• TerminalEncounter [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      The right wing cranks have been talking about it for a few years. It’d be an amazingly stupid decision to start a border war with a neighboring ally when they also want to have a war with China

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        The USA needs to pressure test US command structures, communication tools, ground tactics, etc. The border with Mexico is the safest place to do this, both tactically and strategically. Propaganda is strong against the cartels, the troops are domestically stationed instead of stationed in a host country, the Mexican army isn’t strong enough to resist much, and the European world sees Mexico as a backwater.

        This is part of the ramp up to hot conflict with China.

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          I mean… looks like they will.

          Presumably lithium has something to do with it but I guess they could be quite honest about their intentions as given but the rest of the military-industrial are going with it for lithium. Plus a chance to blow up assets and free up stuff for profits, I dunno

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        Given the US’s tendencies to get involved in military adventures, it seems like a possibility, but at the same time, directly invading Mexico is quite far from their MO and I don’t think their army is built for such a type of war.

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        while im sure theyre ideologically stupid, i can’t imagine mexican-americans in the US army being ok with something like that.

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      Not very high, in my opinion.

      Odds of Trump invading Mexico to coup Sheinbaum using the pretext that she is assisting terrorist organizations in Mexico? I’d wager my meager savings on it.

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      There are only two outcomes, the US eats shit super hard and barely makes it to the outskirts of Monterrey, or it steam rolls the entirety of Mexico in some Iraq 2003 style scheme that most likely involved paying off the entire Mexican military

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    A utopia is impossible, but a temporary escape from worldwide hell is a certainty when someone is finally able to defeat Satan

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      …because of what happens when the war ends or a country dissolves. Before the Ottowa Treaty in 1997, an estimated 26,000 people were killed each year by landmines detonated after wars had ended. It costs around $1,000 to remove each mine that costs as little as $3 to manufacture. This means a country may be able to produce tons of mines, but when the conflict ends, they don’t have the money to remove them.

      Then there’s all the damage to the environment and animals. Mines can even be moved by floods or land slides, causing them to go off in areas outside of where they were intended.

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          Just wait until the U.S. drops the next generation of self-placing, self-digging, blockchain-powered, AI-enabled landmines with variable weight sensor that can be set from “child” to “large adult.” Thanks to the patriotic American taxpayers, each mine is sold in a pack of 1 (one) for the cost of only $2 million USD. But you can’t really put a price on freedom, now can you?

          • Enjoyer_of_Games [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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            Just wait until the U.S. drops the next generation of self-placing, self-digging, blockchain-powered, AI-enabled landmines

            The only unrealistic thing about Starcraft is that the spider mines can’t target workers

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        I wouldn’t be surprised if they came up with true “loitering” solar-powered drones that either stay in the air indefinitely or land/fly in tandem to deny access across a boundary. It would be both expensive and avoid the law against “land” mines.

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      Land mines suck, if theyre not triggered you end up with a future problem with yourself. Drones kinda supercede land mines.