-- What do you have?
-- We've got nukes, germs, poison gas, missiles galore and a million tough troops. Just about what you have. The only difference is in amount but they still work very effectively even in small amounts. They can bring you down to your knees even in very small numbers.
-- Okay, let's negotiate.
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-- What do you have?
-- We have nothing of the sort you worry about.
-- There will be no negotiations, just war!
Since the Vietnam disaster, the US has attacked only small nations with little or no ability to defend themselves such as Grenada, Panama, Libya, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan