4 ms·
> Also everyone knows that the US is both highly militaristic and highly jingoistic. That was certainly true up through the early 2000s, but this stereotype is
by mshroyer 6y ago
> Also everyone knows that the US is both highly militaristic and highly jingoistic.
That was certainly true up through the early 2000s, but this stereotype is by now out of date. On the left, America is self-loathing, and on the right it's become quite isolationist.
- oblio 6y agoThat's just a thin veneer. Do you think that if the US were attacked somehow, we wouldn't have a repeat of 2003?
- mshroyer 6y agoNo, I don't think so, not exactly. It depends on the specifics, of course. If a specific country directly attacked the US, of course I'd expect (and even demand) a military response. But these days, I wouldn't expect a non-state's terrorist attack to lead to the sort of misguided, ill-informed adventurism that ultimately led us to invade Iraq.
- chasd00 6y agoi don't think so, a clear military attack on American soil by a foreign nation would mean lines around the block at local military recruitment offices in every city/town across the nation. Congress would have a full declaration of war signed in an hour. Terrorist attacks like 9/11 leave doubt about who to go after and at what scale to retaliate but a clear attack on a city by a foreign state as an act of war is a different thing. Gloves would come off and the complete full force of every resource ( military, political, economic, etc ) would be brought to bear.
- newen 6y agoYou can't get elected to a minor office in the US without saluting the flag and supporting the troops.