Canada, or Mexico?
I have an opinion on this, but I’ll reserve it for a bit of discussion time first… heheh
Literal interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine… From shining sea to shining sea to shining sea to shining sea… hehehe
HA!
You guys couldn’t even take over Cuba
By that, I can safely assume that you’re a Canadian?
Canada, that lovely American resource preserve to the north… hehehe
No (I’m Not Canadian).
My, what a narrow viewpoint you have.
Yes well… sorry. I’ve gotten in a big US vs. Canada fight on another board…
As for us not being militarily capable… hold on, let me check me records.
HAve a seat, this could take a bit… oh, don’t knock over the HUGE NUCLEAR ARSENAL!!!
Palm Cove said:
You may wish to look up the Spanish-American War, and find out how Cuba became independent in the first place.
As for the OP…why exactly would we want to take either over?
Sorry, I meant recently, touchy, touchy.
Yeah, boy Iraq sure gave us problems… And the Somali’s, and the Serbs… man, we’ve been getting our butt’s kicked all over the place.
Good thing there’s so many other countries of Super-power staus around the globe… if it weren’t for them, we’d have to do police work all over the planet… oh, wait…
As for why, well, it’s just hypothetical… sort of an informal idea poll for a possible story idea… we’ll see what else comes up…
Funny I don’t recall America yaking overcontrol of Iraq, Somalia or Serbia.
Don’t they still have locals in charge?
Well, that’s 'cause no one listens to me… hehehe
But, had we chosen to, with the possible exception of Serbia, we could have done so.
Maybe not all at once, but we could have done it.
As for taking control of one of our neighbors, I don’t think it would be difficult. Time consuming, and it would make us bad-guys, but bad-guys do get the cool uniforms.
Proof Please!!
Next you’ll be saying you’re the worlds best sporting nation.
I think it’s safe to say that the US has the military power to invade and defeat Cuba any time we so desire. I think it’s also safe to say that we do not so desire–there would be little political support for such a thing.
As for story ideas, if you want realism, a war would have to be because one of the countries had become a serious threat to the US. Canada doesn’t have the population to do that, so it would have to be Mexico. (But I think invading a country of 100 million people would be more difficult than you seem to think.)
Screw the miltary option. That’s why we created “Baywatch.”
Mexico, because Canada is too cold. Then again, Canada likes hockey (good), but Mexico is better at soccer (bad), so maybe Canada instead. Then again, if we took over Canada, we couldn’t send Celine Dion back there because she’d be a citizen of our (new) country. This is unacceptable.
I think we should take over Canada except for Quebec, and then ship Celine Dion to Quebec.
YK Tristan, OP like this one just serve to further the image of the US as ugly Americans…
You talk like you somehow have a right to take over other countries.
Relax, not all Americans are like Tristan. He is a minority.
His OP could have resulted in a funny thread, but he chose to take the “All hail the Superpower that is the US” route for some reason.
Tristan, you DOLT. Somalia was a peace-keeping mission. It was never the IDEA to take over control there. Neither was that the case in Bosnia, which was a humanitary mission as well. The United States were never at war with these countries. All American soldiers fought for the United Nations, not the USA.
Somalia was a complete embarassment for the US troops, by the way. CNN landed on the beach before they did.
Iraq? Big whoop. A war about oil, for christ’s sake.
The US has done many great and valuable things over the last 60 years, many of which were in the interest of humanity at large. But let’s not get carried away: so did many other countries. Sure, the US is bigger than Germany, or the UK, or France. So what? Man, that superpower-crap is SO Cold War. Get with the times.
I suggest you read up on the history of recent warfare involving your country. An Internet search using the word “Vietnam” might put your brave stance here in a different perspective :rolleyes:
No offense to any Americans that actually HAVE a brain, of course. But you knew that.
That’s it Clogboy! You dare question the US of A? No more liberation for you!
Frankly, if we are going to take over anything, I say it should be Poland, but I’ve got a serious grudge against them right now. As soon as they return MisterTot safe and sound, I will stop threatening to bomb them.
not to mention the Irish who quelled the rebellion in the Belgian Congo in the 60’s, or the French in Vietnam (before the fullscale US involvement.
We lost Vietnam because we never sent a concentrated force. If we’d attacked with the full military force we were capable of, we’d have destroyed N. Vietnam without question. As it was, they just kept sending just enough for the war to go on, but not enough to win…just kept siphoning our troops into death. Had we performed strategic assaults, air raids, etc, as in a full WAR, we’d have crushed them. Stupid politicians.
Jman
Hmmm… reading posts like these makes me wonder if it would not be best for everyone if America was taken over by any other country…