re: #365 Myron Falwell

Which would give them cause to attack a neighboring country, then the domino effect.

I may have misstated the original post. A country like Mexico will not attack a nuclear superpower unless provoked. And the United States — now firmly under the control of Dominionists — and Russia have the capability of provoking an attack.

I don’t see any particular benefit to Russia to perpetrate an attack by Mexico on the United States as a pretext for war.

On the other hand, I feel like I am getting into tin-foil hat territory thinking that the administration might create a false flag attack (much like Germany did with Poland in WW2) as a pretext for an invasion of Mexico. (Mr. Trump thinks it is okay to conquer a nation to take their oil, as he said about Iraq.)

Even with a brazen illegal invasion of our neighbour, no one would come to Mexico’s defence: most nations do not have the ability to project military power beyond their land borders. It would be suicide for a nation to defend Mexico against the USA: most nations would be crushed if the goal was simply punishment and not occupation. (For example, the United Kingdom, which does have the ability to project power, declares the move illegal and joins Mexico to resist. The USA launches two hundred or more cruise missiles on the UK. War over for the UK.)

That is also why California seceding is folly: It could be crushed by two or three US Navy ships, never mind an entire aircraft carrier task force.