Reply #37: OK, the very actions you advocate are the cause of the imagined insecurity you claim

[Greyhound]

to want to protect us from.

There is no government nor group of people capable of "conquering" the U.S., even our own military couldn't manage it. Too big, too varied, too well-armed.

Now of course, 6 or 7 other nations could nuke us, and kill the world in the process, but you "tough guys" are as helpless against that as the rest of us.

If you want to know what military might we could use, I'll refer you to General Smedley Butlers book(let) "War is a Racket". Completely effective for alleviating your inner fear of imagined enemies and wouldn't bankrupt the nation either.

ETA; You should also probably avoid making the potentially fatal error of assuming because we won't fight for corporate profits, we are not some very dangerous adversaries if it comes down to it.