Voicetesting an AU Loki-won-New-York-and-then-things-sucked kind of verse.

[halfassed]

The United States is a problem.

Not for the conventional reasons, though culturally it's an asset, not a drawback, to be defiant, disrespectful of government and leadership. Europe has no such tradition. Russia is different. Africa will need another set of strategies entirely.

The United States is too big. The geography controlled by a single government is too broad. Any occupying force would have to be spread too thin to keep the population under control. It's a fact. For that simple reason, the likely site of most effective rebellion is here.

The only way to win is to destroy all industry, manufacturing, resources, agriculture.

Loki should know. I'm not at my best at the head of an army.

Comments

As if I could stay away from an idea like this one... ^.^

[hates_thunder]

An interesting theory, but I don't wish to rule a dead realm.

[halfassed]

Then you'll die at the hands of a live one.

There are -- other countries.

[hates_thunder]

Then satisfy my curiosity--what other countries are there that are as rich in resources as this United States is? Personally, I would much rather leave the resources and industry as they are and simply rid myself of the population, reseeding it with a populace who would prove more compliant.

[halfassed]

It's not a good idea, sir. People get attached.

[ A flicker, then, a moment, but he pushes past it, doesn't shot it on the surface, even though he feels it all the way to the pit of his stomach.

Since Los Angeles, everything's felt jagged, like a cracked mirror. ]

I mean that people will do a lot to try to keep what's theirs. You put them somewhere new, you don't have that leverage.

As for resources, I'd go to South America. Africa. Places where nations can be less than a century old. Those roots are shallow, and it's easier to break them.

[fotlenke]

[ Arching brow, looking at you, down from a ledge. ]

Who are you?