For the most expensive military in the world, US citizens sure spend a lot of time worrying about being invaded, generalized paranoia maintained by the gun and rhe military lobbies. Fear people, fear! The blacks, the browns, the yellows... All want to take what's yours!
That's exactly right. We drove to Montreal last year and each country checks you on entry when you're driving. The fentanyl excuse feels like complete bullshit to me. And Canada and Mexico have told Trump they can't help it if the US has too many junkies.
and no one dares invade America and it serves as a deterrent to invade americas interests. further americas military power is a significant reason americas economy and culture is the most significant in the world.
I'm not so sure. The US became the cultural and economic power of the world after WW II, after the world's nations had been decimated by years of brutal wars. It took at least a decade for these countries to get back up on their feet and develop their economies, while the war helped the US economy recover from the great depression into a powerhouse. The 50s saw the growth of Hollywood and movies which took the world by storm. The glory days of US were in the 50s and up to the mid 60s, until Vietnam when left leaning nations and the antiwar movement found common cause against imperialist America (with significant funding from the Soviets). But most non political people in the world dreamed of living or at least visiting the larger than life country of Marlboro cowboys and boat size cars well into the early 80s. By then Europe had started integrating and building steam, while Japan was becoming a manufacturing powerhouse in its own right. It was clear then that everyone was ready to compete with the US on one level or another. No one dares invade America, because no one cares to invade America. Again, it's a created fear to justify military and weapons industries massive budget expense, one I can't wait to see if Trump will have the guts to cut by 10+%. Everything else is showmanship. If China decides to invade Taiwan tomorrow, you can be sure the US won't prevent it. It doesn't have the capability nor the usual support from its former friends, except maybe Australia although that's not even a given.
After they stop the flow of Fentanyl for the junkies...the junkies will just find a new potent synthetic opioid drug to get their fix because most junkies are backyard chemists. Yes, fentanyl is an excuse when there is already other drug addictions in the United States when the United States is the largest consumer of drug use...legal and illegal. Top 10 US States For Drug And Alcohol Abuse New Mexico. The situation regarding drug abuse and alcohol-related fatalities in New Mexico is alarming West Virginia District of Columbia Louisiana Colorado Missouri Arkansas Nevada. Oklahoma Michigan We do not have the ability nor self control to solve our drug addiction problems and alcohol addiction problems. It's a never ending problem for the United States since the early 1900s. We even tried a prohibition of alcohol and the result was the creation organized crime organizations. Today, we're now trying to blame other countries for our love of drugs and alcohol including ignoring congress members who have an addiction to alcohol or a drug. My last visit to see my mom in the United States, I saw a homeless man on the streets about a block away from the Trump International Tower (hotel and residential). He had a sign begging for help, money and it said he was a Veteran. I stopped and had a 30 minute conversation with him. He said he did 5 deployments in Iraq and 2 deployments in Afghanistan. He then said Afghanistan was where he became addicted to Opium that lead to his addiction to Fentanyl. He said many in the U.S. military brought the drug into the United States when they returned back to the states. He then said a lot of soldiers like him became addicted and then they became alcoholic (addicted to alcohol) as they tried to kick the addiction to Opiates. Unfortunately, those injured like him were able to get Opioids legally as a "pain killer"...prescribed by military Doctors and it's legal big money business in the United States that was supported by lobbyists in Congress... Especially supported by the Congressional Vets would served in Afghanistan and had a well known drinking problem but many didn't know some of them also had a previous drug addiction after leaving the military. It was an eye opening conversation for me with the fellow Vet especially when he showed me the War injuries to his lower legs. Yeah, he could have been bullshitting me but I then asked him which VA hospital does he use for any type of medical treatment...he named a hospital I'm very familiar which. I then asked if he had his VHIC card (an identification card for Veterans registered in the VA Healthcare system)... He pulled out a dirty wallet. He then pulled out his VHIC card along with him having a valid Kentucky drivers license that had the "veteran status" and it's a REAL id similar to my identification cards that I posted here at Elitetrader.com a few times in arguments with a ET member named wildchild (a foreigner pretending to me an American) who hated U.S. military Veterans. Anyways, as the Vet extended his arm to show me his identification cards, I saw the "101st Airborne Screaming Eagle" tattoo on his arm. Tattoos were not allowed when I served but were allowed after I left the military. People walked by the homeless Vet as if he was trash including law enforcement. Nobody stopped to listen to his story. I asked a police officer for help in getting him to the nearest VA clinic because he has a disability to his lower legs and he's a Vet... We slowly walked him up Michigan Avenue (magnificent mile) to a nearby VA clinic where there's a free VA shuttle to a VA Hospital...I told the shuttle driver he's a homeless Veteran living on the streets of Chicago and he needs medical help plus rehab. The Vet thanked the police officer. She then said "Thank You for Your Service". I smiled at him as the shuttle drove away with him with a few doctors/nurses on the same shuttle. Although he was 20 years younger than me...had I stayed in the military he could have served under me at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He didn't cross the southern border. He didn't cross the northern border. He's a Veteran who served in a country that is the greatest producer of Opiods...Afghanistan. Also, I would later learn that 1 of 7 U.S. military soldier in a combat unit were legally prescribed Opioids as a treatment for their combat injuries. Almost 50% would later become addicted to it as explained to me by a military doctor from the VA clinic near the Trump Tower. The next time I visit Chicago, I hope I do not see him again living on the streets of Chicago as a homeless person near the Trump International Towers...people walking by after a day of shopping in one of the expensive stores on the Magnificent mile as if he didn't exist. The police officer asked me how did I know he was a Vet in need of help? I said it was written on the cardboard box next to him. I then stopped to ask him what type of help he needed...he then openly talked to me after he recognized I was a Veteran too when I talked about the Edward Hines VA Medical Hospital near Brookfield Zoo... My primary VA Hospital whenever I'm in the states (Chicago area) and need a medical checkup on my knee (neighborhood hockey game injury...not service related) because it occasionally gives me problems. wrbtrader
Without going into details (rather not) I have been to the Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center down here in Riviera Beach, FL dozens of times. Fine facility, fine people. I just hate to think of what havoc Musk might cause them if he got his way completely.