Now Div, I know you are supposed to be a trained killing machine and all that, but seriously, you communicated with many Europeans on this board, shared ideas, made jokes, allied against evil liberal Americans and their socialist agenda, etc. Would you honestly see yourself coming to Europe and killing a bunch of us, knowing how much we are alike, just to protect the interests of some rich government clown ?

You might, besides DevDave you're probably the biggest supporter of nationalism on this board. But what about the average American, who's also come into contact with us charming Europeans ? The Arabs are an 'easy' target. they worship a different God, live under a different kind of regime, have a different view of law, dress funny and look slightly different. It's easy to vilify them. It won't be as easy when it comes to Europeans imho. Sure it worked in WWII, but those were different times, nationalism everywhere has declined, the media has globalised, the internet is here, etc.
Something VERY serious has to happen for Joe Schmoo to want to fight, and if you want to wage a serious war here, you're gonna need to draft.

Of course, that's just the emotional argument, practically speaking, France's got nukes, I don't see you attacking them or anyone near them (not sure about the nuclear capabilities of other countries, the UK has some, but attacking them would be very, very, very odd, considering the current situation).

Financially our economies are so tied up that it would probably be an economic disaster. Even if you just attack one country and Europe is divided, the results for the economy would probably be devastating, the 'common market' was formed so everyone is Europe would have to get along, we're moving more and more to a transatlantic common market, so whoever you hurt, you'll end up hurting yourself.


But really, who are we kidding, traditional war is passé. We've all witnessed how effective the middle eastern way of fighting is. Armies just make big targets, individual agents are the future. Weapons have evolved to the point where it is often as dangerous to face one man as a whole army. A country like the US can't even occupy a country like Iraq. maybe it was easier for the Nazis because they did have a lot in common with the people they conquered, but I can't see a true occupation like it happened in the world wars happen again. People have seen what resistance fighters can do.