It gave me great happiness to see Reid and Travis standing on a crowded corner in Auckland, New Zealand holding the sign, “New Zealand should be the 51st US State”.
Three reasons I like the idea. Defense, Free trade and access to the U.S. constitution, particularly the first and second amendments. Concerned New Zealander.
Kiwi here. The Chinese Aircraft carrier fleet is entirely imaginary. China doesn't have the logistical capability to guarantee a successful amphibious invasion of Taiwan, let alone invade New Zealand. There is a military maxim, "It takes 10,000 people to land 1 combat-ready soldier on a beach, 10,000 miles away." Those 10,000 people need to know their job very well for that to happen too. If China had a blue water navy, then, yeah, that is a defense issue, but the reality is, the US isn't going to waste troops defending 5 million people at the arse-end of nowhere, especially a country who's only exports are primary produce.
They literally don't possess that capacity at present. If they were sailing towards NZ, the US is NOT going to intervene. They haven't been keen on how we've asserted our sovereignty for the last 40 years. They aren't about to expend US lives protecting us. We have no military alliance with the US except for a shonky intel arrangement.
And the distance between their imagined capability and actual is as wide as the West's guesses at how effective Soviet forces were during the Cold War. The main reason the Chinese threat looms so large in people's minds in the Pacific at present is the same reason the Russians used to be so scary. People make money from selling weapons systems, from small arms to nuclear weapons.
This is soooo Auckland. There is still a much more common sensical part of the population outside the urban areas. For sure proud and patriotic but less woke and more down to earth. That’s the part of the population that eventually saw through Jacinda and her likes and kicked them out of government. They are the nation’s backbone. The rest wouldn’t have a clue what happened when the Chinese arrived
Rather than adding socialist states, let get rid of all our territories like the miserable little corrupt Island Puerto Rico. Send all the non-citizens Puerto Ricans back to the little cesspool of a nation. Then kick the ugly raging communist tramp in congress out as well. Then invade the Panama Canal and reclaim it as sovereign US territory. Kick the communist Chinese out of our hemisphere. If the leaders resist, shoot them.
Three reasons I like the idea. Defense, Free trade and access to the U.S. constitution, particularly the first and second amendments. Concerned New Zealander.
No. Figure 10 for Canada, Greenland, a few for Mexico. Maybe 67th state.
No …..too lefty like Australia
I've been there, three times. They're way too woke to be part of the US.
Plus, it's always raining in Auckland.
Auckland is fantastic! I loved it there! It would be a wonderful acquisition!
Wellington's better.
Kiwi here. The Chinese Aircraft carrier fleet is entirely imaginary. China doesn't have the logistical capability to guarantee a successful amphibious invasion of Taiwan, let alone invade New Zealand. There is a military maxim, "It takes 10,000 people to land 1 combat-ready soldier on a beach, 10,000 miles away." Those 10,000 people need to know their job very well for that to happen too. If China had a blue water navy, then, yeah, that is a defense issue, but the reality is, the US isn't going to waste troops defending 5 million people at the arse-end of nowhere, especially a country who's only exports are primary produce.
And if they were sailing toward New Zealand? It’s also more of a hypothetical in terms of what it would take to change one’s mind.
They literally don't possess that capacity at present. If they were sailing towards NZ, the US is NOT going to intervene. They haven't been keen on how we've asserted our sovereignty for the last 40 years. They aren't about to expend US lives protecting us. We have no military alliance with the US except for a shonky intel arrangement.
You underestimate the capability of the Communist Chinese. The distance between them and Taiwan is 81 miles.
And the distance between their imagined capability and actual is as wide as the West's guesses at how effective Soviet forces were during the Cold War. The main reason the Chinese threat looms so large in people's minds in the Pacific at present is the same reason the Russians used to be so scary. People make money from selling weapons systems, from small arms to nuclear weapons.
Will they get their guns back?
They get our 2nd amendment, too. So yes.
We didn't lose them. We simply, for the most part, don't need them.
Not even when a maniac like Jacinda sends the police round to force-vaccinate you? Not even then?
Yeah. That never happened.
NOOOO! I don’t want them!
It would never pass a fair vote.
No fucking way. Canada has dibs on 51.
lol
Update. I think Gaza just took the #52 spot.
This is soooo Auckland. There is still a much more common sensical part of the population outside the urban areas. For sure proud and patriotic but less woke and more down to earth. That’s the part of the population that eventually saw through Jacinda and her likes and kicked them out of government. They are the nation’s backbone. The rest wouldn’t have a clue what happened when the Chinese arrived
This video was fun!
Rather than adding socialist states, let get rid of all our territories like the miserable little corrupt Island Puerto Rico. Send all the non-citizens Puerto Ricans back to the little cesspool of a nation. Then kick the ugly raging communist tramp in congress out as well. Then invade the Panama Canal and reclaim it as sovereign US territory. Kick the communist Chinese out of our hemisphere. If the leaders resist, shoot them.
Next time someone says I’m a radical, I’ll tell them to talk to you.
"Yeah! More groups to hate!" -America
Nooooooo! Leave them alone. I want to move there and away from the US.
But then you could stay there permanently!
That’s a great comment because it could mean so many things. Ha