"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 18hOnce again the United States, sitting behind two oceans with reasonably well consolidated states on its only land borders is going to play this game on easy mode, because it can simply leave - whereas Saudi Arabia or Pakistan, etc. cannot vacate the near proximity of their neighbors. 435114
mcc @dryad.technology · 18hPost assumes no land war between the US and Canada in our lifetimes I mean *Probably* there's no land war between the US and Canada in our lifetimes, But 6460
Philip Bagley @pb102.bsky.social · 18hwww.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...nytimes.comU.S. Is Sending Hundreds of Troops to Latin AmericaThe Pentagon is expanding its fight against drug traffickers, even as the plans recall a long and bloody history of U.S. intervention in the region. 150
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 18hMore correctly, it assumes a land war between the US and Canada would be of a fundamentally different character than the Houthis or Taliban pot-shotting drones, but I also think war with Canada is deeply unlikely (and would be bad and stupid, obviously). 51091
Stubacca @stubacca01.bsky.social · 1hBigger danger is stupid American policies destabilizing Mexico and creating a broad lawless zone that then serves as a base for drones and raids. I have trouble envisioning even Trump invading Canada (too big). I can easily imagine him raiding Mexico if he thinks it will have no consequences. 010
Davis X. Machina @ogdavisxmachina.bsky.social · 18hCanada and Venezuela and Greenland are old fashioned imperial filibusters, not irredentist efforts. Nothing like the Jameson Raid going on, riding into the Transvaal to protect the Uitlanders... Just smash and grab, real old-fashined stuff 020
Sloosecannon @sloosecannon.io · 15hWas gonna basically say exactly this. (But also it would be different. But also oh God if it actually happened it would be hell) 000
Rob Pait @sharkticon.bsky.social · 18hFar more likely would be war between US and Mexico becuase some R admin thinks Sicario is real. 030