How Geography Makes the US Impossible to Invade

[PrestigiousWarrior]

Correction: It's not the swamps of Florida that stop an invasion its the rest of the state

[CJusticeHappen]

Kansas City laughing in it's impenetrable fortress, which nobody can hear.

[astrus]

US: our geography makes us invincible
China: what about balloons?

[LovleyLemonade]

Midwesterners: *Casts tornado spell at enemy*

[Dark_Kevlarian]

As a Texan, I think you're REALLY overstating the difficulty of the waist-high slow-moving creek that is the Rio Grande "River."

[feeberizer]

I'm in southern New Mexico. The Rio Grande river is a dry river bed most of the year. Once the yearly irrigation allotment is met, the shallow river dries up. Easy for walking and driving vehicles.

[tofudeliveryman]

“We can never invade America, There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.” - Japanese Admiral Yamamoto

[EligibleBubble]

So basically we got the luckiest spawn in a game of Civ

[robinrigal-ynim]

East coast : Washington, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, etc.
West coast : Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, maybe Las Vegas
Invader : "Good enough"

[tyupton]

The US doesn't have a creamy center. The majority of our population and influence is located near our borders..

[supasmortguy]

Pro tip:
"If you invade me I will release Diddy into your country"

[jamesfriesen]

100 years ago, that would've been the case, but the interstate highway network and huge rail network negate most of the internal geographic obstacles. The biggest reasons are Admiral Pacific and Admiral Atlantic - it's almost impossible to move a huge invasion force across either ocean without it being spotted and attacked.

[Jsutdo]

Imagine just like anime, USA shouting “ CANADIAN SHIELD 🛡️ “ 😂😂😂

[MKW]

Except most of the population are on the coastline outside of those barriers

[SophiaVonHelgastein]

Invaders into Minnesota in January....
Minnesota laughs in triumph as it says, "Invaders! Taste my polar vortex!"

[Gazoolgo]

The swamps in Florida and Louisiana are dangerous enough, what with all the dinosaurs still lurking around in the water. But what makes it even scarier is the moment you hear the banjo line from "The battle of New Orleans" you're fucked

[aydinsurdyke]

Yon forgot Missouri in the summer, any invaders without air conditioning instantly dissolve in the hot humid air

[birblife]

Any invasion in the Northeast would be immediately thwarted by sheer expense and rugged man-made barriers; you have to stop and pay tolls every 5 miles.

[dingbat]

In the southern marshlands: “Why do I hear banjos and a fiddle playing”

[andrewnewsome]

This is why the aliens always invaded America in the movies. Clearly, we provide the largest geographical and tactical challenge.