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Post by Hnefahogg on Apr 30, 2024 20:43:37 GMT
Is it so remote and close to Russia anyway and you've never been there so that you effectively wouldn't care? Should it be up to the Alaskans to fight for it?
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Apr 30, 2024 20:51:31 GMT
About this much:  |
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Post by Isapop on Apr 30, 2024 20:56:10 GMT
It would be the principle of the thing.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 30, 2024 20:57:25 GMT
A lot .. as it would probably mean a nuclear holocaust.
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Post by 🖕🏼Molly 🖕🏼 on Apr 30, 2024 20:57:27 GMT
Alaska is one of the most beautiful states and the citizens there are Americans. So yes, I would care.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Apr 30, 2024 20:58:29 GMT
Quite a bit, even if Alaska was the most worthless state that produced no commerce/natural resources/GDP for the US, who do these fuckers think they are that they can just take whatever they want from us?
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Post by Isapop on Apr 30, 2024 21:00:48 GMT
What I mean is, after you've bought something at an agreed upon price you can't just sit idly by while the seller nicks it back without so much as even an offer of a refund.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Apr 30, 2024 21:04:04 GMT
What I mean is, after you've bought something at an agreed upon price you can't just sit idly by while the seller nicks it back without so much as even an offer of a refund. What if it becomes like Britain to the Roman Empire; too far north and too difficult to defend? ![[shrug]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/GNdzQKpfkkHBBwUPdCiE.gif) |
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Post by Hnefahogg on Apr 30, 2024 21:09:32 GMT
Quite a bit, even if Alaska was the most worthless state that produced no commerce/natural resources/GDP for the US, who do these fuckers think they are that they can just take whatever they want from us? Alaska had gold in the good old days. |
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Post by averagejoe2021 on Apr 30, 2024 21:10:40 GMT
What I mean is, after you've bought something at an agreed upon price you can't just sit idly by while the seller nicks it back without so much as even an offer of a refund. What if it becomes like Britain to the Roman Empire; too far north and too difficult to defend? If we have the logistics to maintain two global campaign simultaneously, we can defend our domestic cash-crop of massive oil reserves. Its actually surpassingly defensible since we have installations and patrols in the region and are reinforced by Canadian forces and there's very few ports capable of landing an invasion force (that Russia lacks the logistics to even make it to). Your scenario could happen... if things took a big turn for the worse over the course of maybe 50 to 60 years. |
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Post by lowtacks86 on Apr 30, 2024 21:11:42 GMT
Quite a bit, even if Alaska was the most worthless state that produced no commerce/natural resources/GDP for the US, who do these fuckers think they are that they can just take whatever they want from us? Alaska had gold in the good old days. They produce quite a bit of oil and minerals, they also have a huge fishing industry. |
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Apr 30, 2024 21:14:21 GMT
You might care about the nuclear war they will take it back with.
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Apr 30, 2024 21:16:15 GMT
What I mean is, after you've bought something at an agreed upon price you can't just sit idly by while the seller nicks it back without so much as even an offer of a refund. What if it becomes like Britain to the Roman Empire; too far north and too difficult to defend? This is the 21st century, not the 4th. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Apr 30, 2024 21:17:49 GMT
What if it becomes like Britain to the Roman Empire; too far north and too difficult to defend? If we have the logistics to maintain two global campaign simultaneously, we can defend our domestic cash-crop of massive oil reserves. Its actually surpassingly defensible since we have installations and patrols in the region and are reinforced by Canadian forces and there's very few ports capable of landing an invasion force (that Russia lacks the logistics to even make it to). Your scenario could happen... if things took a big turn for the worse over the course of maybe 50 to 60 years. Thanks. I've been a "worst case scenario" kind of guy for a lot of years now. ![[grin]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/CBubFSUbXfyoLMZUjeBb.gif) |
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Apr 30, 2024 21:20:30 GMT
Alaska had gold in the good old days. They produce quite a bit of oil and minerals, they also have a huge fishing industry. Aside from we keep our national defense monitoring systems there, I wonder if Hnef cares that after Alaska comes Canada, Greenland, Iceland, and Scandinavia. That’s the Arctic Empire of Oil and Minerals so hoped for by big business once the ice caps melt. |
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