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I think Farage is a stupid piece of shit, and I personally think NATO can and should respond to Trump's invasion with discriminate force. If the USA attacks then NATO must occupy the USA.
I don't think NATO is going to occupy the USA. Maybe one measure that could be taken, if the US invades Greenland, would be to kick the US out of NATO. Then NATO can focus on protecting Europe, as well as Canada if they still want to be in it.
Thats a stupid fucking idea. Trump and his Russian superiors want the USA out of NATO, weakening NATO is moronic.
NATO invading the USA will find tons of support when they get here, it's the only viable option which doesn't cripple the defence of democratic nations around the world.
So even if the US invades Greenland, you want the US to stay in NATO? Also surely Europe should invest in increasing its independence from the US, given that the US is unreliable.
Some Americans might support it, but I don't think it would happen. All the other NATO countries would not want to get into a conflict with the US.
If the USA invades a NATO member then, in an ideal world, first NATO will invade the USA and hold those responsible accountable, then allow the USA to reorganize its leadership and start paying reparations. During this process, if another nation such as Russia or China attacks a NATO member, then the USA will have the responsibility to wage war on that person as well.
The USA's defence spending dwarfs any other country on earth. NATO instantly loses a third of its capabilities the moment the USA withdraws, it can never be allowed.
Countries choosing not to fight when NATO articles are filed would defeat the purpose of NATO and exclude their nation from any future defence, on top of just being morally wrong.
NATO doesn't have a military. NATO has member countries with militaries. None of the NATO member countries have the expeditionary capability to invade and occupy the US. That's before we bring in the nuclear risk.
Lmao this bro's never even heard of France alone. To put things into perspective France has the second largest Navy on earth, second only to the USA, even bigger than Russia or China's individual naval capabilities, and them being a part of NATO allows the less mobile troops and equipment of other nations across the Atlantic. Even then, the UK has comparable capabilities over sea and air.
I don't think even the US could invade and occupy the US. If all of NATO (including the US somehow) attempted to invade and occupy the US, it wouldn't work. The US is too big. The US military is too powerful. Sustained operations that far from home is logistically difficult.
The entirety of the USA doesn't need to be occupied, federal leadership is concentrated in one location. Trump's too incompetent to lead the nation from elsewhere if he fled D.C. and the nation is already split 46:54 against him which would plummet if he got our ass invaded by our own allies.
They basically could lock down New York and it would be over quickly, if the USA didn't depose Trump and surrender before then.
I think you're overestimating how much support there would be for the invasion. I think even the Trump haters would not be in favor of a foreign military taking over.
I'm the Trump haters in the USA
I would not only be in favor of NATO occupying DC, I would provide support on the ground to help them accomplish it, fight alongside them if they asked me to, and I expect a large portion of the US Military might as well because we've been training and coordinating with our fellow NATO members for more than a lifetime.
Perhaps an anonymous poll would be appreciated on this matter, but we're talking about better happier countries cooperating to end war and suffering, it's not like we're asking some foreign dictatorship like China to invade us.
I'm also a Trump hater in the USA and I wouldn't support it. I don't think a military occupation is a good start to a bright future, even when compared to US fascism. Militarism and imposing your will through force are not suddenly better because the leader drinks wine.