No, I don't agree that it would be a good thing to induct a completely foreign nation (language, people, history, geography) into statehood. We are the United States, not the United Nations. Otherwise, who do we become, if we abandon who we are and who we were? We are better for our southern neighbors as a good friend, than as a conqueror. And better for us, as well, to be in humble friendship than in callous arrogance.
I am concerned over the danger of a national split over language (English vs. Spanish). It has not gone well for Canada (English vs. French). Spain itself has 4 versions of Spanish (5 if you count Portuguese). With language goes the genius of the nation.
No, I don't agree that it would be a good thing to induct a completely foreign nation (language, people, history, geography) into statehood. We are the United States, not the United Nations. Otherwise, who do we become, if we abandon who we are and who we were? We are better for our southern neighbors as a good friend, than as a conqueror. And better for us, as well, to be in humble friendship than in callous arrogance.
I am concerned over the danger of a national split over language (English vs. Spanish). It has not gone well for Canada (English vs. French). Spain itself has 4 versions of Spanish (5 if you count Portuguese). With language goes the genius of the nation.