Memo To Mexico: UN Doesn't Have the Authority To Tell the US What To Do On Its Own Territory. At Least Not Yet.
Serious question: by what right does one country demand that another country not do whatever the hell it wants on its own territory, provided that there is not a violation of human rights, treaties, or international security:
Mexico's foreign secretary said Monday the country may take a dispute over U.S. plans to build a fence on the Mexican border to the United Nations. Luis Ernesto Derbez told reporters in Paris, his first stop on a European tour, that a legal investigation was under way to determine whether Mexico has a case. The Mexican government last week sent a diplomatic note to Washington criticizing the plan for 700 miles of new fencing along the border. President-elect Felipe Calderon also denounced the plan, but said it was a bilateral issue that should not be put before the international community. Derbez said Monday after meeting with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy that it was a "shame" U.S. immigration policy had been used for what he claimed was a short-term political gain in the lead-up to midterm elections in the U.S. in November.
The use of border security for "short-term political gain" is not, last we checked, constitute a violation of either domestic or international law. Nor will it any time soon, minus a further erosion of national sovereignty by the already-too-corrupt-to-be-stable super-state wannabe that is the UN.
Mexico's foreign secretary said Monday the country may take a dispute over U.S. plans to build a fence on the Mexican border to the United Nations. Luis Ernesto Derbez told reporters in Paris, his first stop on a European tour, that a legal investigation was under way to determine whether Mexico has a case. The Mexican government last week sent a diplomatic note to Washington criticizing the plan for 700 miles of new fencing along the border. President-elect Felipe Calderon also denounced the plan, but said it was a bilateral issue that should not be put before the international community. Derbez said Monday after meeting with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy that it was a "shame" U.S. immigration policy had been used for what he claimed was a short-term political gain in the lead-up to midterm elections in the U.S. in November.
The use of border security for "short-term political gain" is not, last we checked, constitute a violation of either domestic or international law. Nor will it any time soon, minus a further erosion of national sovereignty by the already-too-corrupt-to-be-stable super-state wannabe that is the UN.
