Quokka

And I fully expect our pathetic PM to give it to him.

Russia and the US are leagues apart in terms of military capabilities.

Would Mexico have the same financial and material backing as Ukraine has received?

Strategically it’s far easier for the US to roll over the border and secure a neighbouring country compared to the logistics of supplying an occupation force abroad.

It’s not like they’re under any real threat of losing, and actors can already launch attacks from inside of the US without sharing a border.

And if your objective is annexation of land, well you generally do need to look at your borders unless you want some weird remote colony/not-colony like Gibraltar.

Right, but why is anyone concerned with if it’s easier to hit America back?

The issue here isn’t that Mexico might strike back, it’s that the US might invade.

Why is that a meaningful distinction?