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With the exception of China, and perhaps Turkey, no country in the world matters as much to the United States as Mexico.

I don't feel any connection to Russia.

Mexico's making a fortune off the United States.

I believe that Mexico, geographically, is located in a privileged position. We serve as the meeting point with North America and the rest of Latin America.

I have a lot of respect for Mexico.

The United States and Mexico are trapped - economically, culturally, politically and because of drug crime - in the same continent.

Mexico and the U.S. are bound not only because of the common border, but by a shared culture and history.

American strategic doctrine suggests that Mexico is of second-level importance to the United States. It ranks below Japan and Indonesia, Brazil and India, Egypt and Israel, and European powers including Britain, France, and Germany. This is a grave geopolitical miscalculation.

If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.