Who Owns the Land Anyway

>...start with the American Southwest, let's assume for the moment that the irredentists are right and that it should be ceded to Mexico.

What gives the Mexican government a claim to this portion of the earth? This was Mexico for a mere 27 years -- just a single generation. In 1821, one could argue, the Mexican colonists stole New Spain....>>

Source:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/who_owns_the_land_anyway.html