japanese in concentration camps, but, at least its purpose won’t be extermination, hopefully, that is if they do not revolt or sue the U.S.

Corona would not be sent to the U.S. anymore.

I am not sure, you migt want to rename the burrito, although the burrito is more of an american invention, nobody eats burritos in Mexico, only in the north. Freedom wrap? Freedom nachos?

I am not sure where to quote this, but, 30% of the U.S. military is composed of Latinos, many are Mexican, I am not sure but, if mom in Mexico says, come back to fight for your land, guess what is gonna happen? they are likely to not go to Canada, likely to come back home, with all that combat experience in Iraq and Afganistan and use it.

Alliances with the Russians and Venezuelans would be immediate, we are gonna need every rocket propelled antitank weapon they can give, plus Aks, ammo, and everything we would have to throw at your Abrams tanks and whatever piece of target practice you can drive over the border.

By the way, there is ample information on where to hit an Abrams tank and devastate it, everything is on google.

Narcos and Federal and local government would probably unite, and the narcos  are stocked in colt AR-15s Aks and ammo, guns that somehow dubbed for military use are being sold to them, by the U.S. and Russia, they will love using those guns, plus all the Colt 38 supers and american made grenades.

You think the Mexican Army is not powerful enough? Mexican army is trained by the U.S. military, and they cannot deal with the Narcos, you think the American Army will be able to fare better? maybe the SEALS will be able to deal with them, but why waste those fine warriors on those pieces of shit, I am sure after the U.S. invasion, the relationship between narcos and mexican government will be pretty close and then we will have a civil war in Mexico, again.

You are going to bomb, destroy and take out the Navy, Airforce and Army that in a great percentage  purchase all the weapons and equipment from the U.S.? that is like killing a customer.

The world would be pissed, they might help out the poor Mexicans, or not, I am sure the narcos will visit every embassy along with Alqaeda, what do we have to lose right?

I probably did not enumaerate all the concecuences of a war with Mexico, but the premise is stupid, that is all there is to it.

If you are educated people, why do you use Wikipedia? I would use the money for invading Mexico to fund education programs for Americans, you need it.

and by the way, travel to Mexico one day, go to Cancun, and then think about invading Mexico again.

"xGW is composed of six so-called “generations,” each of which has existed back into the distant path, and all of which will likely exist into the distant future. The term “generation” is unfortunate, and comes from William Lind’s older “generations of war” framework, which is a form of Hegelian dialecticalism that is to the analysis of war what Lamarckianism is to the analysis of natural selection. xGW has recently been the topic of conversation in the blogosphere."

[1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/05/21/5gw-xgw-around-the-blogosphere.htmla

Sorry but I have to make some distinctions here that I think are confusing the issue.

1) There is a difference between Lind’s Generations of Modern Warfare and XGW (as discussed at Dreaming 5GW). XGW is derived from GMW but doesn’t include the concept of the timeline or social/industrial/political development defining a particular generation of warfare. As such it has nothing to do with any particular era or the rise and decline of the state. Instead it focuses on the principles and methods of the different generations. Honestly, the term ‘generation’ in XGW should be replaced.

2) Because XGW deals in principles and methods it can be applied to any type of conflict including economic and political, not just war. For that matter 5GW as we envision it at D5GW could be used in a proactive manner to avert conflict. On that note the term ‘warfare’ should probably be replaced. XGW has become that much of a different concept.

I agree with you that and organization of one is not an oranization and that SEIs shouldn’t be what defines 5GW or any level of XGW. 5GW is a potential doctrine for an SEI to practice but that is as far as it goes. There are many options for a (Friedman defined) super-empowered individual or a Super-Empowered Angry Man to follow. I’d also like to point out that we are dealing with a theory of 5GW. We aren’t saying that 5GW exists in any form other than the proto-5GWish and even then in isolated aspects.

I began a reply, but as I wrote it I realized I have no idea what Smitten Eagle is talking about.  Who is he criticizing?  What text, what person?  Or is he merely complaining he doesn’t know enough about it to criticize it?  

If he is criticizing some person or text, should say what it is and give his reasons.  If he is criticizing his own lack of understanding, he should learn more!

I’m not sure I necessarely buy into the 5GW frameworks yet.  Trying to nail 4GW Jell-O to the wall is hard enough.  5GW is like nailing said Jell-O while it’s still liquid.

But your point is well taken.  There are myriad gaps in our legal, political, and physical systems the enemies of America could exploit the second America decides to enforce its will south of the border.  Better to seal the Gaps first.

Imagine 5GW warfare tactics in which "activist" groups like La Raza (The Race) intimate opponents of open borders with accusations of "racism" and "xenophobia."  Lately, groups like LA Raza (The Race) have been lobbying for "hate-speech" laws as well.  The desire for "hate-speech" laws should be viewed as a 5GW warfare tactic with the purpose of legally shutting down the ability of anti-open border groups to organize.  If it becomes illegal to point out the negative aspects of open borders, then this will make anti-open groups into De facto criminal organizations. 

There also exists the possibility of the Mexican mafia carrying out hits on anti-open border activists.  People like Jim Gilchrist[1] of the "Minutemen" group may find themselves the target of assassinations.  This is a common tactic in Latin America used against opposition groups.  We should also expect leftists to excuse or justify these assassinations as the result of an "oppressive system." 

The Mexican mafia or street gangs like MS-13 have the potential to evolve into political organizations in the future.  We seen this with the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in the former Yugoslavia.  Groups like La Raza (The Race) will act as the "peaceful" front group while MS-13 will be the muscle.  Groups like the IRA or Hezbollah had/have socio-political wings which win the support of the people by supplying social welfare programs.  We can expect Venezuela, Cuba, and Bolivia to support this neo-Marxist insurgency in the South West United States similar to how Iran supports Hezbollah.  

I hope I’m wrong; but in 30 years we may unfortunately have to use our COIN skills within the United States.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gilchrist