Raellus, I think there is a very fine line between the far right and far left sides of the political spectrum. While Mexico could get away with having a European style socialist government, it would not be able to have a near communist government that nationalized foreign assets. What is possible is that a right-leaning coalition backed by the military holds control from the late eighties until the nuclear exchange whereupon they are overthrown by a leftist government that sides with Cuba and the Soviet Union.
Is anyone else working on a Mexican Sourcebook? If not I may give it a try though my Spanish is very poor. I think I'll stick mostly to the military side of things with only limited references to the politics behind the invasion. Most major weapon systems will be of French and Chinese origins.
As for Mexican war aims, I would have their goal be to seize the large Mexican-American population centers within Texas and California. The Mexican leadership is working under the naive belief that these ex-Mexicans will welcome the Mexican Army as saviors, given the chaos that exists in the US. By "liberating" these Mexicans they hope to unite the fractured Mexican populace by holding America up as an external threat requiring Mexicans to unite together.
A secondary war aim is to seize the remaining oil producing regions of the American Southwest. This would give Mexico a step up in its recovery efforts. Even though many of the oil production facilities have been destroyed holding the well heads would give Mexico a major advantage in the near future.
Finally, Mexico hopes to position itself in such a way as to allow a quicker recovery than that of America. This would allow Mexico to possible reverse the political situation that has traditionally existed between Mexico and the US. This would allow Mexico to become the dominant nation in Central America and the Caribbean.
Benjamin
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