Could The US Defend From An Invasion of the Homeland | Irish Girl Reacts

[@wabash9000]

I was on board until I was promised fun.

[@DianeJennings]

😂 okie NO FUN next time 😜

[@Mr.wednesdayallfather]

Instead of promising fun miss Diane should have said you going to learn today

[@stephensmith7502]

@@DianeJennings Hi Diane I love your videos

[@vadstradamus]

Lol... nice 😂

[@WV-HillBilly]

mandatory fun is indeed the worst type of fun

[@TheSaveme1]

One thing they left out is the Armed civilian population as Japan's Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto said: "You cannot invade ... There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass

[@DianeJennings]

True

[@---rd3eq]

Spot on!

[@markrenfrow9873]

That's the quote I couldn't recall.

[@HansDelbruck53]

A rifle won't do you much good against chemical and biological weapons.

[@jamcalx]

"And in the hands of every man, woman, and child."

[@NatoBro]

Gotta say we Canadians wouldn't be so "nice" if a foreign nation came strolling through to get to the US. We may get beat, but as usual, we would put up a hell of a fight.

[@stevengayler8447]

How? You guys don't have any guns. Maybe some but barely better than Europe which is pathetic.

[@Brendonforgoop]

🇺🇸❤️🇨🇦

[@KLMcEwen]

You wouldn’t be beat, because you’re not alone. 🇺🇸❤️🇨🇦

[@GeneAnderson-j7u]

We are BROTHERS IN ARMS!!!

[@kpayton2001]

They completely forgot to mention the 393 million guns in the hands of private citizens...

[@screwedagain1]

And not just guns.

[@BoKnowsBrains]

we have more guns than people and our own government has trouble policing us. the US military would have a hard time invading the us itself. we are essentially ungovernable on a mass scale. which is good?

[@t0dd000]

If they weren't armed, they'd be armed in no time. Guerilla forces become armed quickly.

[@vadstradamus]

I feel like that number is counting Chicago alone

[@clarkjeschke3344]

Even when not counting hand guns, the number of deer hunters here is staggering. Deer hunters being at least fairly good snipers!!

[@hoekstratim]

Have a coffee! No tea!

[@gregl4065]

Each American state also has its own army, the “National Guard”. Don’t forget Coast guard either. Even if we had a lot of our military overseas in a surprise attack we’d still have plenty of military still at home.

[@AxelFoleyDetroitLions]

Play your flute greg

[@natehill8069]

I remember back when we invaded Panama, I remember seeing that the Panamanian army was like 19,000 troops and thinking "Oh, thats about the same as the Ohio National Guard".

[@AxelFoleyDetroitLions]

@@natehill8069 i remember tbat too, now that you mention it… You’re super smart bruv

[@AlbertoMartinez765]

yeah we probably wouldn't even have to Recall all are worldwide troops

[@robertherring9277]

There are more guns than people. Military optional in the homeland. One of the points of the 2nd Amendment.

[@jmanj3917]

I was told by someone, whose position at the Pentagon put him in the know, that the plans to defend the USA included the rising up and the use of partisan fighters, most of whom have their own weapons, ammunition and supplies, and who know the terrain. He also told me that what happened in the (original) movie "Red Dawn" would almost certainly happen in real life, but all across the country (basically in any area that hadn't been nuked).

[@JoshHorning]

And the US was producing Warfighters for the last couple decades. With many Ret. Special Operations personnel providing the same training to civilians now. However, its also the reason that "we need to fight them over there" is complete BS

[@Beef8Cake]

We have to fight them over there. They can’t really come over here for a fight.

[@marybarnes6407]

@jroarkable enemies "na na you can get me over here" America "hold my beer" thousands of troops drop 3 days later

[@jacklowe3429]

I don't believe that NATO doesn't have a plan for that. Beyond that, there is the National Guard. Not to mention many heavily armed civilians. The placement of all those bases in the USA was not a fluke. Good luck, Vladimir and friends.

[@Kharmatos13]

pffft, screw nato, they wouldn't come to help us, but they fully expect us to protect them and fight their wars that they started themselves for them.

[@SnowmanTF2]

I would be surprised if NATO had a serious defense plan for the US to be invaded, they have way more scenarios that might plausibly happen for their planning staff to spend time on.

[@lukeball4937]

China found a much cheaper way, just buy the potus, and congressional leadership.

[@Lewa1110]

They also left out the fact that theres 120 Firearms for every 100 people in the US. In november over 600,000 hunters go to the woods in Wisconsin alone. If you can make it across the Ocean, through the mountains, and against the Military, you'd still have to deal with, lets say, "Less than compliant Civilians who've been waiting for this"

[@bryandawkins]

I hope you and Chewie are having a good day. thank you for the kind words about Canada it is nice to hear people think well of us.

[@DianeJennings]

Yes we do! Thank you so much for the kindness

[@firedoc5]

It may be practically impossible for the US to be invaded by a foreign government, but the biggest threat is from within. When joining the military, you take an oath to defend against all enemies both foreign and domestic. When joining the Navy, I took that oath back in the early 80's, and to this day I still stand by that oath, whether it's a foreigner or American citizen on or off American soil.

[@ptournas]

I feel the same way. I took that oath 55 years ago and that part still still resonates in my heart, "I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic"

[@victorwaddell6530]

I swore the same oath when I enlisted into the US Navy in 1985 . Statistics show that 3% of Americans own 50% of the guns in the US , and veterans account for a large portion of that . Molon Labe .

[@belkyhernandez8281]

Agreed. The biggest threat is from within. That is why foreign actors invest more resources into creating us/them controversies than on invasions. More Americans need to get wise to this.

[@firedoc5]

@@DenverStarkey The Constitution is the heart and soul of this country. You defend it along with the US and all her interests. Those that try to bend it and twist it to their own purposes are the domestic enemies to defend it from. With the evolution of terrorism that has taken root either abroad or at home has also broadened the definition of what to defend.

[@kennethohnemus3192]

For real brother ✊ I don't remember EVER being told that the oath I took was no longer valid

[@douglaskerr6813]

This documentary discounts the civilian population that would probably would cut down a lot of the first wave of attackers before the arm services got up to speed

[@alexcitron5159]

Interesting commentary by someone whose homeland has experienced near-constant invasions for hundreds of years. Always like your thoughts on us Yanks. Watching your videos restores my pride as an American but also pumps up my desire to visit your country. Way to go!

[@KimberlyGreen]

Tunnelling would face at least 2 massive challenges: 1. A tunnel large enough to handle battle tanks and other mechanized units would be _massive_ . It would require the kind of boring machines would be easily detected at the start point. 2. Any such tunnelling and subsequent armor unit movement would set off seismic detectors.

[@DianeJennings]

They could play music over the noise 😜

[@bjs301]

@@DianeJennings That would only work for the Mexicans. Canadian music just isn't loud enough.

[@markgreene2865]

@@bjs301 Rush, Triumph, BTO, April Wine, and Steppen Wolf would all like a word with you.

[@bjs301]

@@markgreene2865 Yeah, I was thinking of the Molson and Labatt commercials.

[@LandSharkEatsU]

Plus it would cost a fortune & take a lot of time. Still, it is a creative & fun idea to contemplate. 🙂

[@peterjamesfoote3964]

When asking whether foreign military assets could remain hidden you have to remember the impact of spy satellites.

[@infidel42]

It is rather difficult to conceal the construction of a warship that massive. We'd be able to tell something was going on just from the materials getting moved around.

[@Farmer_El]

During my 12 years in the army, I can't recall a single time where we trained for an invasion of the USA. Everything was aimed at Europe or Asia.

[@DianeJennings]

Interesting!

[@batboy555]

How would an army supply itself.

[@HansDelbruck53]

@@batboy555 McDonald's has delivery now.

[@amarriwilliams-xs4bc]

@@batboy555 MREs supply drops surviving off the land and more you have too think

[@batboy555]

@@amarriwilliams-xs4bc ordinance fuel will have to come from overseas. sure maybe they can land small numbers in alaska but they are pretty well protected. they would have to take hawaii coming from asia.

[@scottdean2199]

Something else they didn't get to is the fact that a multitude of close air support squadrons are based a few hundred miles inland up and down both coasts (and along the southern border). These are fighters specifically trained to take out ground forces, so any that actually make it to shore would be quickly eliminated.

[@theallseeingmaster]

First, they need the sea lift to get here in force; then there are 330million people, privately armed to the teeth, who might not feel that welcoming.

[@pmpowalisz]

organization, communication, and universal training are also vital for a good military force, so an armed US citizenry does not count as a relevant military deterrent. The true deterrents to any non alien or supernatural invasion are the very defensible US geography and extremely capable US military.

[@johnharris6655]

A lot of people in this country think it is evil and would join the enemy.

[@jayscott8583]

@@pmpowalisz you live in a city dont you.

[@trith72]

@@pmpowalisz Peter, a group of American hunters (of which there are MILLIONS) in camo with 30'06 rifles could decimate an invading Chinese or Russian platoon before they even knew what hit them. These are not goofs with guns, these are men who have spent years of their lives in the woods or in the US military service and know how to drill a dime at 400 yards without being seen. In almost every way, the average American hunter is going to be a superior sniper and shot than the teenage Chinese or Russian conscript who was handed a gun given little to no training and told to go fight Americans with a gun at their backs.....

[@trith72]

@@johnharris6655 Just the liberal dems, and they are mostly unarmed and cowards anyway...China and Russia don't need them except for maybe slave labor, which is what they deserve anyway.

[@SirJaxxSirJaxx]

Another great video Diane, but you forgot to mention that there is 5 guns per American and they know how to use them. Japan was the last country with a passing thought of invading the USA until their top general surmised that an Invasion would not be possible since there would be a sniper behind every blade of grass. American Soldiers have to fight according to the Rules of War, whereas American citizens are not hindered by such constraints. We don't tolerate any bullies and will make sure they know it.

[@blueduck5589]

You mean like the Mai Lai massacre?

[@kimsparks5811]

I went into Canada for a day trip.The people running the excursion said don't look at the border agent, don't try to talk to them & hold your passport open picture upright near your face. They're pretty diligent about who they let in! And out of their country. Glad we're friends. I'm not sure invaders would fare so well🤷‍♀️

[@richardmead5969]

of course no americans in candyada, but lots of everybody else

[@barbiincognito13]

@@richardmead5969 there are plenty of Americans in Canada, over a million. Why lie about something so silly? My state shares water with Canada, we interact all the time.

[@nickhassler2727]

But when the US does that on the southern border were all just bigots and racist.

[@joshbull623]

1. Terrain. The U.S. has many many areas that eliminate the efficiency or ability to deploy tanks, drones, heavy armored transports, and accurate bombing runs. Anyone saying how citizens with guns amount to nothing against chemical, biological, and armored warfare doesn't know anything about warfare and certainly hasn't experienced it. Have fun deploying chemicals in some of these states as heavy winds blow it away from enemies and onto friendly forces, for one of dozens of examples. The field of battle is going to be different and draining on invading troops not acclimated, can't simply train for jungle warfare and deploy to Vietnam. We have deserts, forests, mountains, swamps, artic winters and blistering summers. 2. Civilian forces. The small arms survey and surveys from pew research center estimate between 30%-50% of Americans own at least one gun. This translates to nearly 100 million people armed at worst and over 150 million people armed at best. This alone is dangerous but now factor in skill. There are roughly 1 million law enforcement in the country, trained to operate weapons. Since you need a license to hunt, we know there are also 15.2 million hunters in the country. Between the census bureau, pew research center, and VA we know there are over 18 million military veterans in the country as well. This all adds up to over 34 million armed "civillians" trained to utilize their owned weapons, give or take a couple million for overlap and exceptions. 3. All 50 states, D.C., and three territories have a National Guard. These forces are armed the same, as they are the same, as any of our active military forces. Access to intelligence, logistics, satellite, extensive and reinforced communications and administrative support. Access to tanks, aircraft (fixed and rotary), armored transports, barrier and quick FOB deployment, heavy weaponry and more. 4. We would see it coming. Before you deal with any of that you have to understand the military logistics of the world. We have military forces, if not outright bases, and at minimum embassies in just about every major country in the world. Our patrol of the oceans and skies are vast and our shared intelligence agencies both civilian and military are extensive. It isn't ego or exaggeration to state that any major offensive would be seen coming long before reaching the U.S. territories in any serious capacity. 5. Military and Ally forces. As we have seen from the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, Syrian civil war, Anti-Somali Pirate operations, Sierra Leone conflict, Gulf War and more, we have several allies that would be quick to come to our aid. Then there is the U.N. and NATO forces that would support us. Then give or take a hundred thousand or so for reserve, overseas, or casualty status, the U.S. has approximately half a million active duty troops not counting reserve and national guard already accounted for above. 6. Technological supremacy. Anyone who has participated in training or war games with us and tested us like North Korea and China has, understands that while other countries do employ military tools comparably to our own, such as Russia and China's gen 5 jets, there seems to be performance or in most cases, simply quality issues by comparison to our own which gives us an edge. Then obviously deployment of anything less is pointless. Example, a gen 4 stands no chance against a gen 5 jet.

[@LS1007]

I don’t think an invasion would ever happen due to the possible use of nuclear weapons instead. Let’s hope neither ever happens. Thanks for sharing this. Have a nice evening! ❤️🫵🏻☘️🇮🇪🇺🇸

[@DianeJennings]

Let’s hope 🎉

[@TR4200]

“Infiltration, not invasion” - JFK

[@HansDelbruck53]

The only thing nuclear weapons guarantee is MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.

[@burke615]

@@HansDelbruck53 Yes, but if the US were in serious danger of losing control of their missile silos to a state actor, do you like the odds that we wouldn't launch them against that country? I don't.

[@clwilliams9276]

The fact that this comment was posted yesterday shows how quickly things change. With what putin announced today. The withdrawal of russia from the New Start agreement. I hope the russia ppl turn on putin at this point. So many of them hate him but he has so many ppl loyal to him that the ppl against him r too afraid to speak up or end up deceased/severely injured. An attack on him from an outside force, even a successful one, would probably not help the situation much. It needs to be a large group of russian citizens that stop him and his loyalists I think. Idk if there's any other way to stop this with a peaceful resolution and no major damage to the world.

[@StevenCryar]

You can hide weapons systems or aircraft but it's virtually impossible to hide a fleet of massive ships.

[@edkeaton]

Happy Monday Diane! Very fascinating and interesting video as always! You always manage to put out some very thought provoking content each and every week. Thanks for the upload. Have a fantastic rest of your week Diane! 😎👍😁

[@DianeJennings]

Thank you! You too!

[@garywilliams2188]

This is a perfect example of why having an armed civilian society is important, because not only would an enemy have to contend with our military, they would also have to contend with the armed citizens, hence the importance of our 2nd Amendment.

[@yugioht42]

Geography also helps the interior of the US as if anyone tries coming through alaska or canada they would freeze as the cold is so brutal that even fuel freezes. california invasion you hit the mountains and people get lost in the valleys constantly after that would be the unforgiving heat of the Mojave meaning you are stuck as your vehicles overheat constantly. you try from the east most people would be swallowed by the unending forests and the crazy roads even the tight waterways around NYC are a huge challenge. you would like hit mountain after mountain and get slowed over and over. its really hard to try. florida anyone trying would get bogged down in the swamps and they would just get destroyed by the native wildlife. you pretty much are screwed attempting invasion.

[@theenderdestruction2362]

America is just a goddamn nightmare on geography

[@tarawinter4358]

Don't forget that Americans are allowed to have weapons. I live in a rural area and don't know anyone in my area that doesn't have a large variety of weapons in their homes for hunting & protection.

[@ronaldnesbit8988]

God bless you Diane. I'm a US army vet and I like your channel, as well as this military info one a lot. It's good you're talking about whats going on around us today. A lot of places arent. Even though we love peace on earth, it requires strength to have. Stay happy and keep hope and faith. Remember Jesus loves you 😊🤗

[@stephensmith7502]

Thank you for your service from another US ARMY Veteran

[@victorwaddell6530]

Thanks for your service , from a US Navy veteran .

[@JosephRNalbone]

You asked about tunneling? Tunnels from Mexico or Canada were effectively addressed in the video as they would require getting the troops to the tunnel location and those locations would be bombed. Tunneling from anywhere else would have to start under water, would they not, and it was even possible, would be prohibitively expensive and difficult.

[@Keti9er]

Whoever said "nothing is impossible" never tried to staple water to a tree.

[@richardv405]

Put it in a plastic bag. Tada

[@Keti9er]

@@richardv405 That's a reasonable attempt, however you’ve only succeeded in stapling a bag to a tree and not the water. 😆

[@randalmayeux8880]

Good evening Diana, interesting choice for a video. One thing he left out was any occupying enemy forces would also have to contend with a heavily-armed civilian population. Give Chewie a hug for me, love you and goodbye for now!

[@taoist32]

I watched a prepper’s video that claims China will be sending more, maybe even a thousand balloons to the west. It took a $400,000 missile to destroy one balloon. Hopefully, our armed civilian population has access to land to air missiles.

[@G_Demolished]

Imagine millions of people with the sanity of Marjorie Taylor Greene and the arsenal of John Wick. And that’s just Texas!

[@txgunguy2766]

Ya dang right. Yeehaw y'all.

[@arkangel7j]

one of the things infographics actually got right , we dont talk about the remake of red dawn :P

[@ryanhampson673]

A little known fact was the Interstate highway system was built in the 1950’s specifically for transporting troops quickly from one part of the US to another. Also next time you are on the highway take notice how there are long stretches of straight road in fairly regular intervals. The highways were designed this way to also work as makeshift airfields. I forgot the interval but it’s something like 5 miles of straight road per like every 20 or 50 miles.

[@blueturtle8678]

And don't forget the fact that there a LOT of armed individuals in America.

[@ernestconnell8087]

The US also has a few friends around the world that doesn’t want to speak either Chinese or Russian.

[@ZvalatDa1st]

Some additional information for you: Us Americans are VERY passionate about our guns. In fact, there's more guns than people in America. So, you would have to worry about the armed American people who would defend the country. There is also a National Guard in each state, which would further complicate an invasion. You also asked if digging a tunnel would be any good. It will not. Most likely, the military will detect movement underground and will act accordingly. America was invaded in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II. In that game, America activates an EMP, allowing for a quick counterattack to lift the siege on DC. Canada and Mexico are out of the picture. Canada's Armed Forces are miniscule compared to the vast strength of the United States Armed Forces. Mexico has their own conflicts going on right now and they fought us in the past. It was a war we easily won. Mexico doesn't want a repeat of that.

[@user-David-Alan]

Another problem for an invading force is armed citizens. Stay well and be safe.

[@pmpowalisz]

organization, communication, and universal training are also vital for a good military force, so an armed US citizenry does not count as a relevant military deterrent. The true deterrents to any non alien or supernatural invasion are the very defensible US geography and extremely capable US military.

[@jayscott8583]

you keep thinking this.

[@BBJProductions21]

@@pmpowalisz how hard is it to understand citizens armed and not armed will be armed quickly as there x to x gun to Citizen ratio. Also a gun in the hands of every citizens good at shooting or not does not matter. We have numbers that other countries don’t. Imagine an Guerilla army of 300m LOL

[@pmpowalisz]

@@BBJProductions21 tell that to the Roman legions who defeated primitive undisciplined armies (but still warriors) at least three times their size. That was just shield walls and slow firing artillery pieces, modern vehicles, aircraft, artillery, and communication are much much bigger force multipliers. Also guerrilla armies do not fare well in stand up fights, which are necessary to hold on to territory. If a foreign invasion force somehow (huge emphasis on somehow) managed to defeat the US military, numerous resistance armies would make occupation a living hell (for everyone including civilians). However it would take years for the occupying force to tire of the massive losses and leave.

[@BBJProductions21]

@@pmpowalisz Tell that to the north Vietnamese that was able to hold onto their homeland and defend it. Guerilla worked for them, and Japan almost worked for them on many of the islands, if not for the nuclear bomb. Being on the opposite side of invasion you have a certain will to fight. Will to fight is the disposition and decision to fight, to keep fighting, and to win. I'm not saying citizens will be well equipped to fight against an armored division, but certainly can reek havoc. Again we have a giant population and the will to defend your homeland is much stronger than the will to take ones land. Also the romans were complete experts at military units and movement. They were organized perfectly vs what you are saying is primitive peoples. I think an invading army would have a tough chance at making any progress with the U.S. military and its citizens.

[@engmed4400]

There are at least 70 million gun owners in the US. Most of them are either hunters, veterans, or both. No small number of them are part of what's known as the reserve militia, and can be called into service to repel an invasion. Any invading force must deal with this reality, while simultaneously dealing with our geography. Those factors alone make it deeply impractical.

[@s.a.stewart2743]

During the cold war, Berlin was split in half. At the time any East German citizen who stepped into West Germany was automatically granted West German citizenship. An East German man dug a tunnel to west Berlin and his tunnel was 6ft tall. It was built under a chicken coop, and he was asked why did he dig such a tall tunnel. He said my wife was not going to crawl to freedom.

[@johnnyrotten6191]

Apparently, she didn't truly understand the alternative....

[@TommyBBQBessinger]

Let's not forget American Citizens are also armed.

[@Mr.wednesdayallfather]

Can we all admit that the original Red Dawn was a masterpiece

[@AW11-e4h]

It wouldn’t be a good idea. Sincerely ,the American people 👍

[@lashutterbug]

It took Andy Dufresne 17+ years to tunnel out of Shawshank Prison. That's just a little bit long as far as far as invasion times go.

[@CaptainFrost32]

Have you ever seen Val Kilmer's first movie "Top Secret!" from the 80's?

[@donovanfoto3263]

An invasion tunnel would take DECADES just to dig. Then you would need to enlarge it, (think Chunnel). All that requires huge amounts of time and money. Then there are seismic sensors and a need to be deep enough but not too deep, (MAGMA IS REALLY HOT).

[@Keti9er]

Commies have been quietly infiltrating our institutions and infecting minds since the 1960s - how's that for playing the long game.

[@CH3NO2Semonious]

I have to point out that if by some miracle they made to Oregon, there is no way they make through OreGUN.

[@Justin_Ebright]

Mexican cartels already try and tunnel in. Thanks to this our border security has became rather adapted to watching for said activities. We don't always catch it, especially smaller tunnels, but any the size needed for an invasion would be picked up by sound and other seismic sensors.

[@ronaldnash5394]

Yes it can. We have a lot of Veterans and our oaths never expire.

[@CapnDan57]

Yeah, the "Red Dawn" scenario is really not very plausible. The US military has global reach and global capability. My only real concern with this video is that, not only did she give her own secret away, but ED outted ME as well! I may hafta go to A-51 and get reskinned... glad Chewies cover isn't blown.

[@johndowning5011]

One other thing that was not mentioned. America is well armed. Especially in the areas outside the major cities. Literally, tens of millions of Americans have decent weapons, and a substantial number of invading forces would be tied up fighting the members of the Militia, referred to in the 2nd Amendment.

[@jamesloftus6157]

One thing they missed mentioning was Alaska. The Japanese managed to invade and to occupy a couple of islands there for a couple of years. The Russians could also do that since Siberia is close. The Russians would be more likely to use Cuba as a jumping off point on the East and Gulf coasts. Like your mama said, nothing is impossible. Now, being able to invade and actually win is a different thing. Yes, countries have secret plans to invade almost every country in the world. The US has a plan to invade Canada. I believe it used to be called "Plan Red".

[@DianeJennings]

That is so interesting

[@Philistine47]

"War Plan Red" was specifically a plan for war with the UK, but some editions of it did involve invading Canada (mostly to keep the Royal Navy from basing out of Newfoundland). ETA: If it seems strange that plans for a war with Britain included an invasion of Canada, recall that the "Color Plans" were a pre-WW2 thing and in those days Canada was not seen as being very independent.

[@hardtackbeans9790]

It is interesting to me that more people introduce more refined scenarios then others shoot them down. I'm sure the powers that be have considered Alaska & Hawaii even if this video didn't. And Guam, Samoa, Marshall Island, Virgin Islands, etc. (childish snicker because I said Virgin) LOL!!

[@m.r.6264]

They would have to get through the terrain of Alaska and cross parts of Canada in order to get to the lower 48

[@kryaxe]

The video said "US Mainland"

[@giveupnow000]

tx di

[@rogergray2247]

Hi Diane! I hope you had a good weekend! Mine was good, but I keep randomly shouting out 'Broccoli' and 'Cauliflower' - I think I might have florets. Happy Monday!

[@DianeJennings]

😂

[@HansDelbruck53]

Florets syndrome?

[@hifijohn]

We will defend our shores against any Chinese spy balloon.

[@bigtex741]

Wow! Who knew that Diane was a military strategist? Well I guess it is possible to build a tunnel under the Atlantic or Pacific, "never say never" but it would be some feat, even for Diane. However if we have learned only one thing it is that she is certainly not just a pretty face.

[@SS-pq3lc]

Admiral Yamato was credited in saying, " An invasion on the continental US is will never happen. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.

[@HytelGrp]

"One thing they left out is the Armed civilian population" (from below) I have heard there are 3 pew-pews **per** US citizen, so invading forces would have an opposition until the 'calvary' arrives (except in those states which have limited the pew-pew owning laws).

[@debbyconnor9498]

Those laws only apply to legally owned ones. There are lots of illegally owned ones that would come out for defense of the homeland as the gangs and other criminals wouldn't want their operations shut down by invaders who would more than likely eliminate the problem of gangs and criminals.

[@xviper2k]

Good luck fighting a trained military with your pew-pews. If we have to rely on an armed civilian population, we're already screwed.

[@LordBloodraven]

To answer your "silly hypothetical": No, it is not feasible to build a tunnel to invade the US. The USGS is a government agency that monitors for earthquakes via tectonic acoustics. That same technology is what the US used to monitor when Soviet Russia was testing nuclear bombs. We've used similar technology to detect tsunamis (as they're caused by earthquakes), and they were sensitive enough to detect the sinking of K-129, a Soviet nuclear missile submarine. The US's network of hydrophones and tectonic acoustics were sensitive enough to calculate exactly where K-129 went down on the seafloor. It was partially recovered during Project Azorian where the Hughes-Glomar Explorer attempted to recover K-129, only for half of the sub to tear away and fall back into the deep. After every piece of the recovered portion was studied and catalogued, the US government notified the Soviet Union that we had recovered K-129 and learned everything we needed from the recovered vessel, forcing the Soviet Union to completely review and overhaul their navy, hastening their bankruptcy and eventual downfall.

[@Dr-Alexander-The-Great]

Did you hear about the boxer, who liked to tell jokes. He got knocked out waiting for the punchline

[@DianeJennings]

😂

[@pthompson5135]

Texas and Alabama ports being taken over by any foreign invader would be so scary , but only for the invaders! Not just because our US military response would be great but you'd be in some of the most highly armed civilian states there are. I can see thousands of southerners getting pissed off and super excited at the same time. And they wouldn't be armed with only hand guns or rifles. The way to take America would need to be completely novel.

[@TR4200]

6:37 The Germans had U-boats in the Golf of Mexico during World War II.

[@kenneth9874]

Many stayed there

[@jeffronimo7122]

I dont think they golf in Mexico.

[@TR4200]

@@jeffronimo7122 Cool Story, Bro!

[@jeffronimo7122]

@@TR4200 not as cool as the way you spell, borough

[@TR4200]

@@jeffronimo7122 I know, how to spell *Gulf*. I just did not want to correct the autocorrect. Though I would leave it for a _Grammar Nazi_ , to help them feel better about themselves.

[@broncobra]

WoW! I haven't been on your site in awhile. It's comforting, like coming home to a long lost friend. You are as cool as ever. Take care, Diane. I hope Chewie is still kicking?

[@rickeycarey4556]

The ocean does help alot protecting. An invasion probably won't happen but the U.S. is awesome that receives alot of visitors to enjoy touring the country plus Immagrants have the opportunity to live their dreams for the pursuit of happiness. Chewie is such a awesome little guy so can see why you're addicted to him. Happy Mondays

[@DianeJennings]

🐾 🎉

[@rickeycarey4556]

@@DianeJennings I enjoyed seeing Chewie active during the video in the background. 🐾🧸🍖🐕🥳

[@Slizzo82]

Canadians are nice, yes. From my experience though, their armed forces can very much be very "not nice" if they're pushed. Meaning, Canadian forces and US forces very much have each others' backs. Canadians would go ham on any invading forces.

[@Doldar]

They forgot 2 thing, once being the florda man is unkillable, second the shear amount of weapons in texas is essentially a army on its own and if it came down to texas would give some gun to florda. Once that's happens its over for any invader.

[@pmpowalisz]

organization, communication, and universal training are also vital for a good military force, so an armed US citizenry does not count as a relevant military deterrent. The true deterrents to any non alien or supernatural invasion are the very defensible US geography and extremely capable US military.

[@pmpowalisz]

@Matthew Hardin Besides giving a foreign occupation force (one that has tanks, assault helicopters, APCs, artillery, military organization, etc,) a really hard time, no not really much of a deterrent (maybe after a few years).

[@jeffronimo7122]

​@@pmpowalisz that's what Russia thought about Ukraine. Then we gave Ukraine some guns, next thing you know, Russia is getting whipped

[@pmpowalisz]

@@jeffronimo7122 Ukraine has spent the last nine years reorganizing their military from the ground up with real help from western military advisors. Even before that their military already had guns, tanks, assault helicopters, various aircraft and air defenses (Russia just had more). All Ukrainians did what they could but it was the Ukrainian military that provided the bulk of the resistance against the Russian invasion (the territorial defense force is a part of that military), rather than armed civilians.

[@jeffronimo7122]

@@pmpowalisz really? Is that why they needed billions of dollars worth of guns in the first week of the war? And had to beg the befuddled Biden for them? Do you know why that was necessary? Its because as a people, they had allowed themselves to be disarmed long ago. That will NEVER happen in America. Not while I breathe, not while my children breathe.

[@gametime2473]

Your channel is like a ray of sunshine. Keep up the good work

[@mville38]

Hi, Diane! Recently started watching your videos, and have been enjoying them. As a US Navy veteran, this video grabbed my attention. I agree with your reservations about using absolute terms like invulnerable and impossible. We are the dominant world military power for the reasons stated in the video, but that doesn’t mean that nothing can go wrong. It could happen that our military could be spread too thin around the world, making us more vulnerable to invasion. Not a likely scenario, but possible. Especially if the goal is to achieve political ends, as opposed to trying to conquer outright. Not that I’m losing any sleep over it, but I don’t think it’s impossible.

[@Spectre-wd9dl]

Everyone in the US would have to be asleep. There's no way you're moving hundreds of thousand troops halfway around the world without the US noticing. Not to mention there isn't the capacity to do so. At best they'd have to use bulk cargo ship which are slow and completely defenseless. It's realisticly impossible to invade the US in any meaningful way. The only way you can make the argument is to hamstring the US in multiple unrealistic ways. The US could defend itself against its entire combined military power plus that of the world. Thus has already been tested and war gamed in simulation.

[@tonys1636]

Both New York and DC was 'nuked' by the RAF twice in the 60's and 70's. A joint exercise to test US air defences. Although they were arranged the date and timing was not known. The RAF flew Vulcans from the Azores' and Canada. Both times one bomber got through to 'drop' on DC and two on NYC.

[@richardmead5969]

who cares for libtard central cities. its the interior country that matters

[@quentinmathes2361]

It was planned just like 9/11 stupid

[@IggyStardust1967]

Diane, there are more guns in the US than there are citizens. There isn't a military on this planet that could pull off an invasion of the US mainland. If any military even tried, first of all, they'd be spotted gathering for said invasion weeks, if not months ahead of time. Second, (while this statement has been credited, possibly wrongly, to a specific military person) "There would be a gun behind every blade of grass". Between the military forces stationed here, the state "National Guard" units, gangs of all kinds, "Militia Groups", Police & SWAT units, and every law abiding citizen of age with at least one firearm, they don't stand a chance.

[@Cnova544]

Don't forget about the crazy people hear they would have to deal with lol

[@billbabcock1833]

Many people here who commented on the number of guns in the United States. Of course that is a factor. What you may not know as you don't live here, is that Americans can legally own fully automatic machine guns. Granted not a high percentage, but they do. There are even places to go where you can rent a machine gun and shoot it on their range.

[@marxmaiale9981]

When it comes to digging tunnels to the US. Mexican Drug cartels have done this, there should be some videos on these tunnels, detection and hazards.

[@infidel42]

Yeah, but deep enough that we wouldn't detect it and large enough to drive armored vehicles through? You're not getting that job done with shovels, or would take a boring machine

[@ramonacosta2647]

@@infidel42 You don't need a boring machine. You could use an exciting machine instead.

[@charlesmoore7032]

Why? The cartels would join the invaders.

[@colinjames7569]

Yes Florida. You are correct.

[@markbaldwin975]

A couple weaknesses we have could be incompetent political leadership, also with so many unvetted immigrants we cant know where their loyalties would lie.

[@nickwalker2438]

I bet those immigrants who came here to start a better life by escaping hardships would fight harder knowing that the Americans fighting beside them would probably change their minds about immigration

[@bjs301]

No tunnel could be built large enough to bring in even a tiny invasion force. And tunneling would only be feasible from Canada or Mexico, Assuming one or both of those countries forgot that they are by far our two biggest trading partners, it would be impossible get a large number of troops, arms and equipment into a concentrated area without the U.S. detecting it. Also, the main driver behind Mexico's recent burgeoning economy is U.S. investment in Mexican production facilities. Also, I understand from friends in Canada that their country would never under any circumstances give up having the U.S. to rag on.

[@markdoherty3718]

The most likely way the US will fall to any enemy will be from within. Great job Diane, very interesting.

[@DianeJennings]

Could be

[@aaronburdon221]

@@DianeJennings "We are perhaps too much inclined to think that (external invasion) is the only way a civilization can die. If the lights that guide us ever go out, they will fade little by little, as of their own accord... . We therefore should not console ourselves by thinking that the barbarians are still a long way off. Some peoples may let the torch be snatched from their hands, but others stamp it our themselves." -Alexis de Tocqueville. It's one of my favorite quotes and I hope you enjoy it as well. I have another from Thomas Jefferson I think you would like but that would make for a really really long post and I don't want to make you read all that (if in fact you do read this)

[@energyasylum997]

Diane, I’d protect you and keep you safe from the bad guys! Shouts out to y’all in Ireland 🇮🇪…. 🙏✌️from Los Angeles USA 🇺🇸

[@dumpsterdawg]

Diane: "However they would get a warm welcome in Canada" Scientists are concerned the legalization of marijuana in Canada may result in an entire nation of overly friendly and polite people.🙂🙃

[@DianeJennings]

😂

[@iceman34]

nothings increased the police pretty much stopped enforcing pot possession if that was the only thing ( and yes i know you’re kidding but there really hasn’t been an increase in usage)

[@HansDelbruck53]

Who could overdose on munchies.

[@Galahad54]

@@iceman34 Sorry.

[@iceman34]

@@Galahad54 sorry for what ? Pot is legal violent organized crime is pretty much leaving it . All good!

[@daemonhat]

we can defend pretty much any attack. the real question is if anyone could survive attacking us.

[@dianecomly6132]

Never say Never, Never say always!

[@ramonalfaro3252]

5:28 You are absolutely right. I'm High AF right now!

[@colinjames7569]

Subbed Di ❤keep it up. Big fan of your work. Col

[@cubegaming2300]

we have an extremely large civilian population that has been trained through generations of war. We also have access to Abrams tanks and f-21's soooooo

[@Gonzo614]

Not to mention there are about 393 million privately owned firearms in the US, according to an estimate by the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey - or in other words, 120 guns for every 100 Americans.

[@donovanfoto3263]

A tunnel would NOT be practical. First, the time involved would be unrealistic, like DECADES. Second, the pressure would make an invasion impossible as the tunnels would be more than a mile deep The pressure at that depth would require pressurized transportation. 14 pounds per square inch at Sea level, increasing every 30 feet. 5280/30= 176 atmospheres. That, plus moving throu solid rock would make it virtually impossible. The deepest we have gone, so far, is a quarter of a mile. So this is VERY UNLIKELY. Not really impossible, just HIGHLY IMPROBABLE. Have a GREAT WEEK with Chewey.

[@joeveliz801]

My mummy told me so! Shout out from Tulsa Oklahoma!! Your gorgeous keep it up!!

[@nowthatsjustducky]

Tacoma and Seattle would be really difficult to take, considering they are actually rather inland and the straits to get to them are pretty heavily defended. That would be a disaster for any invading navy.

[@CitiesTurnedToDust]

Trying to "Shawshank Redemption" your way in would be pretty risky as the U.S. Border Patrol already spends a lot of time scanning for tunnels due to the drug traffickers. Moving enough traffic through a tunnel that big would likely also trigger the numerous seismic sensors the country has, and would likely get pinpointed pretty quickly

[@danmayberry1185]

Canada chases Russian subs out of the Arctic, and if anyone did get boots on the ground in the US, they'd have to get past 400 million civilian pew-pews in addition to military defense.

[@jerrypeevey]

And then there is the fact that over 450 million firearms are in the hands of about 150 million Americans. Ask Japan why they never even considered invasion in WWII .

[@TKDragon75]

Also even if Canada or Mexico were strong armed into allowing forces to move through them, Mexico has millions of people that may not like their home being invade. And Canada does have some armed civilians as well. And that's not even including the millions more of armed US Citizens. Like if we wanted to, civilians alone could muster a fairly large army of just militia with aviation and tank batallions.

[@SteveBottoms]

This analysis assumes traditional kinetic warfare and tactics, none of which would be used in an invasion of the US.

[@jmanj3917]

7:00 Maybe you could get some special units through that way, but the necessary size of any invasion force would make it impossible to be undetected.

[@markgreene2865]

In answer to your question about the tunnel, by way of example, the Channel tunnel is just over 50km, took 5+ years, 11 boring machines, and 15,000 workers to build. The Russians might get away with building such a tunnel between Siberia and Alaska, but the drive from Fairbanks to LA is 57 hours (according to google maps)--but that's without traffic.

[@joedoe5231]

One thing that is often not mentioned is that there are over 600,000 registered machine guns in the hands of the US population!

[@andrewchilds8886]

There are other compounding difficulties for invading the US. First is the fact that you would need to somehow beat the us navy which would be extremely difficult. Then you would need to actually land, which as the video showed, also extremely difficult. Then you would need to fight off the army and the state’s national guards, again quite difficult. Then you would be hounded by guerrilla fighters who are all heavily armed given the fact that there are more guns than people in America and American citizens would have the home field advantage. Then add in the fact that America has so many different geological areas that you would need to equip your troops to fight in everything from swamps to deserts to mountain ranges. And that’s ignoring the American economy which can produce ludicrous amounts of equipment and the usage of nuclear armaments. And most importantly, this whole time, all of americas friends are ganging up on you as well. The US is a hard nut to crack and the best way to destroy us is culturally and ideologically rather than through a military conflict.

[@kalt7990]

12:37 If you hold an advantage it's more tactical to flex where you're strong and hide where you're weak, unless your plan is to sneak attack. In that case you'd do it as soon as you have the advantage before it's discovered and lose the element of surprise.

[@michaellee4694]

For your Hypo theatrical yes a tunnel can be ran underneath the shortest parts of both oceans to connect the US to either europ or asia some of the problems with this is the cost of such endeavor and you simply would not be able to move enough logistics thru it on top of that you are moving troops deep underwater in something that is stationary which is a open door for a torpedo to well "torpedo" your operation.

[@dlaszacs]

I agree with you. Nothing is impossible. Just highly improbable.

[@aquilapetram]

LOTS of things are impossible, especially anything that violates the laws of physics. Diane's mom, is, to put it politely, seriously mistaken.

[@frosty3693]

A little factoid I heard somewhere is that each of the USNs supercarriers carries and "air force" that is larger than any country smaller than the 7th largest airforce in the world.

[@tomhalla426]

Any of these scenarios assumes the US Navy is eliminated first. Getting a task force across either the Atlantic or Pacific would be an invitation to a swim meet.