Form your counterargument using the framework provided. reporter mcquill mentions your claim will be stronger if you respond well to someone who disagrees with you. use this framework to challenge a counterclaim. even though some people think that _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. claim: the united states should have proclaimed war on the grounds that there were numerous blended connections between the us and mexico. the us needed texas to finish show fate. mexico was not fit to represent texas. reason 1 the us joined the war because that the mexicans incited the war by killing americans. a second reason is mexico wasn't fit for texas since mexicans murdered americans on questioned an area. the americans were made that blood was being shed on american soil.