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and now my answer. As has been said before. You would practically need the whole world to do it. And I'm talking about 2002. Not 50 years from now.
First of all. You need a unified- important: unified middle east on your side. Every single oil producing country must be on your side. Second is China and Russia. they must be on your side. Not necessarily supplying troops (china and russia agreeing on anything is impossible), but at least providing monetary support. But at least 1 of those 2 nations has to engage the U.S. Next is central America. Securing Mexico as an ally is impossible. Central America is much more plausible. Obviously in this case Mexico must be conquered which shouldn't be too hard. Then an invasion into the southwest and Texas can begin.
The first stage of the war involves Alaska. The pipeline must be destroyed and air superiority must be achieved. An invasion is near impossible due to terrain and weather. Air superiority will render this state useless and all oil production nil. Next step is Hawaii. This one is the hardest objective. Again occupation is not necessary. Only the destruction of the naval base and air superiority. Both China and Russia lack the capability of ahieving this. The only possible way is to obtain aircraft carriers from England and use them to bomb hawaii with backup from either China or Russia. Obviously Russia would need some financial help, but with it, their submarines would be very effective.
The next step is destroying key U.S. bases overseas. The U.S. air forces has very important bases in Iceland and Greenland. These must be eradicated before any kind of superiority over the Atlantic can be thought of. Next step would be to secure over 100 submarine (these need not be nuclear- electric ones are actually quieter). These can be used to eliminate convoys and the U.S. atlantic fleet.
The fourth step is attacking Mexico from a staging point in central America. A swift invasion force will get a quick surrender. From this air superiority over parts of the U.S. can be secured. First priority is Texas and southern California. The rest is useless. Key dams must be destoryed the southwest.
As a take over the U.S. east coast is impossible- nuclear weapons must be used on new york, boston, Atlanta, and washington D.C. Seatle must also be nuked because of it's hard to reach location.
From this momentum obtain support from South America. This should ensure momentum is kept. the last push will be the gulf coast and Florida. Securing these areas will lead to an internal collapse of the U.S.
One last thing. Every single aircraft carrier (there are 12) must be destroyed the first week of the war. Tactical nukes and spies are the only way to accomplish this.
But even if all that went right. I would say there is a .01% chance of that plan succeeding.
First of all. You need a unified- important: unified middle east on your side. Every single oil producing country must be on your side. Second is China and Russia. they must be on your side. Not necessarily supplying troops (china and russia agreeing on anything is impossible), but at least providing monetary support. But at least 1 of those 2 nations has to engage the U.S. Next is central America. Securing Mexico as an ally is impossible. Central America is much more plausible. Obviously in this case Mexico must be conquered which shouldn't be too hard. Then an invasion into the southwest and Texas can begin.
The first stage of the war involves Alaska. The pipeline must be destroyed and air superiority must be achieved. An invasion is near impossible due to terrain and weather. Air superiority will render this state useless and all oil production nil. Next step is Hawaii. This one is the hardest objective. Again occupation is not necessary. Only the destruction of the naval base and air superiority. Both China and Russia lack the capability of ahieving this. The only possible way is to obtain aircraft carriers from England and use them to bomb hawaii with backup from either China or Russia. Obviously Russia would need some financial help, but with it, their submarines would be very effective.
The next step is destroying key U.S. bases overseas. The U.S. air forces has very important bases in Iceland and Greenland. These must be eradicated before any kind of superiority over the Atlantic can be thought of. Next step would be to secure over 100 submarine (these need not be nuclear- electric ones are actually quieter). These can be used to eliminate convoys and the U.S. atlantic fleet.
The fourth step is attacking Mexico from a staging point in central America. A swift invasion force will get a quick surrender. From this air superiority over parts of the U.S. can be secured. First priority is Texas and southern California. The rest is useless. Key dams must be destoryed the southwest.
As a take over the U.S. east coast is impossible- nuclear weapons must be used on new york, boston, Atlanta, and washington D.C. Seatle must also be nuked because of it's hard to reach location.
From this momentum obtain support from South America. This should ensure momentum is kept. the last push will be the gulf coast and Florida. Securing these areas will lead to an internal collapse of the U.S.
One last thing. Every single aircraft carrier (there are 12) must be destroyed the first week of the war. Tactical nukes and spies are the only way to accomplish this.
But even if all that went right. I would say there is a .01% chance of that plan succeeding.
lets see what does the US have we really need and can't get anywhere else???
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