Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4919678-20150209141504/@comment-32656-20150214003755

Realistically, not possible for them to survive.

Spar, way to miss the point. Look at every reason why the US expanded west - Mexico, with the land to do the same thing, did nothing with it. That is why. The siesta bit refers more to the Battle of San Jao~ in Texas.