For reasons that do not involve US military might, attacking a nation that did nothing wrong is political suicide and could anger people into going insurgent as doing so is a massive red flag that their own government has become irrecoverably corrupt, thus starting a civil war in the attacking nation.
Keep in mind this varies by nation:
Canada is a good candidate for a civil war over an extremely questionable military conflict because it's a western nation that has not become overtly totalitarian, and the fact that America could easily crush Canada would likely amplify it.
China may not have a civil war without smuggling weapons to dissidents because of said nation's totalitarian nature, but the war will still cause some problems in China as it's unpopularity would cause a small trickle of people to flee, which will amplify quickly if US troops were to ever touch down on PRC soil. China also has multiple candidates in regards to arming insurgents, such as the Tibetans, non Islamic Uighurs, and all the regular Mainland and Hong Kong dissidents.
Oh I'm not suggesting being instigators, nor am i blind to the idea that fighting conflicts on many fronts would be easy. If this were to go down, they would need an intelligence assessment of danger from without and within.
I still feel as though Trump remaining in power, even if he has to make mass arrests and initiate martial law, is still preferable to the alternative.
He may not do it until after January 6th. Thats not going to make many of us comfortable, but thats still a possibility.
For reasons that do not involve US military might, attacking a nation that did nothing wrong is political suicide and could anger people into going insurgent as doing so is a massive red flag that their own government has become irrecoverably corrupt, thus starting a civil war in the attacking nation.
Keep in mind this varies by nation:
Canada is a good candidate for a civil war over an extremely questionable military conflict because it's a western nation that has not become overtly totalitarian, and the fact that America could easily crush Canada would likely amplify it.
China may not have a civil war without smuggling weapons to dissidents because of said nation's totalitarian nature, but the war will still cause some problems in China as it's unpopularity would cause a small trickle of people to flee, which will amplify quickly if US troops were to ever touch down on PRC soil. China also has multiple candidates in regards to arming insurgents, such as the Tibetans, non Islamic Uighurs, and all the regular Mainland and Hong Kong dissidents.
If an ally undermines us such as Canada has done, then they are no ally and should be punished, sanctions at minimum.
Oh I'm not suggesting being instigators, nor am i blind to the idea that fighting conflicts on many fronts would be easy. If this were to go down, they would need an intelligence assessment of danger from without and within.
I still feel as though Trump remaining in power, even if he has to make mass arrests and initiate martial law, is still preferable to the alternative.
He may not do it until after January 6th. Thats not going to make many of us comfortable, but thats still a possibility.