The United States and Mexico settled on the border between our nations after the Republic of Texas and Mexico got into their second dustup over whether or not Texas existed. Mexico said no and we\u2019re going to kill you dirty rebels. Texas said yes and we\u2019re going to shoot you first. And the United States bellied on up to the bar and said we\u2019d like to have some input on this. Maybe we can talk things over? In Mexico City. So the United States Marines and the Texas Rangers took a little road trip down to Mexico City. Mexico did not by the way agree to the road trip, and in fact tried to stop it. And that\u2019s how the Marines added \u201cTo the Halls of Montezuma\u201d to the Marine Anthem. It\u2019s amazing how many lines in that anthem were inscribed via extreme violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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