> Otherwise one could wonder why Mexico or Canada which have no comparable military power to the US hasn't been invaded yet. The USA would never permit them to

> Otherwise one could wonder why Mexico or Canada which have no comparable military power to the US hasn't been invaded yet. The USA would never permit them to be invaded. We'd go to an all out war before we'd let a next-door neighbor fall to another country, and every nation knows this. > though I hardly believe there aren't others in a civilized world. Where is this civilized World of which you speak? I, sadly, see that the Globe is on fire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflict... Of course war is a business, no question about that; however the world is a dangerous place, and humans are arguably the most unpredictable mammals alive.