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It's usually preceded by some storming of beaches, marching across the region before holding trials and hanging people.
You youngsters always want to skip to the end when there's plenty of killing fascists along the way!
"All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined could not, by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years."
Never thought I'd say this, but here's hoping that A. Lincoln was wrong.
We can't fix this for you (addressing Americans here, whether you personally are one or not). We're of course very thankful for the help with Germany (and Japan, even if here in Europe that didn't really affect us - you helped our Asian brothers and sisters). But America has positioned itself such that it's impossible to invade. It's the largest military power in the world, with spending larger than the next several countries added together, with bases everywhere around the globe. And in fact as a NATO member, my own country would have to assist the US if it's invaded and invokes article 5. On the west and east you're insulated by oceans. North and South there are countries that could be staging grounds for an invasion, but for now they're allied and even if they no longer are, good luck to us getting troops from the other continents to Canada and Mexico without the ships and planes being destroyed on the way. Even if we get people on the ground in like Nicaragua or something, that's going to be a long-ass drive to actually American territory.
No, this is up to you guys to fix. I can't speak for everyone, but I think I speak for many when I say we're sorry we can't help. Any insurrection has to come from within, hoping the people of the US military are unwilling to shoot their own neighbors, friends and family. If they are, then it's civil war time.
Americans need to fix their own shit.