• Rooskie91@discuss.online
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    2 months ago

    The “strongest military in the world” couldn’t even handle a single war in the middle east. How are we supposed to win multiple wars with multiple fronts in multiple countries against much stronger militaries with many more allies? It’s pure hubris.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      Trump doesn’t care. He was rejected by neoliberal democratic world order and he wants to tear it down because of it.

      It’s very much like how he was rejected by New York high society and then wanted to destroy NY high society for being rejected.

      He is a fucking simpleton and doesn’t care how many die in justifying his petty grievances.

      • F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        Frankly, if he could channel that anger into a power system that doesn’t require purging immigrants, there’d be room in the discussion to consider him second-to-worst, or better, on the president rankings.

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          2 months ago

          He should’ve just bought a TV network and channel his energies into it rather than what we have now since it’s clear he really loves TV.

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      2 months ago

      I’m not saying the US should or would invade Canada, but your comparison to a conflict in the middle east versus an invasion of Canada are incomparable. They are objectively different. Canada borders the US and relies heavily on them heavily for a lot of their economy, trade, and protection. 90% of Canada’s population is within 50 miles of the US border. You said there would be multiple countries and stronger militaries, but I don’t think so. I see what’s happening in Ukraine, where Russia is doing the exact same thing and no one is stepping in to help Ukraine actively fight them. NATO doesn’t seem to be doing more than finger wagging at Trump at this point.

      Would there be resistance from the population? Absolutely, but the Canadian government would be taken over quickly.

      If the US truly wanted to, they could take Canada by force rather quickly. The repercussions globally would be damaging for the foreseeable future. I know that this is a scary thought, but it’s more realistic than the US having a Vietnam with a country next to them.