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Unless they were Iranian, there is ~0% chance the US will invade their country.

by wumeow 2y ago

josefritzishere 2y ago
On an infinite timeline that feels optistic. We're up to 108, that's an average of one about every 2.5 years https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/how-many-countries-has-the-us-invaded https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/how-many-...
- wumeow 2y ago
  Denmark is included in that list because we assisted with a NATO mission there. Tanzania, because we gave anti-poaching training. This is not a serious list.
swiftcoder 2y ago
A significant portion of the employee base is Chinese, and I can assure you a lot of them are less than thrilled by the rhetoric around China as the #1 enemy of the US. I worked there when Trump's first round of trade tariffs were being implemented, and we were busy relocating the our hardware manufacturing outside of China - it was a tense environment. But I'd argue that anyone from pretty much anywhere in the Middle East, Asia, or Latin America has reasonable historical grounds to question if US intervention is in their future (whether clandestine or a full-blown invasion).
- sjsifnfjdnx 2y ago
  In recent years (since the fall of the USSR more or less), we’ve only boots on ground invaded countries that pose a threat to Israel. Iran fits that pattern. Trump campaign was pushing a lot of anti Iran rhetoric. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-calls-trump-to-congratulate-him-on-his-victory/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-calls...
  - dogma1138 2y ago
    Neither Afghanistan nor Iraq were a threat to Israel.
- wumeow 2y ago
  > A significant portion of the employee base is Chinese Then they should be much more concerned about their country invading Taiwan than the US invading them. > I can assure you a lot of them are less than thrilled by the rhetoric around China as the #1 enemy of the US. I worked there when Trump's first round of trade tariffs were being implemented, and we were busy relocating the our hardware manufacturing outside of China - it was a tense environment. Well tough shit. I'm less than thrilled about the actions China takes against the US, yet I still work with Chinese coworkers. > But I'd argue that anyone from pretty much anywhere in the Middle East, Asia, or Latin America has reasonable historical grounds to question if US intervention is in their future (whether clandestine or a full-blown invasion). If we're moving the goalposts to include clandestine intervention, then no major power has clean hands.
- dogma1138 2y ago
  China is enemy number 1 of the west. Meta has only about 250 employees in China nearly all exclusively in their VR division. The rest have made a choice to work in the west mostly because it is considerably better than China.

Unless they were Iranian, there is ~0% chance the US will invade their country.

by wumeow 2y ago

Unless they were Iranian, there is ~0% chance the US will invade their country.

On an infinite timeline that feels optistic. We're up to 108, that's an average of one about every 2.5 years https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/how-many-countries-has-the-us-invaded https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/how-many-...

wumeow 2y ago
Denmark is included in that list because we assisted with a NATO mission there. Tanzania, because we gave anti-poaching training. This is not a serious list.

swiftcoder 2y ago

A significant portion of the employee base is Chinese, and I can assure you a lot of them are less than thrilled by the rhetoric around China as the #1 enemy of the US. I worked there when Trump's first round of trade tariffs were being implemented, and we were busy relocating the our hardware manufacturing outside of China - it was a tense environment. But I'd argue that anyone from pretty much anywhere in the Middle East, Asia, or Latin America has reasonable historical grounds to question if US intervention is in their future (whether clandestine or a full-blown invasion).

sjsifnfjdnx 2y ago
In recent years (since the fall of the USSR more or less), we’ve only boots on ground invaded countries that pose a threat to Israel. Iran fits that pattern. Trump campaign was pushing a lot of anti Iran rhetoric. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-calls-trump-to-congratulate-him-on-his-victory/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-calls...
- dogma1138 2y ago
  Neither Afghanistan nor Iraq were a threat to Israel.
wumeow 2y ago
> A significant portion of the employee base is Chinese Then they should be much more concerned about their country invading Taiwan than the US invading them. > I can assure you a lot of them are less than thrilled by the rhetoric around China as the #1 enemy of the US. I worked there when Trump's first round of trade tariffs were being implemented, and we were busy relocating the our hardware manufacturing outside of China - it was a tense environment. Well tough shit. I'm less than thrilled about the actions China takes against the US, yet I still work with Chinese coworkers. > But I'd argue that anyone from pretty much anywhere in the Middle East, Asia, or Latin America has reasonable historical grounds to question if US intervention is in their future (whether clandestine or a full-blown invasion). If we're moving the goalposts to include clandestine intervention, then no major power has clean hands.
dogma1138 2y ago
China is enemy number 1 of the west. Meta has only about 250 employees in China nearly all exclusively in their VR division. The rest have made a choice to work in the west mostly because it is considerably better than China.