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giva | 2 months ago

Meet the "Hague Invasion Act":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Pr...

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mytailorisrich|2 months ago

Considering the relations between the US and the Netherlands it is inconceivable that the Dutch government would allow US military personel to be detained that way on its soil, and if that did happen I think a call from the White House would "clear any misunderstandings"...

amarcheschi|2 months ago

Given the current us government, I would not be surprised if it happened instead

ben_w|2 months ago

Until last year, sure.

Trump's been doing a lot of "inconceivable" things with the US's international relations.

anthk|2 months ago

Invade The Hague, and the next you see it's the whole US bases' set kicked out from Europe and potential Russian/Chinese missiles in Cuba pointing to Silicon Valley.

And OFC Wall Street heading down faster than in 1929. Fucking up your main client would yield a disaster so huge to the US economy than no war would save them. If any, they would be fucked, because the EU might even temporally ally with Russia. Then the shit would hit the fan in Alaska.

Your army it's the best in the world? Say hello to a coallition between Europe-China-Russia. No one would dare to throw any single atomic bomb because the outcome would be MAD for everyone.

The US would attempt then to invade Mexico/Canada. But that would yield to its own people siding up with Canada and Mexico against an obvious corrupt US war-machine-corporate state, up to the point to getting former Mexican territory back to Mexico.

Texas and California might have declared indepent countries themselves to avoid any war. The smart move, you know.

cmxch|2 months ago

> But that would yield to its own people siding up with Canada and Mexico

Which would be put down before it even could start.

throwaway3060|2 months ago

There is no circumstance under which a unified EU would temporarily ally with Russia against the US.

kyboren|2 months ago

A deer was walking through the forest when she suddenly noticed a hungry-looking bear stalking her. Quickening her pace, she ran headlong into her old friend the wolf devouring a rabbit. "How dare you!" Ms. Deer bellowed, "That poor rabbit! I'll have you put in prison for that!" The wolf growled. She continued, "You'd better be careful, Mr. Wolf; there's a bear chasing me. If you try to bite me I'll just team up with him and then you'll be fucked!"

kyboren|2 months ago

This is cute, like a little boy charging you with a cardboard sword. Better take him seriously or you're gonna get "attacked" by his model airplane collection next!

pats head That's nice, Billy, it sure is fun to play pretend. Now you run along and play with your marbles.