[Matt Wiser]

Personally, I never found Mexican participation realistic. Besides, it was the Soviets that nuked Mexico's oil refining infrastructure to deny it to the U.S., so why would the Mexicans, even with a leftist coaliton government in Mexico City, join the war on the Soviet side? Someone at GDW had to be either on something or have had a brain fart. Back on the old RPG host forum, I showed a conversation between General Cummings, the deputy JCS Chairman, and the acting CINC-SAC, with Cummings saying that the border situation is drastic, and with no forces available to stop the invasion, drastic measures are necessary. The deputy points out that history may not judge Cummings' decision favorably, and he replies, "Let the historians a hundred years from now have that debate. Right here and now, there's a foreign army crossing our border and we can't stop them conventionally. We have no choice." He then turns to the acting CINC-SAC and says "You have your orders, General. Carry them out." And the acting CINC says, "Yes, sir." A couple hours later, two B-1s and a B-52 strike Monterey, Hermosilo, Chiuhihua City, and Tampico,with B-61 gravity bombs (average yield 100 KT) while a Trident SSBN strikes Guadalajara and Mexico City with 8x 475 KT weapons each (two Trident-II D-5 missiles).

Invasion splutters to a halt when the Mexican commanders see "instant sunshine in their rear view mirrors, and the various Mexican units either turn and go home, turn warlord/marauder, or disintegrate. The CO of Division Cuba asks the CG of US 90th Corps for asylum.