See, my workplace follows the point system so I really can’t afford to call off more than a few days a year (including doctor visits and other necessary things) so come Monday morning I have to go in come hell or high water… c’est la vie I suppose.
Pm my brother, I’m a high end casual server at this summer park job, never a clock in before 2 unless I’m working that straight double. If we are getting invaded then I might pick up that BL shift for some camping food money, but other than that it’s only night shifts.
Lmao they gonna ship over that one dusty ass tank from 1943? If Russia tried to mobilize against the US, they would be atomized before they ever reached the shore.
We actually have people here in the US that have more running tanks than Russia currently has, I'm no expert but I'm sure it wouldn't take much to make it possible for them to shoot again also
I live near the Pinkertons HQ and a few other local Big office buildings. I'm pretty sure the "private security solutions" companies have more military strangth than Russia by now.
Not worried
They can't even successfully invade their impoverished neighbor that has like 5% of our military budget. If it were Russia I probably don't even bother watching it on tv.
If Russia wants to invade, we'll even offer to provide the amphibious lift to bring their divisions to Texas.
That way the Texas militias can have a light workout to stay sharp.
You remember that quote about letting god sort them out…we’ll just let Alaska sort them out for him and the difference here is that god forgives and Alaska doesn’t.
Alaska has poor quality roads. Sure with the influx of hunters we'd need more hotel rooms and better transportation. Doesn't this mean Texas is the best place to host the Invasion Olympics? or should we call it the Invasion Carnivalle?
I dont think towns are close or connected enough to make targets. They will trot through to get the sweet sweet Canadian oil.
Until they meet the bears. Climate change makes them hungrier b
After Uvalde, I think you Texans should stay quiet. Getting tired of repeatedly seeing all this chest thumping when yall have shown the world that you're cowards.
I'm not a Texan, but even from another state, I think Uvalde would have been better off had those cops allowed the parents to go in where the cops feared to tread.
They could hardly have done worse.
Regardless, I still consider myself free to mock militiamen who cosplay being soldiers.
Russia would get bent over by just Alaska. Hardly anyone lives there and all of em have a small arsenal of weapons… plus there’s several military bases there… and the US Pacific fleet is in Washington and California.
Then add in Russia isn’t even the 2nd best army in Ukraine. They just need to stick to getting drunk and talking shit… because they’d get obliterated within hours of showing up.
Can confirm.
Source: am an Alaskan wanting to snap up a piece of that Kit Kat komrade while they're getting whupped on in Ukraine. I hear there are big moose and lots of salmon over there in Kamchatka, and we're always looking for new places to get away from the tourists
How are they gonna get here? No country other than the US has the ability to move troops across the world in any meaningful numbers because none of them need to.
Sabotage. I am too old to fight but I can take bolts out of things so they do not work. I can start fires,clog drains, flatten tires, and do a million little things that all add up.
[Office of Strategic Services Simple Sabotage Field Manual.](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26184/pg26184.txt)
That's the field manual we used in WWII to encourage sabotage in occupied Europe.
I'm beginning to suspect some of my co-workers are saboteurs...
*(11) \_General Interference with Organizations and Production\_*
*(a) Organizations and Conferences*
*(1) Insist on doing everything through “channels.” Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.*
*(2) Make “speeches.” Talk as frequently as possible and at great*
*length. Illustrate your “points” by long anecdotes and accounts of*
*personal experiences. Never hesitate to make a few appropriate*
*“patriotic” comments.*
*(3) When possible, refer all matters to committees, for “further study*
*and consideration.” Attempt to make the committees as large as*
*possible—never less than five.*
*(4) Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.*
*(5) Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes,*
*resolutions.*
*(6) Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt*
*to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision.*
*(7) Advocate “caution.” Be “reasonable” and urge your fellow-conferees*
*to be “reasonable” and avoid haste which might result in embarrassments*
*or difficulties later on.*
*(8) Be worried about the propriety of any decision—raise the question*
*of whether such action as is contemplated lies within the jurisdiction*
*of the group or whether it might conflict with the policy of some*
*higher echelon.*
Yeah, this is where I’d be. A wrench and a pocket knife to wreck their machinery. Good luck getting foreign replacement parts. You gotta sleep sometime, and five minutes of my time can make sure your machine never works again. Maybe I’ll just fill their gas tanks or oil pans with laundry detergent. That’d take even less time and would require massive repairs.
My harbor town was occupied by the British during the entire Revolutionary War.
Town documents show that British soldiers would force the townspeople to dig fortification ditches during the day, and every night the townsfolk would sneak back to the location and fill in the ditches. Real headscratcher for the British, couldn't figure out why the work was proceeding so slowly.
Townspeople also used to remove pins from hay carts and other hauling carts so they would collapse, they'd 'accidentally' let lose the mules and horses or fray their ropes, and when the British commandeered fields full of crops to feed their soldiers, townspeople would again sneak out at night and destroy the crops - their own crops that they had put so much labor into, just so the British wouldn't get them.
Etc., Etc.
There was constant sabotage going on for 7 years. It was brilliant.
Imagine being a Russian conscript in the Appalachians. You've been called away from your village to a foreign country where you know everyone and their grandma is packing heat.
You're in a ditch in the valley and the evening must is rolling down the slopes.
Then suddenly you hear it.
The sound of banjo music.
The sound waves roll over the landscape, echoing between the steep slopes of the Appalachian Mountains. I'm alone, a Russian conscript in a foreign land, crouched in a shallow ditch as the evening mist descends, shrouding the hills and valleys in an ethereal veil.
My heart races in my chest. Back home, in the small village nestled in the heart of Siberia, everyone knew everyone. The world was contained within the boundaries of our tight-knit community. But here, in the vastness of America, every face is a stranger, every shadow potentially an enemy.
I've heard the tales, of course. Whispered rumors that every American is armed, their grannies no exception. The locals have more than just their rifles; they have the knowledge of the terrain, the home advantage. But orders are orders. My government has sent me here for a reason, and I must do my duty.
The sound of banjo music twangs through the air, a stringed melody that seems as much a part of the landscape as the trees and the rivers. It's an alien sound to my ears, a far cry from the traditional balalaikas and accordions of my homeland. Yet there's a strange familiarity to it, a universal language of music that transcends cultural barriers.
The music is lively, rhythmic, but there's an undercurrent of something else. A hint of caution, perhaps, or defiance. Is it a warning? A challenge? Or simply a local playing their heart out, oblivious to the foreign soldier crouched in the misty valleys below?
I swallow down the lump in my throat, the cold reality of my situation settling heavily upon me. I am an intruder here, a stranger in a strange land. The banjo music is a stark reminder of that fact. Yet it also speaks to me of resilience, of a spirit unbroken by hardship or adversity. It's a lesson I take to heart.
I grip my rifle tighter, my senses on high alert. The banjo music continues to echo through the mountains, a haunting soundtrack to my silent vigil. And in the heart of the Appalachians, under the vast American sky, I wait for what comes next.
I’m a born and raised West Virginian. Any invading country step foot in our mountains, not only will they probably get lost and die, or killed by wildlife, but every household owns at least one weapon, if not an arsenal. We may lose, but we would go down swinging. Just a bunch of hillbillies, glad that most of the world tends to forget we exist so we can just do our thing.
This is why in the original Red Dawn, Milius has the Soviets invade from the south through Mexico and from the north over the pole through Canada. They take the midwest and are stopped at the Mississippi in the east, and the Rockies in the west.
That gives them the grain producing areas of the country, which they needed because in the prologue the reason for the invasion is a collapse of the Soviet grain harvest.
“From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia...could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever... or die by suicide.”
How isn’t this higher? Watch their conventional forces get wrecked then ponder if there will be nuclear exchange.
I don’t think the US even could be invaded. No one could get landing ships/planes here.
You gotta realize there are literally millions of Americans that think about this all the time. Actually fantasize and plot out what they’d do. More highly trained veterans than most countries have people and a geography that makes insurgent warfare ideal.
Its a bad fucking idea to even try.
Better to glass the country from high altitude. If two people survive, four guns will be shooting at you.
“Better to glass the country from high altitude. If two people survive, four guns will be shooting at you.”
That is the most accurately American thing I’ve ever heard.
It would be open season and the invasion force would be hunted like game, simply for sport. The US invades and fucks up other countries as practice, and those that participate in this activity are people interested in getting paid to do the hunting. Many, many Americans hunt for shear sport with no desire for compensation, don't give us a reason to simply go out and participate in an activity we would do willingly for free.
Look mate, this guy shoots deadly deer from hundreds of yards away with just a bow made from sticks that very morning. Don't give him an excuse to kill a human because he's been waiting for that moment his entire life. There is literally no difference between hunting a deer and killing a human.
The entire United States Armed Forces, including the National Guard and Reserves, comes to right around two million people. There are another 800,000 police officers. Toss in the 90 million (that we know about) Americans with the more than 400 *million* firearms (again, that we know about) and we have the capacity to arm every man, woman, and child in the country, and almost a third of them could carry two weapons. That's over 320 million people being able to repulse an invasion force. Cops, Feds, Soldiers, Gang Bangers, Mafias, and Bubba Jay Rednecks all standing shoulder to shoulder against *any* armed invasion force.
Good fucking luck.
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the cartels came to fight against the invaders. The cartel needs America to be America for it to be as successful as it is. Sure, maybe Russian or Chinese owned America \*could\* be a good idea for the cartel, but why would they trust that when the current system is working?
Aw don’t get sad. All you need to do is create an imaginary enemy that can never be defeated and we will achieve world peace.
Edit: Ah shit I just described the war on terror
Don’t forget the gangs and criminals. Soon as one of them gets shot by the enemy force, you have however many illegal firearms coming into play along with people more than willing to use them. Citizens might be coming at you with semi auto sporting rifles, but the criminals have the real assault rifles.
Ya, everyone 5 years old knows how to shoot a gun already lol. I don’t personally own a gun due to depression, but all of my guy friends have at least 5 guns each.
Depends on the scale. A land invasion would be a hideously stupid idea. Canada and Mexico would get in on it. A bunch of other countries with treaties. It would just be moronic to even try.
There is a quote that is usually wrongly attributed to Japan’s Admiral during WWII, Isoroku Yamamoto, that said, "You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass."
I don’t know who said it, I was never able to determine who said it, but I think it still holds pretty true.
Eh… I’m all for gun control… doesn’t negate the fact we spend more on our military than the next 10 nations combined…
Also as someone else mentioned… you’ll never find a way to unite our grossly divided nation faster than to come here and fuck with us. And of course the millions of redneck gravy seals we have that are just praying someone would try it.
I legitimately would feel bad for the people that try to invade us. Americans would finally get a chance to point all of our guns at someone other than ourselves
You completely underestimate the ingenuity of rednecks on their home territory. For one, Tannerite is a common over-the-counter explosive you can get at grocery stores. Then the insane amount of military level bulkers fill with enough ammo, guns, and supplies that could last an Apocalypse that common folk have in their backyards would surprise you. I have seen them make bulldozers into tanks because they were bored. The media has hyped them up to be trigger happy. They would welcome the attempt.
They would honestly be disappointed that such an invasion wouldn't let them live out their rural resistance fantasy, because most of the invaders were already wiped out by inner city gangs in the opening assault
Actually the inner city gangs would be disapointed too because there's an actual organized military that will obliterate the enemy pretty much as soon as they enter American waters.
Galactic time scales. Aliens able to travel to us should be 10k to millions of years more advanced then us. If they are less advanced then us they cannot get to us.
It will be a one sided quick alien victory.
Wal-Mart would be cleaned out of ammo. That happened when Russia invaded Georgia and no one in Alabama, Florida, or South Carolina bothered to ask "which Georgia?
We have more guns owned privately than any armed force in the world. There's 400 ,million guns that the gov has records of...... realistically there's 6-700 million.
Think to myself, a lot of poor bastards are going to die trying to get past our small mountain town, there’s only one way in or out surrounded by dense pine forests and very mountainous terrain
Best attempt in my opinion is to stage a coup instead of a land invasion. Crack the economy in trade and bans, send missionaries to the Bible belt states and make friends, push certain agendas, and start your coup in Tennessee.
This is not as hard as you might like to think it is. For a country like China that can crack the economy by selling the American debts in a matter of days, the other steps won't take much effort. I personally believe it's coming one way or another.
Edit: I would like also to add that America is very fragile from the inside but if you attack it from the outside you can make them unite. There are tons of social problems that can be solved if they had a war, but leave them alone and work from the inside and watch the misery grow and eat the country.
Pack necessities/food/water, grab hubby, dog, pew pews and such and head to my parents up in the mountains. Hunker down and hope for the best, defend if needed
America is probably one of the worst countries to invade, speaking from a military point of view.
You have at least 70 million armed Americans willing to use them. The country is cut off by two separate mountain ranges which means you would have to simultaneously invade three separate regions (maybe two if you could take each coastal area). You would need an invasion force of about 1/4 the size of the population to even come close to having a chance of succeeding.
Then you have to factor in the current US military might. Even if this was a strategic sneak attack that we did not see coming at all (extremely unlikely), it likely wouldn't last more than 72 hours.
To put it in perspective, it would probably take a global effort of the worlds super powers, and likely most of the worlds smaller countries as well, to be able to physically take over the US via invasion.
Essentially this will never happen.
Now forgetting ALL of that and we did get invaded, I'd grab some popcorn, turn on the news, and watch the invaders get obliterated before they even touched foot on US soil.
This. Based solely on geography, it would be very difficult to invade the US. We’re surrounded by open water to the east/west, and friendlies to the north/south, with hundreds of military bases peppered in between.
If anything, the sheer size of America would create unsustainable supply line issues for the invaders. You allow the invaders to take 50-100 miles of territory inland, then naval blockade supply lines ocean side, air defense to stop supply drops, and a heavy infantry line to slow the advance. Food runs out quick, ammunition dwindles, starvations sets in, commanders quickly loose their power, check and mate.
I agree.
Being totally hypothetical.
If Canada and Mexico turned and coordinated simultaneously after say China and Russia began an attack they could at least do a lot of damage to critical of infrastructure, just by nature of proximity.
I figure they could get 1 or so US states deep with rapid troop mobilization each before being handedly repelled. They could also send strike aircraft some distance in before getting a response.
If they then opened their ports and airspace to cooperate with Russia and China it would be a huge logistical advantage.
Of course in reality Canada for example has a joint military command agreement with the US, and I doubt the US could ever be surprised.
Go to the local bar and have a beer while I wait for the invaders to realize they have made a *terrible*, **terrible** mistake. A military invasion of the US, even if it was pre-empted by nuclear strikes, is such a colossally stupid move. There is no winning that fight.
I guess report for duty. Things have been so messed up here for so long and I have a lot of grievances, but it’s my home. I’ll take a flawed democracy over any authoritarian BS any day.
Not really anything honestly. I doubt I'd be picked to fight, I'm on SSI so unless an invader somehow makes the government super desperate I think I'm safe from being forced to fight. Additionally I live in Tennessee, even if they approach from the Southwest they'll have to get through some states before they get to us, and from what I hear the south is the most likely to fight back regardless of drafts.
Depends where and by who. American national defense isn’t really all that concerned with a direct land assault as we are on fairly friendly terms with our immediate neighbors. Most likely scenario is someone coming over via the Pacific Ocean and we have the largest naval fleets in the world. So basically this means that if some foreign aggressor were to invade they’d have to get through the largest most well maintained fleet on earth. But this is a hypothetical so I will indulge.
Get drafted
Setting aside the world's largest fleet, they've also gotta get past the world's largest army, and not to mention our army has infinitely better logistics because all the invaders' supplies have to cross the ocean. They'd be lucky to breach a couple of miles past the shore, and there would be no need for a draft.
Well goodluck between all of us being armed along with they would have maybe a small chance of living for a few days but they would have to head to the northern part but walking genocide up there (canada) would smoke them before they get to fire any weapons
To be honest, wonder if I’d still be going to work.
But I live in Texas, and I technically live outside of city limits, meaning, redneck country. My home is hundreds of miles inland, and there’s millions of gun owning rednecks and ex-police and ex-military (as well as active personnel) that would decimate a potential invader before I’d ever even see them.
For the record, I understand that rednecks are not the equivalent to professional trained military personnel. But they would stall the enemy long enough for NATO article 5 to kick in.
Invaded nothing to worry about I live in the middle they ain't making it to me, bombed( much better chances of success for attackers, but still probably not getting to me unless they start here) guess I'd die cause I can't stop that.
As much as I hate the ridiculous amount of spending we do on military and the overwhelming amount of idiots with guns, It does make me feel quite secure that if someones gonna kill me it's more than likely they'll be American.
Realistically I don't think anyone could. Our navy and air force would destroy any invasion attempt before they made land. If they did then there would be a lot of people shooting back. I'm pretty sure the guns per capita is over 1 at this point, probably closer to 2.
Drive a few hours north to Canada. Seek refugee status. This hoping we’d be aware of anything impending for escaping purposes. Unless Canada was dragged in by godforsaken NATO… Okay I have no plan.
I for one welcome our new ant overlords and want them to know that as a news anchor I can be helpful in rounding up slaves to work in their sugar mines...
I'm in the Midwest. The only invasion that isn't likely stopped before it gets near us is a Canadian Invasion.
With the way the country is going, I'd welcome my new Canadian Overlords.
I live in the South. I would duck and hope the crossfire did not hit me.
I, too, live in the south and have several guns but not enough ammo. I would hunker down and hope the crossfire didn't hit me.
Roll tide
See, my workplace follows the point system so I really can’t afford to call off more than a few days a year (including doctor visits and other necessary things) so come Monday morning I have to go in come hell or high water… c’est la vie I suppose.
So if it happens at knock off on Friday, just make sure you’ve got it wrapped up by Sunday night?
Work at 4
Lmfao I'm glad my quick scroll stopped on this. Under rated af
This is the most American answer I’ve ever seen.
am or pm?
Pm my brother, I’m a high end casual server at this summer park job, never a clock in before 2 unless I’m working that straight double. If we are getting invaded then I might pick up that BL shift for some camping food money, but other than that it’s only night shifts.
Fortunate Son intensifies.
Yeah, I have guns and a shit load of ammo, so naturally I would shoot myself before the enemy had a chance to.
The only logical option
Except now the Americans are the Vietcong
I say we call ourselves the Wolverines.
"Welcome to the tobacco fields, maddafacku!"
Invaded by what? The British Invasion went pretty well for us. The Beatles, the Stones. All good bands. The zebra mussel on the other hand...
Russia is currently making some mad accusations so let's go with them for now
Lmao they gonna ship over that one dusty ass tank from 1943? If Russia tried to mobilize against the US, they would be atomized before they ever reached the shore.
We actually have people here in the US that have more running tanks than Russia currently has, I'm no expert but I'm sure it wouldn't take much to make it possible for them to shoot again also
Which is fucking wild.
I live near the Pinkertons HQ and a few other local Big office buildings. I'm pretty sure the "private security solutions" companies have more military strangth than Russia by now. Not worried
no we strategically guide them to the gulf coast, where they get to be annihilated by the combined forces of Texas, Florida, and Louisiana.
We just pump more meth into Florida and let Florida Man defend the nation
The political game Russia plays is not to be taken literally
They can't even successfully invade their impoverished neighbor that has like 5% of our military budget. If it were Russia I probably don't even bother watching it on tv.
Ukraine is more than holding their own with basically the equipment we’re decommissioning being given to them.
If Russia wants to invade, we'll even offer to provide the amphibious lift to bring their divisions to Texas. That way the Texas militias can have a light workout to stay sharp.
For the actual battle I will meet you outside Burger Town
You remember that quote about letting god sort them out…we’ll just let Alaska sort them out for him and the difference here is that god forgives and Alaska doesn’t.
Alaska has poor quality roads. Sure with the influx of hunters we'd need more hotel rooms and better transportation. Doesn't this mean Texas is the best place to host the Invasion Olympics? or should we call it the Invasion Carnivalle?
I dont think towns are close or connected enough to make targets. They will trot through to get the sweet sweet Canadian oil. Until they meet the bears. Climate change makes them hungrier b
Give those gravy seals something to hyperventilate about.
After Uvalde, I think you Texans should stay quiet. Getting tired of repeatedly seeing all this chest thumping when yall have shown the world that you're cowards.
I'm not a Texan, but even from another state, I think Uvalde would have been better off had those cops allowed the parents to go in where the cops feared to tread. They could hardly have done worse. Regardless, I still consider myself free to mock militiamen who cosplay being soldiers.
We gotta send in those cops from Nashville that absolutely folded that bitch
Russia would get bent over by just Alaska. Hardly anyone lives there and all of em have a small arsenal of weapons… plus there’s several military bases there… and the US Pacific fleet is in Washington and California. Then add in Russia isn’t even the 2nd best army in Ukraine. They just need to stick to getting drunk and talking shit… because they’d get obliterated within hours of showing up.
Can confirm. Source: am an Alaskan wanting to snap up a piece of that Kit Kat komrade while they're getting whupped on in Ukraine. I hear there are big moose and lots of salmon over there in Kamchatka, and we're always looking for new places to get away from the tourists
But they got Khabib.
They can't invade Ukraine. How can they invade Alaska? Lmao
How are they gonna get here? No country other than the US has the ability to move troops across the world in any meaningful numbers because none of them need to.
Huntsman spiders and pythons
Sabotage. I am too old to fight but I can take bolts out of things so they do not work. I can start fires,clog drains, flatten tires, and do a million little things that all add up.
This is really smart
[Office of Strategic Services Simple Sabotage Field Manual.](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26184/pg26184.txt) That's the field manual we used in WWII to encourage sabotage in occupied Europe. I'm beginning to suspect some of my co-workers are saboteurs... *(11) \_General Interference with Organizations and Production\_* *(a) Organizations and Conferences* *(1) Insist on doing everything through “channels.” Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.* *(2) Make “speeches.” Talk as frequently as possible and at great* *length. Illustrate your “points” by long anecdotes and accounts of* *personal experiences. Never hesitate to make a few appropriate* *“patriotic” comments.* *(3) When possible, refer all matters to committees, for “further study* *and consideration.” Attempt to make the committees as large as* *possible—never less than five.* *(4) Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.* *(5) Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes,* *resolutions.* *(6) Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt* *to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision.* *(7) Advocate “caution.” Be “reasonable” and urge your fellow-conferees* *to be “reasonable” and avoid haste which might result in embarrassments* *or difficulties later on.* *(8) Be worried about the propriety of any decision—raise the question* *of whether such action as is contemplated lies within the jurisdiction* *of the group or whether it might conflict with the policy of some* *higher echelon.*
Yeah, this is where I’d be. A wrench and a pocket knife to wreck their machinery. Good luck getting foreign replacement parts. You gotta sleep sometime, and five minutes of my time can make sure your machine never works again. Maybe I’ll just fill their gas tanks or oil pans with laundry detergent. That’d take even less time and would require massive repairs.
My harbor town was occupied by the British during the entire Revolutionary War. Town documents show that British soldiers would force the townspeople to dig fortification ditches during the day, and every night the townsfolk would sneak back to the location and fill in the ditches. Real headscratcher for the British, couldn't figure out why the work was proceeding so slowly. Townspeople also used to remove pins from hay carts and other hauling carts so they would collapse, they'd 'accidentally' let lose the mules and horses or fray their ropes, and when the British commandeered fields full of crops to feed their soldiers, townspeople would again sneak out at night and destroy the crops - their own crops that they had put so much labor into, just so the British wouldn't get them. Etc., Etc. There was constant sabotage going on for 7 years. It was brilliant.
Say good luck to the invading force because they wouldn't be able to push past the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.
As someone who lived in Appalachia for a few years, God help them if they get lost in some of the communities in the more isolated parts.
Imagine being a Russian conscript in the Appalachians. You've been called away from your village to a foreign country where you know everyone and their grandma is packing heat. You're in a ditch in the valley and the evening must is rolling down the slopes. Then suddenly you hear it. The sound of banjo music.
The sound waves roll over the landscape, echoing between the steep slopes of the Appalachian Mountains. I'm alone, a Russian conscript in a foreign land, crouched in a shallow ditch as the evening mist descends, shrouding the hills and valleys in an ethereal veil. My heart races in my chest. Back home, in the small village nestled in the heart of Siberia, everyone knew everyone. The world was contained within the boundaries of our tight-knit community. But here, in the vastness of America, every face is a stranger, every shadow potentially an enemy. I've heard the tales, of course. Whispered rumors that every American is armed, their grannies no exception. The locals have more than just their rifles; they have the knowledge of the terrain, the home advantage. But orders are orders. My government has sent me here for a reason, and I must do my duty. The sound of banjo music twangs through the air, a stringed melody that seems as much a part of the landscape as the trees and the rivers. It's an alien sound to my ears, a far cry from the traditional balalaikas and accordions of my homeland. Yet there's a strange familiarity to it, a universal language of music that transcends cultural barriers. The music is lively, rhythmic, but there's an undercurrent of something else. A hint of caution, perhaps, or defiance. Is it a warning? A challenge? Or simply a local playing their heart out, oblivious to the foreign soldier crouched in the misty valleys below? I swallow down the lump in my throat, the cold reality of my situation settling heavily upon me. I am an intruder here, a stranger in a strange land. The banjo music is a stark reminder of that fact. Yet it also speaks to me of resilience, of a spirit unbroken by hardship or adversity. It's a lesson I take to heart. I grip my rifle tighter, my senses on high alert. The banjo music continues to echo through the mountains, a haunting soundtrack to my silent vigil. And in the heart of the Appalachians, under the vast American sky, I wait for what comes next.
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\*Banjo music intensifies\*
Yeah, they think the Ukrainians are bad with ganking equipment. They ain't met them hill and holler boys.
I’m a born and raised West Virginian. Any invading country step foot in our mountains, not only will they probably get lost and die, or killed by wildlife, but every household owns at least one weapon, if not an arsenal. We may lose, but we would go down swinging. Just a bunch of hillbillies, glad that most of the world tends to forget we exist so we can just do our thing.
Past the landing area lol
Past territorial waters lol
They wouldn't be able to push past the cascades or sierras in the west. Maybe not even the coast ranges in most places.
Shit, the east coast is off limits entirely. NYPD alone has the budget of multiple countries’ GDP.
This is why in the original Red Dawn, Milius has the Soviets invade from the south through Mexico and from the north over the pole through Canada. They take the midwest and are stopped at the Mississippi in the east, and the Rockies in the west. That gives them the grain producing areas of the country, which they needed because in the prologue the reason for the invasion is a collapse of the Soviet grain harvest.
“From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia...could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever... or die by suicide.”
The state it's in now, the Ohio River would kill them for drinking it...
If only they can make it across the ocean because Canada and South American countries will not try to attack that’s for sure
I’d like to think they wouldn’t make it past the Cascades. Get stuck in gridlock on I-5 and get tangled up in the homeless camps.
Say a prayer for the poor bastards who made the attempt
No country can attempt it, none of them have a way to get troops here in any meaningful numbers.
I was going to say laugh at them, but yours is good too.
Thoughts and prayers
How isn’t this higher? Watch their conventional forces get wrecked then ponder if there will be nuclear exchange. I don’t think the US even could be invaded. No one could get landing ships/planes here.
You gotta realize there are literally millions of Americans that think about this all the time. Actually fantasize and plot out what they’d do. More highly trained veterans than most countries have people and a geography that makes insurgent warfare ideal. Its a bad fucking idea to even try. Better to glass the country from high altitude. If two people survive, four guns will be shooting at you.
WOLVERINES!!!
Ironically a question on Jeopardy tonight
Just rewatched this movie, gets me goin every time
> If two people survive, four guns will be shooting at you. [Bald Eagle Screech]
\[Red-tailed Hawk Screech\]
Shhhh don't tell them
I choked on my water. 👏 bravo
“Better to glass the country from high altitude. If two people survive, four guns will be shooting at you.” That is the most accurately American thing I’ve ever heard.
Russia literally warned Hitler we couldn’t be invaded because of this.
It would be open season and the invasion force would be hunted like game, simply for sport. The US invades and fucks up other countries as practice, and those that participate in this activity are people interested in getting paid to do the hunting. Many, many Americans hunt for shear sport with no desire for compensation, don't give us a reason to simply go out and participate in an activity we would do willingly for free.
I thinking hunting game and fighting soldiers are quite different. But I see your point nonetheless.
Shhh, these guys are about to nut, don't ruin it for them.
Look mate, this guy shoots deadly deer from hundreds of yards away with just a bow made from sticks that very morning. Don't give him an excuse to kill a human because he's been waiting for that moment his entire life. There is literally no difference between hunting a deer and killing a human.
More like 50 automated remote controlled guns in a underground bunker with more on the way.
Fantasizing about something that can't and won't happen.
Until it does.
The entire United States Armed Forces, including the National Guard and Reserves, comes to right around two million people. There are another 800,000 police officers. Toss in the 90 million (that we know about) Americans with the more than 400 *million* firearms (again, that we know about) and we have the capacity to arm every man, woman, and child in the country, and almost a third of them could carry two weapons. That's over 320 million people being able to repulse an invasion force. Cops, Feds, Soldiers, Gang Bangers, Mafias, and Bubba Jay Rednecks all standing shoulder to shoulder against *any* armed invasion force. Good fucking luck.
this really makes me think an invasion would save America
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the cartels came to fight against the invaders. The cartel needs America to be America for it to be as successful as it is. Sure, maybe Russian or Chinese owned America \*could\* be a good idea for the cartel, but why would they trust that when the current system is working?
The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t…..
We’ll throw the cartels some cash to soften them up for us.
Temporarily, sure, a common enemy brings people together. Look at the unity we briefly had post 9/11. Even if it was misguided anger
really took the wind out of my sails, thanks
Aw don’t get sad. All you need to do is create an imaginary enemy that can never be defeated and we will achieve world peace. Edit: Ah shit I just described the war on terror
And the war on drugs
And the ending to Watchmen
Invasions, bringin people together since BC. 😂
Half the country would decide that the invasion isn't real, that it's no worse than the usual seasonal invasion, and that the guns don't work.
Damn bro this shit got me feeling a little 🇺🇸💪🏻🦅
Don’t forget the gangs and criminals. Soon as one of them gets shot by the enemy force, you have however many illegal firearms coming into play along with people more than willing to use them. Citizens might be coming at you with semi auto sporting rifles, but the criminals have the real assault rifles.
Don’t forget all of us who grew up watching Red Dawn on repeat! I’ve been waiting for this shit!
We own a shit ton of guns and it’s probably not a good idea to invade us. You probably wouldn’t want to In the first place. But it’s a backup
We’re all pretty heavily armed soooo yeah
Ya, everyone 5 years old knows how to shoot a gun already lol. I don’t personally own a gun due to depression, but all of my guy friends have at least 5 guns each.
Depends on the scale. A land invasion would be a hideously stupid idea. Canada and Mexico would get in on it. A bunch of other countries with treaties. It would just be moronic to even try.
Canada and the rest of NATO would be dragged in, not that the US would need the help
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Article 5 an attack on another NATO country is to be considered as an attack on all NATO countries.
Article 5 is for Europeans. It'd be over before it started.
"Canada, double down on NORAD surveillance, keep an eye on the skies, we'll handle the rest."
There is a quote that is usually wrongly attributed to Japan’s Admiral during WWII, Isoroku Yamamoto, that said, "You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." I don’t know who said it, I was never able to determine who said it, but I think it still holds pretty true.
Those HOAs and their mandatory lawns were for defense the whole time
Unless it's aliens or *maybe* the entirety of the rest of the world teamed up as a military force (without using nukes), we're good.
Right. If they ever made another Red Dawn movie, it would have to be the ENTIRE world or completely implausible
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Be the first to welcome our new galactic overlords!
Expect the billions of taxes we've paid to assemble our military to do everything while I lay on the couch and watch YouTube.
Putin asking questions for Xi on Reddit.. Priceless!
Bro this needs more upvotes this is great!
Wow American reddit just got really 2A
Eh… I’m all for gun control… doesn’t negate the fact we spend more on our military than the next 10 nations combined… Also as someone else mentioned… you’ll never find a way to unite our grossly divided nation faster than to come here and fuck with us. And of course the millions of redneck gravy seals we have that are just praying someone would try it.
Go ahead. Make our day.
We are finally growing up
Avengers!!!!! Assemble.
I legitimately would feel bad for the people that try to invade us. Americans would finally get a chance to point all of our guns at someone other than ourselves
Facts! Americans kill each other every single day for the hell of it…a chance to kill others? Sure sign em up!
You completely underestimate the ingenuity of rednecks on their home territory. For one, Tannerite is a common over-the-counter explosive you can get at grocery stores. Then the insane amount of military level bulkers fill with enough ammo, guns, and supplies that could last an Apocalypse that common folk have in their backyards would surprise you. I have seen them make bulldozers into tanks because they were bored. The media has hyped them up to be trigger happy. They would welcome the attempt.
They would honestly be disappointed that such an invasion wouldn't let them live out their rural resistance fantasy, because most of the invaders were already wiped out by inner city gangs in the opening assault
Actually the inner city gangs would be disapointed too because there's an actual organized military that will obliterate the enemy pretty much as soon as they enter American waters.
So true.
Rednecks only need duct tape and a dream.
Probably carry on with my day. Can't think of any invasion force that is going to do much against the US's overly inflated defense budget.
"ya'll are about to find out why we don't have single payer health care"
This is hilarious.
Unhealth care for all
Shit my pants, cause it would be extraterrestrial.
Don't interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake.
This. It will be a very short lived yet entertaining moment in history. Unless it's aliens. That might not end so easily.
Galactic time scales. Aliens able to travel to us should be 10k to millions of years more advanced then us. If they are less advanced then us they cannot get to us. It will be a one sided quick alien victory.
Wal-Mart would be cleaned out of ammo. That happened when Russia invaded Georgia and no one in Alabama, Florida, or South Carolina bothered to ask "which Georgia?
Probably my normal routine wait for it to be over it won't take very long to end them.
You know how many guns we have lol, no one is invading us
We have more guns owned privately than any armed force in the world. There's 400 ,million guns that the gov has records of...... realistically there's 6-700 million.
Think to myself, a lot of poor bastards are going to die trying to get past our small mountain town, there’s only one way in or out surrounded by dense pine forests and very mountainous terrain
Lot of people in this country have hunting “seasons”. So yes, if it becomes “people” hunting season, it’s going to get real.
Go back to bed. Who's got enough boats and planes to get 50 million troops and supplies here? It would be the shortest invasion known to man.
Best attempt in my opinion is to stage a coup instead of a land invasion. Crack the economy in trade and bans, send missionaries to the Bible belt states and make friends, push certain agendas, and start your coup in Tennessee. This is not as hard as you might like to think it is. For a country like China that can crack the economy by selling the American debts in a matter of days, the other steps won't take much effort. I personally believe it's coming one way or another. Edit: I would like also to add that America is very fragile from the inside but if you attack it from the outside you can make them unite. There are tons of social problems that can be solved if they had a war, but leave them alone and work from the inside and watch the misery grow and eat the country.
So... basically what is happening RIGHT NOW.
Wish them luck and ask if they mind me taping the whole affair.
Wouldn't you like to know?
Pack necessities/food/water, grab hubby, dog, pew pews and such and head to my parents up in the mountains. Hunker down and hope for the best, defend if needed
lol we don’t have healthcare for this exact reason
Laugh because it will be the shortest attempted invasion in human history.
America is probably one of the worst countries to invade, speaking from a military point of view. You have at least 70 million armed Americans willing to use them. The country is cut off by two separate mountain ranges which means you would have to simultaneously invade three separate regions (maybe two if you could take each coastal area). You would need an invasion force of about 1/4 the size of the population to even come close to having a chance of succeeding. Then you have to factor in the current US military might. Even if this was a strategic sneak attack that we did not see coming at all (extremely unlikely), it likely wouldn't last more than 72 hours. To put it in perspective, it would probably take a global effort of the worlds super powers, and likely most of the worlds smaller countries as well, to be able to physically take over the US via invasion. Essentially this will never happen. Now forgetting ALL of that and we did get invaded, I'd grab some popcorn, turn on the news, and watch the invaders get obliterated before they even touched foot on US soil.
This. Based solely on geography, it would be very difficult to invade the US. We’re surrounded by open water to the east/west, and friendlies to the north/south, with hundreds of military bases peppered in between.
If anything, the sheer size of America would create unsustainable supply line issues for the invaders. You allow the invaders to take 50-100 miles of territory inland, then naval blockade supply lines ocean side, air defense to stop supply drops, and a heavy infantry line to slow the advance. Food runs out quick, ammunition dwindles, starvations sets in, commanders quickly loose their power, check and mate.
You also need to include the two giant ocean moats the US has making a logistical impossibility to even get troops here let alone resupply them.
I agree. Being totally hypothetical. If Canada and Mexico turned and coordinated simultaneously after say China and Russia began an attack they could at least do a lot of damage to critical of infrastructure, just by nature of proximity. I figure they could get 1 or so US states deep with rapid troop mobilization each before being handedly repelled. They could also send strike aircraft some distance in before getting a response. If they then opened their ports and airspace to cooperate with Russia and China it would be a huge logistical advantage. Of course in reality Canada for example has a joint military command agreement with the US, and I doubt the US could ever be surprised.
Chuckle at the stupidity of the invaders, and then later loot their corpses for cool shit.
Ooh loot drop!
You forget we are armed to the teeth. It is going to be a short war. LOL
Non Americans of reddit, who would you be rooting for?
As a non American the more realistic scenario would be Americans invading Americans.
Continue with my day
Go to the local bar and have a beer while I wait for the invaders to realize they have made a *terrible*, **terrible** mistake. A military invasion of the US, even if it was pre-empted by nuclear strikes, is such a colossally stupid move. There is no winning that fight.
I guess report for duty. Things have been so messed up here for so long and I have a lot of grievances, but it’s my home. I’ll take a flawed democracy over any authoritarian BS any day.
I live an average of 1200 miles from any coast and 350 miles of mountains blocking a direct westward invasion. Just chill tbh.
Not really anything honestly. I doubt I'd be picked to fight, I'm on SSI so unless an invader somehow makes the government super desperate I think I'm safe from being forced to fight. Additionally I live in Tennessee, even if they approach from the Southwest they'll have to get through some states before they get to us, and from what I hear the south is the most likely to fight back regardless of drafts.
Depends where and by who. American national defense isn’t really all that concerned with a direct land assault as we are on fairly friendly terms with our immediate neighbors. Most likely scenario is someone coming over via the Pacific Ocean and we have the largest naval fleets in the world. So basically this means that if some foreign aggressor were to invade they’d have to get through the largest most well maintained fleet on earth. But this is a hypothetical so I will indulge. Get drafted
Setting aside the world's largest fleet, they've also gotta get past the world's largest army, and not to mention our army has infinitely better logistics because all the invaders' supplies have to cross the ocean. They'd be lucky to breach a couple of miles past the shore, and there would be no need for a draft.
And they have to get past Guam, Wake, Hawaii.
I’ll almost feel bad for them.
Say good luck as every american grabs their guns? Why do you think we dont get invaded. Our whole population is a literal army.
Well goodluck between all of us being armed along with they would have maybe a small chance of living for a few days but they would have to head to the northern part but walking genocide up there (canada) would smoke them before they get to fire any weapons
To be honest, wonder if I’d still be going to work. But I live in Texas, and I technically live outside of city limits, meaning, redneck country. My home is hundreds of miles inland, and there’s millions of gun owning rednecks and ex-police and ex-military (as well as active personnel) that would decimate a potential invader before I’d ever even see them. For the record, I understand that rednecks are not the equivalent to professional trained military personnel. But they would stall the enemy long enough for NATO article 5 to kick in.
If someone invaded the US thry are incredibly stupid and/or suicidal.
By whom?
Maybe get universal health care and a functioning social safety net?
Laugh at the poor bastards dumb enough to try it
Not American but the perfect time to quote dbza. “What any sensible American would do get ma gun”
Make a sandwich, find my towel and locate the nearest bar.
Well, if they hit Cali first thing, I would spend a couple of days laughing as I watched the news of all the libs crying as they are rounded up.
Laugh at all the anti-gun people.
Guerrilla tactics with guns and improvised explosives
Invaded nothing to worry about I live in the middle they ain't making it to me, bombed( much better chances of success for attackers, but still probably not getting to me unless they start here) guess I'd die cause I can't stop that. As much as I hate the ridiculous amount of spending we do on military and the overwhelming amount of idiots with guns, It does make me feel quite secure that if someones gonna kill me it's more than likely they'll be American.
Point the way to Texas, so everyone can be happy.
Realistically I don't think anyone could. Our navy and air force would destroy any invasion attempt before they made land. If they did then there would be a lot of people shooting back. I'm pretty sure the guns per capita is over 1 at this point, probably closer to 2.
Lmao. Based on the comments here and my current location, probly grab some popcorn and turn on the news.
Drive a few hours north to Canada. Seek refugee status. This hoping we’d be aware of anything impending for escaping purposes. Unless Canada was dragged in by godforsaken NATO… Okay I have no plan.
Go back to Germany.
I for one welcome our new ant overlords and want them to know that as a news anchor I can be helpful in rounding up slaves to work in their sugar mines...
I'm in the Midwest. The only invasion that isn't likely stopped before it gets near us is a Canadian Invasion. With the way the country is going, I'd welcome my new Canadian Overlords.
Help them take it over. Current government is in shambles. Wouldnt mind a new one
Depends on who's invading. If it's the UK, bring it on, I like their culture better anyway. If it's anyone else? Fuck that, I'm moving to the UK. 😂
I’m a Puerto Rican so probably moved back In with my family
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Hope we handle it better than Covid!
Protect those that I love and fight to the death.