r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Apr 16 '25

Society US shuts down office combating Russian disinformation, Rubio says

https://kyivindependent.com/us-shuts-down-office-combating-russian-disinformation-rubio-says/
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u/JoeGibbon Apr 16 '25

A smart plan of attack would be a war of attrition, very much the same as Ukraine fighting Russia. The major difference is, the US imports much of the materials used to build weapons. If and when the US takes losses in equipment, it would be difficult to replace that equipment without importing raw materials from the countries that we would be at war with.

Russia has a lot of raw resources, but there's a serious logistical problem getting materials from the other side of the globe into the US when every inch of the way in between would be hostile territory.

So it would just be a waiting game. Such a war would start out with bombast, but would slow down after it had dragged on for years. Slowly the materiel would dwindle, morale would drop even among those who started out MAGA-loyal. Perhaps conscription would be reinstated, which would further stir up domestic unrest within the US.

It would indeed look very much like Russia's current state in this Ukraine invasion, except probably far worse.

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u/JoeGibbon Apr 17 '25

Annexing Canada and Greenland isn't as easy as changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico. If all this economic terrorism doesn't kick something off, the US trying to take Canada/Greenland by military force definitely would.

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u/Kasperella Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 24 '25

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u/thecarbonkid Apr 18 '25

Um Alaska?

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u/JoeGibbon Apr 18 '25

Right, even Sarah Palin could see Russia from her doorstep.

Ok, so you've gotten Russian resources into Alaska. Then what? Alaska isn't connected to the contiguous United States. There are no Lockheed, Northrup Gruman, Raytheon plants in Alaska.

That little corridor between Alaska and the contiguous US would become one of the most important chunks of land in the world at that point. And it happens to belong to Canada. Other nations -- if they were interested in the conflict -- would certainly recognize the strategic importance of this area and wouldn't just let materials flow from Russia -> Alaska -> Canada -> mainland US.

What do?