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Subject: Country you'd least like to invade?
Amorphous Blob    11/30/2008 7:41:18 PM
Kind of an off-the-wall question - which country in the world, besides Russia/China/US, would be the toughest to invade and defeat their regular military forces? The toughest to occupy or pacify? Assume that if they have nukes, they can't use them.
 
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lurker       12/2/2008 2:54:43 AM
true, canada would be hard to invade, but not off the books hard. It would probably be possible for, lets say, China's military (lets say they were in Canada's yard with plentiful supplies somehow), to defeat the admittedly small standing military forces of Canada. Then they get the attention of the regular Canadians who decide to not be so peaceful anymore, and with the amount of territory to freely operate in, as well as the arms. I can't imagine how much of a weapons supply would be going on between US and Canada if US did not get involved outright in this. This weapons supply would probably happen regardless of whether the US government would support Canada or not. Despite the taunts, Canadians and Americans of nearly all races and political backgrounds would both jump to the others aid if invaded.
 
 
 
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FJV    Yawn   12/2/2008 1:21:53 PM
Simplistic reasoning where nobody considers any actions other countries will take to secure their strategic interests.

That "international" reaction may be harder to deal with than the invasion itself. For instance Kuwait was quickly invaded, yet...
 
 
 
 

 
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kensohaski       12/2/2008 1:42:12 PM
Any equatorial country as they are hot and smell bad...
 
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Shirrush    Feh!   12/2/2008 2:28:35 PM
Q: Country you'd least like to invade?
A: A country made of steep, thickly forested mountains with few roadways and bridges, no oil, mediocre beer and ugly women, and populated by an ethnic group with a quasi-Sicilian attitude and lots of illegal firearms.
Yet, Georgia just got itself invaded...
Fact is, you can invade any country with a military much weaker than what you can field. Occupating and ruling it is, admittedly, an entirely different set of problems!

 
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DropBear       12/2/2008 5:27:24 PM
Country least like to invade.......................
 
I'd say new Zealand. Why? Because it is full of Kiwis.
 
 
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beersheba    dropbear   12/2/2008 6:07:38 PM

Hey Dropbear, I thought NZ was just an empty paddock, they all live bloody here now.

 
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DropBear       12/3/2008 2:21:54 AM
Yis, yer not rung brew, all ther Kiwi brews are livin in Bruzben and Surfers.
 
 
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peter24    Island in the stream   12/3/2008 2:54:22 PM
SWITZERLAND
 All mountains, trained militia, tons of guns (good guns), tough, alpine people.  Conquering armies have gone around this place like the ocean around an island and left it alone.  Nuff said.

 
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