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What's the likelihood of the US being invaded or turned against?

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Originally posted by: SnapIT

Ok, i admit, some US citizens are morons (i doubt you disagree)... actually i really don't think that you are one of them and i got a bit carried away...

I am as tired of this namecalling as you are... i am tired of being labeled things because i do not agree at all times...

Most americans are just people, but then there are those "über alles" types it annoys me, but then again, so do all "über alles" fools... not only the american ones... it's just that they are overrepresented on this forum...

You aren't tired of the namecalling, you are tired of being called names after you call other people names. You openly hurl insults constantly against all american's, not just our government and our policy.

In addition for someone claiming to have lived in the states for an extended period of time you fail to grasp certain elements of the american culture. You fail to realize that our government is a government of the people, a government that typically represents the majority views (or gets it's ass handed to them). You fail to realize that america is an isolationist nation that against it's own will dances the dance on the world stage. You do such things as critisize US spending on international aide as a precentage of GDP as a sole indicator of a nations generosity and open support. You critisize our international relations when at the worst times in history america has been the one standing there preventing the tyrants from taking over the world (Or maybe you wanted to speak Russian).

We might not be perfect but we don't deserve your animosity and that is the reaction you will get in any forum populated by americans.
 
Originally posted by: idNut
I really hate that rolling of eyes emoticon.

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Just for you man 😛
 
Originally posted by: rahvin
Originally posted by: SnapIT

Ok, i admit, some US citizens are morons (i doubt you disagree)... actually i really don't think that you are one of them and i got a bit carried away...

I am as tired of this namecalling as you are... i am tired of being labeled things because i do not agree at all times...

Most americans are just people, but then there are those "über alles" types it annoys me, but then again, so do all "über alles" fools... not only the american ones... it's just that they are overrepresented on this forum...

You aren't tired of the namecalling, you are tired of being called names after you call other people names. You openly hurl insults constantly against all american's, not just our government and our policy.

In addition for someone claiming to have lived in the states for an extended period of time you fail to grasp certain elements of the american culture. You fail to realize that our government is a government of the people, a government that typically represents the majority views (or gets it's ass handed to them). You fail to realize that america is an isolationist nation that against it's own will dances the dance on the world stage. You do such things as critisize US spending on international aide as a precentage of GDP as a sole indicator of a nations generosity and open support. You critisize our international relations when at the worst times in history america has been the one standing there preventing the tyrants from taking over the world (Or maybe you wanted to speak Russian).

We might not be perfect but we don't deserve your animosity and that is the reaction you will get in any forum populated by americans.

No, i am tired of being called names after refusing to accept that your goverments forieign policies are sane...

And no, i do not fail to grasp ANY of the elements of american culture as i have lived in the US for years...

your government is a government of the people, so is mine, yet i can say that i do not agree with every statement and decision my government makes... the wonders of free speech... if you disagree Yap yap yap... you know.....

I do not critisize anything, i just respond... and you do not get my point, you never will as you are more hung up on nationality than right or wrong...

All of this make you another sheep in the herd... so baah baah...

And the last remark, yet again we have to go through this, thank the french, if it was not for them, you would be brittish... *sighs*
 
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
Originally posted by: hagbard
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
Originally posted by: hagbard
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
Since I live in Alaska, I will just drive down to the border and step across with my a .22 rifle and take over your country. VICTORY!
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Even with our gun control
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were are still pretty well armed down here. We'll buy a fleet of old Bucks, knock out the back seats, and head up to Alaska and down to the lower 48. Buy a few "bags" of fertiliser along the way. Maybe pack a few envelopes with white power...hey, the possibilites are endless.


Note to self: Make sure Canada's tank is in for maintenance first.

No need to invade, you already have control over our government. The question is, how long will it be before the people realize it and take action. Maybe it will soon be time to tourch your Whitehouse again?

You ate paint chips as a child, didn't you?

No, but I did get my elementry school education in the US...duh....

"Envelopes of white power?" What is that, Instant Racism, just add water? 😉

How about that, I was educated in the U.S., and I can even spell!

You can spell, but you can't think.
 
Originally posted by: DukeOfAnandTech
well, the likelihood of actually being invaded are very small. Being turned against.... every other nation hates us except maybe for israel, but they're practically a colony of ours so that doesn't count. Mexico doesn't have us because due to our drinking age being 3 years higher, they have an amazing tourism department. Canada hates us because we hate them more.

But with the UN, it's going to be hard to invade the US without there being some random intervention. Also, if another country wanted to invade us, they'd have to get by our Navy. But in the very unlikely case that we do become invaded, we'd lose the war in weeks. We have no ground forces. All our power comes from our cruise missiles, fighter jets, and big weapons. When they hit our soil, we can't use these big weapons on our own soil, so we end up being forced to an all-out land war. Our land forces are not very large and would be overrun in short time. But remember, the entire problem would be getting past our naval and air defenses to actually get into the country.

The only invasion that would be going on would be covert invasions, which have already occurred many times. No large masses of troops could get into our country anytime soon, so don't worry about that. Unless 5 major powers unite to take us out and all of our allies back off, our navy and air force will hold.

Oh, I forgot, we cant target cruise missiles at targets in the USA, the conventional warheads will fail to detonate! Same thing with fighter jets, flying them over the USA creates radiation in the soil! In the mumbers that any country could actually place on US soil, we have way more than enough ground forces to destroy them. In reality, almost all of our non-NBC weapons can be used on US soil.

If anyone tried to invade the USA right now, they would be screwed. Canada does not have the ability to fight a large scale war head to head with the USA. While they do have more than one tank, and they do have a quality group of snipers, neither is going to stand against an armored division. Their air force has been seriously negelected. Their navy is becoming almost non-existent. Mexico is even less capable, they dont even have an armored force equivalent to Canada's, and they do not have a winter like Canada's (I'm not joking about that, winter falling on russia has saved it from defeat several times, very cold weather is something that has to be factored into military stategy). Invasion from the sea of either the east or west coast... between our submarine forces and the carrier battle groups, its not a workable plan of action. In summation, right now there is no way the USA is going to be successfully overtly invaded by any country.
 
Originally posted by: Roger
You know what i am tired of? Being called an america hater and hussein supporter because i refuse to say that i support a war against Irak without full support from the UN...

What is this america bashing i hear of? is that when you are not all for a war or in the slightest way disagrees with what your government want's to do?

At the same time people joke about the pacifist iceland, the coward french, the weasel germany, Canada and their lousy army (the tank)... and then you act all surprised when someone says that you are arrogant?

NEVER have I once bashed another country besides Canada (That was done jokingly) without someone first bashing the U.S., not once.

Czar's own words

The US will fall from within, thats pretty certain. Just when, thats the question.

What do you call that statement ?
Is this debating U.S. policy ?
No it is NOT



We not only donate billions of dollars but military aid, food, medicine and technology, this is something you are forgetting, so don't give me that crap about Iceland being more generous, come to think of it, didn't Iceland accept a load of donations from us when the Marshall plan was instituted ?
Yes, I do believe so, I have nothing agaianst Iceland what so ever.
If America chose to do nothing throughout the years after WWII, you would not be sitting here right now typing on your PC debating this matter, you would most likely be a slave laborer in a death camp run by the Soviet military, has America ever recieved a thank you from any of the countries besides England after WWII ?

Don't give me that crap about not dragging up on how America saved everyone's ass in WWII, that's history Wether you like it or not.

You sit in your own little country bitching about our policies when your country won't do a DAMN thing about any of the important issues facing mankind, go ahead and spew all you want about how you hate the U.S.'s foriegn policies but the fact of the matter is that America is the defender of freedom in the world
, no one else has the balls to do what needs to be done with dictators and genocidal maniacs.

Now if you and Czar came in here and posted politely that you disagree with America's policies, fine, we could have had a decent debate on the issue, you guys chose to insult us U.S. citizens with imflammatory remarks instead, this is why I chose those negative comments about Iceland.
I have some very good friends from Iceland, they are decent people and I have seen many wonderful pics of your country, yes it is a beautiful place, and most likely it's people are much like my good friends, but until you guys stop slandering America, I will not stop insulting Iceland.

My point has been posted, please do not show your ignorance again with your inflammatory remarks against the U.S.

That little statement by Czar is America bashing?
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Military confrontation is unlikely. More like economic and social demise should be your concern.


I am glad to tell you there is no power on earth now that can take on US in a direct military conflict and expect to win.


Hence you can relax .. 😀
 
on one would ever take over this country, and the british would never screw us...they are our bitches.
 
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