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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] roserose56@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you really believe him? Will he start any war? When he says he wants to stop wars. And if, if he starts a war, who is going to stop him ? The usa citizens?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago

I have no idea if he'd actually do it. He's ordered military operations before, but not on that scale.

If he did, there'd be no stopping him in the short term. They're going to invade and occupy whatever non-nuclear-protected nation they want to. The only hope would be long-term guerilla warfare like in Afghanistan.

But like, why would that be good? I usually have the same response to his dumb ideas, but this one seems bloody, way too bloody for however much it would weaken him.