In the cold war, it was perhaps a better setting for the Russians to invade as they had the motive, the means and certainly the access to stage such an attack. Perhaps even, at one point they considered it, during the height of espionage and before they were fighting in the Afghan front against Osama bin Laden and his people. But movies like Red Dawn, as interesting and fun to watch as they were, display only a rudimentary and poorly planned execution of an invasion by a foreign superpower. In the movie (which is what most internet scholars reference when talking about this concern of invasion) the invading force, focuses on small town areas, and then uses their supplies and corral techniques to sustain their force. Surely this method is a better thought out plan than what is seen in internet forums, with container ships and major port cities playing a major role in these doomsday scenarios.
There is a problem with all the theories though: they all forget to factor in that the United States is the most well trained and well supplied military, with more bases and military installations in the United States than are even necessary. The U.S. Armed Forces have Air superiority, Sea superiority, Intelligence superiority and vast allies throughout the world, not to mention, the best kept borders and the ability to pretty much manufacture or supply everything from thousands of different locations around the globe through its allied relationships and wide footprint of companies and military facilities.
http://www.netgunsmith.com/2012/02/invading-america-not-likely/
Why bother invading? Our government will hand you the keys to the treasury and demand that the people who are already here accept you. Any resistance will be labelled as a “phobia”. Oh sure, this method takes longer than a D-Day, but it is relatively bloodless and, if you have a generation or two, guaranteed to succeed.
Military invasion no, but the fact that we have 10s of millions of illegal aliens here tells a different story.
I agreed with everything until that little nugget.
Our borders are a joke....
An invasion makes no sense for a foreign power. The USA would be worth more without all those pesky Americans living in it. A biological or chemical attack makes the most sense.
The ridiculously low likelihood of another country (or even an alliance of such) directly and militarily invading our country has very little to do with privately-held weapons, numerous as they are.
It has everything to do with what has kept us safe for centuries: broad oceans off of either coast and the fact that we’re a HUGE country.
Logistics still count, folks. We have far, far worse threats to our sovereignty and freedoms than a military invasion....and far more real.
Borders, guns, money, fists....none of it matters without the will to fight, and we haven’t sufficient will to fight.
What will we have, is diminishing with increasing numbers of people who are culturally non-Americans, and some of them are of families that have been in this country many generations (career welfare recipients for example).
We let most anyone in, their numbers increase; we contribute to destructive welfare programs (cash, food stamps, tuition assistance, medical assistance, public schooling) via our taxes. We will continue to do so. No one dares stop paying taxes, much less fight.
The premise of another large country such as China invading a united United States is ludicrous. If we look back in history, large scale subjugation of different peoples has been difficult. It took decades for the ancient superpower Rome to subjugate Gaul and Spain.
It would have been more interesting if the author considered a foreign invasion of a dis-United States. Suppose if the Leftists have their way, 0-care is in place, the Constitution is toilet paper, and a police state emerges with random checkpoints and FEMA camps. Then, some governors of powerful and independent states (AK, TX) emerge and resist. I think that some of us would welcome some direct or indirect help from foreign sources.
When a muslim bisexual America-hater is the Commander-in-Chief, WHO CARES about an invasion by uniformed foreigners?
Our Prez IS a foreigner and we don’t know anything about him.
He is a stranger.
The threat is from WITHIN. Who knows what he’ll do?
Indeed not even HE knows.
I can only shake my head at this...
Not likely? Tell that to the Mexicans who are invading and colonizing by the millions...
That's good news. Better news is that the vast majority of small arms and ammo in the USA is widely distributed across the country, and most are in the possession of relatively conservative owners.
Some bad news is that about 59 million people voted for a known communist, muslim, anti-American, non-American usurper for president in 2008, and these same turnip-level IQ commies infest just about every organization in the country, including the 20% of Republican voters who are now so avidly supporting the crony communist RINO Romney to replace the current occupant.
The threat of outside invaders is not so great as that from the internal enemies of the USA.
But that’s the problem, isn’t it?
The attack on Pearl Harbor was not rational.
September 11 was not rational.
I think we also underestimate the risk of drone aircraft.
It would not be a technical challenge to build a WW2 style atomic bomb, sail it on a commercial vessel 250 miles off the USA coast, hook it to the bottom of drone, launch into the wind with a basic catapult device, and detonate it over New York City at 3 AM.
They will not need to “invade.”. They will show up in grey suits, with the sherif and an eviction notice.