God Bless North America?

James Joyner notes allegations that President Bush has a secret plan to merge Mexico, Canada and the United States.

That this is just an extension of the principles of NAFTA and a recognition of the obvious fact that “collaboration in areas as diverse as security, transportation, the environment and public health” is necessary for adjoining countries that are each others’ dominant trading partners is apparently just a ruse to hide the evil plan to merge the countries.

No worries, though, because Corsi and the Minutemen vigilantes are ready to secure our borders and protect our sovereignty. Although, oddly, only from Mexico, not Canada.

While Joyner dismisses the charges out of hand, as perhaps in this particular instance he should, I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss the larger concept of how Mexico, Canada and the United States intend to possibly function together in the future.

Had someone suggested just fifteen or twenty years ago that Britain or France would become part of something called the European Union, the idea might have been just as easily dismissed. But it came to be.

And while it might only be some seemingly loose alliance, though tighter than NAFTA, that one day binds three North American countries together in some ways, the transformation even that could engender in America might be as significant a development as she has ever seen.

With incredibly populated countries like India and China coming on line economically, and now with the EU, how long is it really before American politicians start seriously considering even stronger alignment across North America as a whole?

While the particular charges being hurled today might be way off the mark, that doesn't necessarily mean they can't be seen as something of a wild shot tossed in the right direction, just the same.

Comments

[allen]

Just today I saw an estimate that Mexico has shed about 10% of its population, with the US being the largest recipient. Even the most conservative projections of future immigration out of Mexico, under any scenario, would mean an outflow of 25% - 35%. Add to that the fact that remittances are thought to total about $20 billion annually, a larger source of income to Mexico than either petroleum or tourism, and I think the merging of the US and Mexico is well advanced. What is missing is a formal declaration of consolidation, and that will come in time.

[mrskrass]

Dan, the history of the EU goes much further back. It started in 1951 when the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)was founded.

Here's a good link:
http://europa.eu/abc/history/index_en.htm

[Sergei]

According to the Bilderberg Group, the conference held in 2002 determined that the world be organized around three great regions; American, Asian and European.

Read it here:
http://www.bilderberg.org/2002.htm