Prepare for war while we still can. If we’re incredibly lucky maybe we won’t need it, but if so, it will be because we did prepare and that made us an unpleasant and dangerous looking target. Bullies always target perceived vulnerability. We need to do everything we can to fix that perception. Even showing them this anti-American sentiment helps. They need to understand we will not be pushovers, no matter how badly we might seem to be poised to lose at least some territory and/or treasure if they tried to actually use force or severe coercion to take our lunch money, as bullies do.
If we look like too much trouble, they may think twice and try to go bully central America or something instead, I have no idea how this will all work out, but I do know we’re in big fucking danger, and we need to do everything we can to make sure they know we’re going to become a big fucking problem for them if they try it.
Prepare for war while we still can. If we’re incredibly lucky maybe we won’t need it, but if so, it will be because we did prepare and that made us an unpleasant and dangerous looking target. Bullies always target perceived vulnerability. We need to do everything we can to fix that perception. Even showing them this anti-American sentiment helps. They need to understand we will not be pushovers, no matter how badly we might seem to be poised to lose at least some territory and/or treasure if they tried to actually use force or severe coercion to take our lunch money, as bullies do.
If we look like too much trouble, they may think twice and try to go bully central America or something instead, I have no idea how this will all work out, but I do know we’re in big fucking danger, and we need to do everything we can to make sure they know we’re going to become a big fucking problem for them if they try it.
We have a habit of drunkingly burning down the White House when they attack us, so there is that.