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They amassed critical pieces of military hardware off the coast (carriers, warships, helicopters, planes). They took out military infrastructure. They placed ra
by whycome 9mo ago
They amassed critical pieces of military hardware off the coast (carriers, warships, helicopters, planes). They took out military infrastructure. They placed radar systems throughout the region. Just because it was fast and met its goal doesn't mean it wasn't an invasion. You don't need an on-the-ground force when you control everything that can go in and out.
- terminalshort 9mo agoAnd the bombing of Hiroshima leveled an entire city. Still wasn't an invasion.
- ux266478 9mo agoWhile true, the US did actually invade Imperial Japan. They captured nearly all the Ryukyu islands before the atomic bombings.
- terminalshort 9mo agoYes, that's an invasion! And the Japanese invaded the Aleutian Islands during WWII. Taking even a barely inhabited frozen rock by force is an invasion. Has nothing to do with the scale of destruction.
- Reason077 9mo ago“Invasion” implies the intent of sustained military occupation/control over some portion a country’s territory. There’s no suggestion that was ever the objective here.
- anon84873628 9mo agoIdk, Trump seems to have strong intent to control the oil production.
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- WackyFighter 9mo agoAgreed. However what happened Jan 3rd wasn't an invasion.
- WackyFighter 9mo agoThat doesn't make it an invasion. It was a capture/extraction operation. Was it a large scale one, sure. But it was not an invasion.