**** wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2025 1:34 pm
I think it's a sure thing. Especially if they get Greenland first.
Haha. They can't even hold developing countries without it being an embarrassing loss or a trillion dollar quagmire that ends a decade or two later status quo antebellum.
If the US actively threatened the sovereignty of an NATO nation it would be game over for them. They might win the battles but they will definitely lose the war as pretty much the entire rest of the world rises up against them economically.
Would they physically survive and hold these territories? Yes. Would it devolve to Russian levels of economic losses, hardships, isolation, and violence? Absolutely.
A nation that has been ruled by czars and oligarchs for centuries will tolerate that.
A nation that is used to peace and wealth and freedom will not.
Forget what American airline you will be working for. American pilots will kicking you out of your own jobs so they can fly domestically after every other country denies them landing rights.
Except Russia, maybe. I hear St Petersburg is nice this time of year...