(12-24-2024, 12:38 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(12-24-2024, 12:28 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: You're debating global strategy with people who actively want the USA to lose it's solo superpower status or naive enough to believe that other countries just want to be our equals and bear us no ill will in becoming so. I think the Chinese threat in the Western Hemisphere from Mexico south is substantial and I have no issues with the US exerting some pressure that direction. I, you, and most non-TDS sufferers know that the Canada thing was a joke. The Greenland thing is out of left field but I'm always in favor of the USA absorbing more territory because I'm an actual patriot and want to see our country continue to lead the world.

I'm a patriot too, but I think soft power should be enough for us to prevent Chinese influence from dominating in this area.  Force should not be required.  The treaty already says that the US military may come assist if any other military threatens the canal.