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.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We're talking about invading, not controlling.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So they're going to invade and then what? Leave?

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months 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.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months 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.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The entire Canadian military is probably a pretty even match for the California National Guard.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

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