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Do they honestly think they can smash and grab an entire country?

Like Venezuela?

We’ve done it before (violating sovereignty). Kind of a lot. Oh man…I hate this list. Looking at it all (AI generated) at once is a big oof. Several are joint operations.

Year(s) – Aggressor – Victim – Colloquial name / shorthand

• 1846–1848 – United States – Mexico – Mexican–American War
• 1893 / 1898 – United States – Kingdom of Hawaii – Overthrow & Annexation of Hawaii
• 1899–1902 – United States – Philippines – Philippine–American War
• 1903 – United States – Colombia / Panama – Panama Secession (Canal Coup)
• 1912–1933 – United States – Nicaragua – U.S. Occupation of Nicaragua
• 1915–1934 – United States – Haiti – U.S. Occupation of Haiti
• 1916–1924 – United States – Dominican Republic – U.S. Occupation of DR
• 1953 – United States (CIA) – Iran – Operation Ajax
• 1954 – United States (CIA) – Guatemala – Guatemalan Coup
• 1958 – United States – Lebanon – Lebanon Crisis
• 1960–1965 – United States (CIA) – Congo – Lumumba Assassination / Congo Crisis
• 1961 – United States – Cuba – Bay of Pigs Invasion
• 1964 – United States – Brazil – Brazilian Military Coup
• 1965 – United States – Dominican Republic – Operation Power Pack
• 1969–1973 – United States – Cambodia – Secret Bombing of Cambodia
• 1960s–1970s – United States – Laos – Secret War in Laos
• 1970–1973 – United States (CIA) – Chile – Chilean Coup
• 1976 – United States – Argentina – Dirty War / Junta Support
• 1979–1989 – United States – Afghanistan – Operation Cyclone
• 1980s – United States – Nicaragua – Contra War
• 1983 – United States – Grenada – Invasion of Grenada
• 1989 – United States – Panama – Operation Just Cause
• 2001–2021 – United States – Afghanistan – War in Afghanistan
• 2003 – United States – Iraq – Iraq War
• 2011 – United States / NATO – Libya – Libyan Intervention
• 2011–present – United States – Syria – Syrian Civil War (U.S. Intervention)

Yes, they (MAGA) do think they can do that. Their sense of entitlement and lack of empathy are boundless. The U.S. is going rogue, we are in the run up to WWIII, and I am not being hyperbolic. The rest (non-MAGA) aren't paying attention, can't see what they don't want to believe, or, like me, are horrified, terrified, and making plans to get out of dodge before the shit hits the fan.

On the positive side, the U.S. is strongly teeing up financial collapse, which will likely hit towards the end of this year (maybe mid to late October?) Look at what gold is doing. It's the biggest gold bull market of all time, already eclipsing the 1981 peak that came from the stagflation era following Nixon's removal of the gold standard, and that's even adjusted for inflation. The U.S. is running a ~6% budget deficit, consumer confidence is crashing, a leading indicator of a recession, ~1/3 of the U.S.' $38 trillion in debt comes due and will have to be rolled over in a higher interest rate environment and at a time where the world is divesting of U.S. debt, and Trump gets to appoint a lackey as Chair of the Fed in May. You can 100% bet on the fact that the Fed is going to have to buy treasuries (i.e., print money) to cover the debt, which will devalue the currency boost inflation, and destroy the dollar. The Fed will also juice rates. We'll have a boom in stocks with a blow-off top that will make the 1929 crash look quaint. There will be massive business failures, bank runs, and complete chaos, with a good chance of civil war (we're already in a "cold" civil war, somewhat analogous to The Troubles.) Accordingly, I don't see the conquest of Canada as likely before the situation collapses in on itself. However, if MAGA emerges from the chaos with its grip on power intact, god help us all (and I'm an atheist.)

Given the divisions in Canada like Quebec, western alienation and Alberta being conservative central, yeah, they might be able to.

Were you born last week?