• dermanus@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    I think by the time they get to us they’ll be spread so thin in Venezuela, Greenland, Mexico, Cuba, etc… that they may not be able to mount enough of a force.

    But who knows? It being a completely moronic idea never stopped Trump before.

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      1 day ago

      US military spending is $895,000,000,000

      Venezuela $3,920,000
      Greenland $0
      Denmark $9,780,000,000
      Mexico $16,450,000,000
      Cuba unknown
      Canada $29,070,000,000

      That’s $895 billion for the US compared to $55.3 billion for all those countries combined. There is no way the US will ever been spread thin enough to prevent them from doing whatever they want.

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        13 hours ago

        If their dollar is worthless and the troops aren’t getting paid then it doesn’t matter how many trillions they spend on the military. Canada, the EU, China, Japan all own US debt and treasury bonds. A coordinated sell off would end Amerikkka.

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        1 day ago

        And the US spent much more than the Taliban. Who’s in charge in Afghanistan these days?

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              1 day ago

              No, you brought up Afghanistan yourself. They’ll invade, kill a pile of people, attempt to rule for 20 years before giving up. The important thing is the years of misery and destruction before they do.

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        2 days ago

        Well they’ll be busy fighting the Florida national guard so we should be ok 😇