there'll be a mass death event on our side of the border, it'll be attributed to some cartel the CIA founded, and that will be that
there'll be a mass death event on our side of the border, it'll be attributed to some cartel the CIA founded, and that will be that
Mexico city would be flattened and the Mexican government would surrender, but Mexico is huge. You'd never pacify the whole country at any given time, it'd be another forever war with pockets of guerillas constantly popping up and the US military trying to play whack-a-mole
...I didn't initially intend for the mole pun there but you can read it that way if you want
That is the real goal of most US wars. The machine needs to be fed and the US economy needs that type of war to be happening at all times. Over 90% of US history has had that type of war ongoing, the US economy is built around it. What's scary is when the US doesn't have that type of war ongoing because it means they have to create such a war. We joke about the US going to war with Mexico but that is only because everyone knows deep down that as Ukraine fizzles out the US needs to find a fresh military frontier to feed the machine that hasn't already been turned to rubble.
My bet is either Iran or Mexico. Very worst case is idiots who actually believe their own bullshit decide to go for China and everyone dies in nuclear fire. Other option I guess is the US can't find a new military frontier and has a second civil war, which is just as bad as war with China because civil wars are vicious and undoubtedly the sides would eventually launch all their nuclear weapons rather than accept defeat.
I agree that this is America's usual MO but what's different this time around is that for the first time since 1945 there's a credible movement to dedollarize and move away from the USD as the world's reserve currency. Military spending is macroeconomicly just like any other type of government consumption in that it has to be paid for. Previously America printed USD to cover the cost, knowing that the rest of the world would eat the inflation instead of the US. It seems like America might be reaching the limits of that with it's debt problems and dedollarization. The next war might be one war too far.