Said earlier that the US would watch NATO mass forces in real time. Surprise attacks by nation states are long past. What does the US do in that case?
That’s the scary part. If the rest of NATO responds, America will see it coming and justify a first strike. (Not nuclear though.)
You have a point on fighting our own population. But there was strong anti-war sentiment before Pearl Harbor. If NATO comes together, well, just imagine the propaganda machine the administration will deploy. Everyone has already seen how susceptible we are to bullshit.
And no, I do not share your optimism. Said in other comments, the lesson of Hitler failing to storm the Caucuses oil fields before opening the Western front was the beginning of his end. As soon as they think the situation in Venezuela is under control, for these monster’s value of “under control”, the US will waltz into Greenland utterly unopposed, with enough oil to take all comers.
This isn’t some new distraction they dreamed up. Global warming is turning Greenland into prime real estate for mining, guarding newly opening Artic shipping lanes and with enough heat, lebensraum. Taking Greenland is a no-brainer from a purely strategic POV.
Also, the fascists need to move fast while NATO/Europe is still dependent on American weapons, trade and tech. If they fuck around for even a few years, the EU will have become far more independent. (Go faster Europe!)
Gods. Just realized that if shit truly goes down, the US will build an Iron Curtain across the Atlantic. We can pull tech, shut down shipping, utterly disrupt the continent. Imagine how Putin is gloating.
Said earlier that the US would watch NATO mass forces in real time. Surprise attacks by nation states are long past. What does the US do in that case?
That’s the scary part. If the rest of NATO responds, America will see it coming and justify a first strike. (Not nuclear though.)
You have a point on fighting our own population. But there was strong anti-war sentiment before Pearl Harbor. If NATO comes together, well, just imagine the propaganda machine the administration will deploy. Everyone has already seen how susceptible we are to bullshit.
And no, I do not share your optimism. Said in other comments, the lesson of Hitler failing to storm the Caucuses oil fields before opening the Western front was the beginning of his end. As soon as they think the situation in Venezuela is under control, for these monster’s value of “under control”, the US will waltz into Greenland utterly unopposed, with enough oil to take all comers.
This isn’t some new distraction they dreamed up. Global warming is turning Greenland into prime real estate for mining, guarding newly opening Artic shipping lanes and with enough heat, lebensraum. Taking Greenland is a no-brainer from a purely strategic POV.
Also, the fascists need to move fast while NATO/Europe is still dependent on American weapons, trade and tech. If they fuck around for even a few years, the EU will have become far more independent. (Go faster Europe!)
Gods. Just realized that if shit truly goes down, the US will build an Iron Curtain across the Atlantic. We can pull tech, shut down shipping, utterly disrupt the continent. Imagine how Putin is gloating.
My goodness, you are so right!
The problem is this iron curtain will keep expanding and keep invading.
After Greenland, the next one on the menu probably will be the Azores, where America has a military base.
This is imperialism at its peak and Putin is so overjoyed with all this mess.