> would USA risk direct conflict with a country if they could actually suffer some actual losses of combatants on their own soil? That’s a very interesting que

> would USA risk direct conflict with a country if they could actually suffer some actual losses of combatants on their own soil? That’s a very interesting question! So much of the US foreign policy is predicated on the fact that there will never, ever be a war on American soil. It would definitely change the risk dessinent and the political acceptability of aggressive foreign policy.