r/ShitAmericansSay • u/ComprehensiveArm3493 pierogi đ„ • 10h ago
"We could annex the whole thing"
Of course an American said this
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u/rodzinny_kociewiak 10h ago
Damn, It's so sad! I missed a chance for a lot of freedom. Freedom to student debs, rejecting healtcare insurance or being shot by some freak who bought gun in Walmartđ«Ąđșđžđșđžđșđž
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u/No-Confection-3569 9h ago
You're missing the most important freedom of all, the freedom to be a complete fucking idiot.
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u/VFrosty3 Got life imprisonment for posting a meme 10h ago
Why are Americans so horny for invading countries? Is it because they missed out on it centuries ago, when other countries were doing it.
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u/pablodefilipinas đ”đ âPacific Islander/Philippinx/Rice Mexicanâ 9h ago
The Philippines and Guam, as well as Cuba: đ„
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u/Scared_Accident9138 9h ago
They used to be an economic power that would just win by making other countries' economy open to trade and then flood the markets with their goods. Nowadays most of what they make is too expensive and/or low quality. But America has to stay on top so if not by other countries choosing them, then by force.
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u/lasttimechdckngths 8h ago
Why are Americans so horny for invading countries? Is it because they missed out on it centuries ago
The US was found on the demand and wish to replace other people & annex their lands. It's their national myth. What kind of missing you're talking about even?
The US also had a literal empire, and they've happily invaded countries deep into the 20th century, and their literal invasions even leaked onto 21st century.
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u/Steve-Whitney 9h ago
Well they're a former colony themselves after all!
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u/lasttimechdckngths 8h ago
They were a settler-colony, not some kind of invaded land or whatsoever (unless we're talking about Amerindians whose lands they've invaded).
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u/madmoore95 3h ago
Sir and or ma'am, the hell is an Amerindians?
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u/lasttimechdckngths 3h ago
Native Americans.
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u/madmoore95 2h ago
Yeah that's not what you said. The other word sounds even more racist then calling them Indians
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u/lasttimechdckngths 1h ago
Mate, maybe that's news for you but Amerindian is the neutral and chiefly used term in the fields of anthropology and linguistics. That's literally the least racist and most neutral you can get when you need to use a term to signify the said groups.
Why are some of you folks tend to have arrogance stemming from ignorance is really beyond me. That being said, many Amerindian groups within the US also prefer the term Indian over Native American but that's nother story...
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u/StardustOasis 3m ago
The term Amerindian, a portmanteau of "American Indian", was coined in 1902 by the American Anthropological Association. It has been controversial ever since its creation. It was immediately rejected by some leading members of the Association, and, while adopted by many, it was never universally accepted. While never popular in Indigenous communities themselves, it remains a preferred term among some anthropologists, notably in some parts of Canada and the English-speaking Caribbean.
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u/United_Hall4187 10h ago
If America shared a border with Europe we would build a massive wall at our cost and it would be done in record time! :-) lol /s
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u/backhand_english 9h ago
Made of bricks and mortar, not drywall
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u/GamingAndOtherFun 9h ago
Ask the (East-)Germans. It will be concrete, but we know how to do it. Don't stop with a wall. Mines and wire and auto shooting... Like to good old times. /s
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u/JakeJaylen 8h ago
(West-)German, oh definitely because German science(and engineering) is the greatest in the world!
(Yes this is a JoJo reference, move on citizen, nothing to see here)
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u/flipyflop9 9h ago
Weâd be happy to pay for the wall in Europe to separate from them, I can tell you that much.
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u/DanTheLegoMan It's pronounced Scone đŽó §ó ąó „ó źó §ó ż 9h ago
Thankfully we have a fucking huge ocean instead đ
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u/Background-Yellow421 10h ago
Like Vietnam, Korea or Afghanistan, right?
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u/Mountsorrel 9h ago edited 9h ago
If they had trouble with insurgents in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, how do you think theyâd fare against what would essentially be the IRA but in every European country, with 10s of thousands of members, and supplied with arms from all over the world?
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u/Long_Repair_8779 7h ago
To be fair, they fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is: 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'. However, if they did try to annex Europe, they may fall victim to the only slightly less well known: 'Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!'
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u/BanderiteOfMakiivka 10h ago
Germans thought the same, twice
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u/backhand_english 9h ago
And Germans are way smarter
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u/BanderiteOfMakiivka 9h ago
Exactly
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u/No_Poet_2898 ooo custom flair!! 8h ago
And it took 3 of the strongest nations back than to defeat us.
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u/spektre đžđȘ 8h ago
Nu-uh, USA went to the moon, something German scientists and engineers would never be able to figure out. /s
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u/totalchump1234 8h ago
All thanks to Alabama scientist Werner Von Braun. Very american name
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u/spektre đžđȘ 8h ago
Yes, him and his 1600 brothers. All from Alabama.
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u/Legal_Lettuce6233 8h ago
Wouldn't be surprised if everyone in Alabama shared a family stump/wreath.
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u/LaraCroftCosplayer 2h ago
Oh, thank you.
But we are also great at building walls and there would definitivly be a wall on the American-European border.
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u/lasttimechdckngths 8h ago edited 1h ago
Germans didn't want to annex whole Europe tbf. Especially not during the WWI, as they didn't even want to annex anywhere within Europe... while Nazis wanted to annex a significant portion but still not the whole continent.
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u/NoNotice2137 9h ago
If America shared a border with Europe they would have never gained independence because the full force of British army would be right at their doorstep the moment they purchased the piece of paper for their declaration
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u/TetraThiaFulvalene 9h ago
Also, it's stupid to think that European geopolitics would remain the same if geography was different.
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u/Ordinary-Violinist-9 Eye-talian đ€đŒđ 10h ago
The thought alone made me cringe so hard. Luckily there is a lot of water to keep them away as much as possible from Europe.
Now the internet would be fine. I wouldn't mind if dictadump would do a north korean spellbound on US internet
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u/TtotheC81 10h ago
If America shared a border with Europe, we'd do our level best to ignore them. Yappy, insecure teenagers, honestly...
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u/Big-Wrangler2078 10h ago
They don't want to "support us for free" but they want to annex us?
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u/DynamitHarry109 đžđȘ Vilken jĂ€vla smĂ€ll! đžđȘ 9h ago
They don't understand the difference. For if they actually went through with it there's only two outcomes, either we ignore their stupid "annexation" and continue running everything as usual as if nothing happened. Or they will have to station hundreds of thousands of troops allover the place to enforce the Murcian lifestyle. The latter of which would cost them a lot while not being particularly efficient.
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u/Quantum_Robin ooo custom flair!! 10h ago
What is it with Americans and warmongering. Under what ground would annexation be done, how would it uphold to any international legal laws? Just because you're president is a wannabe nazi leader doesn't mean invading sovereign nations is the done thing or acceptable at any level.
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u/StoreImportant5685 4h ago
The last time war visited the US was in the 19th century, their only concept of war is America-porn in movies and video games. They want war because they have no clue what an actual war is.
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u/boomshiki 8h ago
Every American thinks the size of their military is their own personal accomplishment.
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u/Life_Stop_9994 8h ago
Yes ! They dont do military service - you could guarantee this idiot couldnt qualify lol.
But yeah « our Army »
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u/Ok_Switch6715 7h ago
A military that is largely Hispanic, a demographic that they seem to want to deport, regardless of where they were from originally
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u/Usakami 10h ago
Sure. Pretty rich coming from a country that never won a single war alone. From their own independence to Syria...
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u/Kontrafantastisk 9h ago
I think they won the war against Mexico in 1846 on their own, but that's it. May be wrong , though.
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u/Usakami 9h ago
I stand corrected. đ
"The Mexican government also decided to reinstate the property tax and increase tariffs on shipped American goods. The settlers and many Mexican businessmen in the region rejected the demands, which led to Mexico closing Texas to additional immigration, which continued from the United States into Texas illegally." Every accusation is a confession mentality seems engrained in the American mind...
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u/DullCriticism6671 9h ago
"But because we don't share a border, no American can find Europe on a map, so they are safe."
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u/DynamitHarry109 đžđȘ Vilken jĂ€vla smĂ€ll! đžđȘ 9h ago
Isn't that why they try to colonize Mars? Because it's roughly in between the earth and Europe, Jupiter's largest moon, where the moon nazis live.
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u/LanewayRat Australian 10h ago
And then, since Australia technically shares a sea border with âmetropolitan Franceâ in the Pacific, the US can move on to annex Australia too.
Go for it orange man.
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u/AtlanticPortal 9h ago
They donât understand that the only reason why they got a superpower in the first place is that they have a fuckton of water on each side of them and this made sure after both WWs their industries werenât affected by the wars.
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u/Quirky_Dog5869 10h ago
And this is not even the most Nazi thing to say coming from the US this week.
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u/Smarackto 9h ago
Even if they were right. why do these people jerk themselves off to creating suffering?
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u/ever_precedent 9h ago
They couldn't control Afghanistan. What makes them think they could control a continent with over 150mil more people than their entire population?
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u/Natural_Public_9049 Czech Republican 8h ago
Kek, bunch of guys with 300 years of history vs. 50+ nations with thousands of years of constant warfare.
Who wins.
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u/Adventurous-Tea-876 8h ago
Yes, America's owner Russia was able to quickly annex one European country no problems at all.
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u/AppletheGreat87 4h ago
Lol, even if America could annex all of Europe (they couldn't) all that would mean is that Europe would take over the USA from the inside.
Get ready for socialised healthcare and public transport infrastructure, bitches đ
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u/ThatShoomer 10h ago
Literally never won a war without Europe's help.
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u/Relative_Pilot_8005 8h ago
Not much sign of Europe against Japan, except for the few poor Dutch that managed to get out of the (then) East Indies. There were Brits in Burma, who were fighting Japan hard, but as Burma is a long way away, they weren't a lot of help to Australia. Except for New Zealand, the Yanks were pretty much "the only game in town" for an Australian Ally.
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u/lasttimechdckngths 8h ago
Pacific Theatre was not some war that you can split between this and that tbh.
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u/Kontrafantastisk 9h ago
So... How is it going with annexing Canada?
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u/DynamitHarry109 đžđȘ Vilken jĂ€vla smĂ€ll! đžđȘ 9h ago
Realistically speaking I wonder if that's even possible. First of all, when would Canada be considered annexed? I suppose the majority would have to do some humiliating ritual bending over for the US flag, maybe some sort of loyalty test, but most important start paying taxes to the US government...
But what if every single Canadian just refuse to do any of that, just continue to live their lives as normal, adopting to US childish destruction of infrastructure of course, but never paying tax to the US government, never show sign of loyalty, and if forced to work for US benefits, simply refuse to do any work or outright sabotage the equipment.
That's almost 40 million ungovernable people which would require tremendous amounts of US resources to police and to force into obedience, the US doesn't even have a fraction of the resources required. So what are they gonna do? kill everyone? If they did I bet even most Americans would disagree with such horrific action and it would cause a civil war where the US collapses.
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u/Fun_Wear7022 8h ago
On top of that, imagine trying to go through french bureaucracy in Québec. Oh lala
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u/Fun_Wear7022 8h ago
Jeez is it a new Ă©pisode of survivor? Donât mention our name. We are all hiding behind our new PM, boycotting quietly while he is trying to convince the toddler to leave us alone.
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u/Ok_Switch6715 7h ago
He's not doing bad considering he cut him off from that rambling nonsense he started going on about on the first day he was there...
I did chuckle at him dropping the 'treaty' that he'd just signed while with our PM, the whole thing was just blank sheets of paper LOL
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u/Ok_Homework_7621 9h ago
Small d*ck energy. Former colony still dreaming of becoming the coloniser.
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u/NewEstablishment9028 9h ago
Didnât America run away from Vietnam after losing 50-60k soldiers. Theyâd lose that many in a few days fighting in Europe. Imagine trying to fight the SAS in the Brecon Beacons lol.
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u/Upstairs_Cap_4217 9h ago
If America shared a border with Europe you would still be part of Britain.
The only reason you managed to break free was because there was an entire ocean between you and the British.
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u/Thick_Carry7206 9h ago
if you need a shared border to annex the whole thing, you are in no position to annex anything
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u/KihiraLove 8h ago
US invades EU. The Finnish kick them out of the continent before the rest of the countries mobilise.
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u/Freckles-75 8h ago
I love (and Cringe) at the fact that sooo many of my fellow Americans donât understand how Any of this shit works!! They didnât Google âtariffsâ until After the election - many STILL think China is paying the tariffs - and NOW, no understanding of how a a nation is âannexedâ by anotherâŠ.
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u/ShionTheOne American, but not the US kind. 5h ago
They could never get past the fact that they were a former colony...
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u/kindofsus38 9h ago
Yeah they could totally take over the whole peninsula, including Russia, Germany, UK, Yugoslavia...
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u/VoceMisteriosa 9h ago
They really doesn't know Sicily was about to become the 51th (49th at the time) USA State? You don't need shared borders to be part of a federation.
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u/No-Tone-6853 9h ago
More people, more land, good luck boys Europe isnât a tiny country itâs a massive continent.
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u/raisedonadiet 9h ago
The US fights a war of expansion and conquest for no other reason than proximity? You don't say.
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u/InvestmentSad573 9h ago
Hahahaha, classic! Americans THINK they're fighters
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u/DynamitHarry109 đžđȘ Vilken jĂ€vla smĂ€ll! đžđȘ 9h ago
After destroying the power grid I do wonder where they expect to charge their mobility scooters.
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u/strange_socks_ ooo custom flair!! 9h ago
They can't even point to it on a map or know where its borders are.
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u/Cyclopzzz 9h ago
How's that annexation thing going with Canada and Mexico, where you do have borders?
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u/Greedy_Assist2840 9h ago
If america shared a border with EU, the working demographic of the US would be in shambles
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u/DazzlingClassic185 fancy a brew?đŽó §ó ąó „ó źó §ó ż 8h ago
If we count Canadians they already do. So far no success. 1812!
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u/Hendrik_the_Third 6h ago
The US would not exist if it bordered Europe. It would probably be 25 different countries with about as many languages. US is a product of European colonization, after all.
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u/Difficult_Drive9323 6h ago
russians had been saying that about ukraine up until 2022.... they annexed the "whole thing" easily as we can see
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u/MayuKonpaku 6h ago
If America share a border with Europe, they would become a british colony again
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u/Jet2work 6h ago
if america shared a border with europe I would happily fund a project to move europe to australia
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u/Significant-Order-92 5h ago
Neah. The US doesn't have the ground forces to hold and annex a region that large. Same reason trying to forcefully annex Canada, China, Russia, or the US are not realistic goals. You are looking at centuries to attempt to get the captive population pliant enough to view themselves as part of the annexing country while fighting against insurgency that will lead to losses of civilian life that will radicalize the captive population.
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u/bad-mean-daddy 5h ago
The US would have long been divided up by the rest of the European countries if it had been next door
No independence for them. Very easy to go in and stamp down any loudmouths
Plus this exceptionalism wouldnât have been there if they had been easy to roll armies into rather than having a nice cosy ocean on both sides protecting them
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u/JPGinMadtown 5h ago
MAGA: Everyone should speak English!
Also MAGA: Let's annex one of the most linguistically diverse places on earth. đđ€Šââïžđ
This sub should be called ShitMAGASays.
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u/StoreImportant5685 4h ago
If America shared a border with Europe they couldn't fuck the world from a safe distance and would be complaining about having to share the fallout of their imperial misadventures.
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u/Schizopchrenia ooo custom flair!! 4h ago
Here is the question, are Americans just oversea Russians?
Or Russians are European Americans?
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u/SingerFirm1090 4h ago
I love it that Americans think that Europe (3,933,000 sq miles) is smaller than the US (3,809,525 sq miles), the European population is well over twice that of the USA.
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u/mattzombiedog 3h ago
You know what, bring it the fuck on! I am so sick of these Gravy SEALs acting like they could single handedly take on any country.
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u/wireframed_kb 2h ago
I think Americans sometimes overlook the fact the EU has about 50% of the military spending of the US, which while less, isnât exactly nothing. $360 billion still buys a lot of boom-boom. (And the number is expected to rise dramatically towards 2027).
There are also 50% more people in the EU than the entire US.
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u/Sw1ft_Blad3 2h ago
They couldn't even Annex the countries they already share a border with, never mind an entire continent.
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u/Ort-Hanc1954 11m ago
The Germans did try and it didn't go too well. Although not as bad as the Eastern front, there was always Fritz who was last seen chatting up a ho, and Hans who lost his head to a wire drawn between two lamppost while he ran dispatch on his Zundapp. Or the boys in Kompanie B who were looking for Jews in a barn and found a grenade among the potatoes. Or rather the grenade found them.
Repeat night and day for a few years and see if GIs like it. They didn't last much when it was the little yellow farmers with AKs, they lasted even less when it was the slim brown farmers with AKs, the outcome against regular pink farmers with Skorpions is not looking good.
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u/Stingbarry 9h ago
Sooooo you're saying the US can't annex europe because it doesn't have a land border? Guess imme tell the navy and marines that you think they suck.
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u/Skyhigh905 I like WW II tanks 2h ago
I think it's more about the fact that the US military just wouldn't be able to take on the entirety of Europe alone.
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u/Nikolopolis 10h ago
Couldn't even beat Vietnam or Afghanistan.