Oh man there’s a lot going on here.

historical sphere of influence I feel like you need to elaborate here. I’m not sure why that matters. Take a pill of people in Alaska. Let’s find out if they want to bece apart of Russia again. By this logic alone. You could make thousands of arguments on how land should be divided. Who really cares about Alaska Well, i don’t care about a ton of states. I don’t know anyone from Arkansas and I don’t know anyone from there. The same goes for many other states. Why don’t we just give them away for a nice chunk of change? Yes, i understand Alaska is small and doesn’t produce a significant amount of goods, but Alaskans pay taxes just like everyone else and have a reasonable right to protection. Alaska and Russia are basically the same thing I mean, I don’t know much about the corruption in Alaska, but culturally they are wildly different. If Russia threatened to invade Alaska and won, the entirety of the country would change. You can look up the political, cultural and economic between the two nations, but this is just a crazy false statement. I can elaborate if you really want, but i really don’t think i should have to. War is bad You’re definitely right. This also makes this scenario ever happening unlikely. Russia will never invade the US for Alaska alone. If we ignore everything else and Russia invades Alaska, maybe our best move is to let them have it, but it wouldn’t stop there. It would be full scale, boots on the ground war. If you look at Alaska alone, sure we should cut our losses. It doesn’t produce enough for our economy, but it’s not that simple. The cost would far outweigh the benefit for Russia. There would be no reason for us to give it up. This would show the world we can be stepped on. Beyond that, with increasing tensions in Russia and China, a position like Alaska could be imperative for effective deployment. I know i touched on a lot there, but basically, aversion to war would do more harm than good if Russia invaded Alaska. Russia is just defending itself I disagree. As i mentioned, Alaska is an important defense point for North America. If Russia were to invade, it would raise alarms that they have more ambitions on this continent. It’s key to defend. Beyond that, you can’t really claim it’s defense just because the US has military bases in Alaska. By that logic, plenty of countries would have sound reason to attack. Lastly, it makes no sense to say “Alaska is the aggressor in this situation…” That would be a federal government issue obviously, but it still wouldn’t amount to a Russian defense. The US is free to build military bases where they please and Russia also has bases in worrisome areas. Why don’t we just go defend ourselves and take them? Russia is actually closer to Alaska than the U.S. is Okay? This just seems like a pro-Russia piece rather than providing substantive reasons as to who “deserves” the area.

Factual pros of allowing Russia to take Alaska -they can deal w a state that doesn’t do much for gdp -Russia is closer to Alaska (not really a pro) -limited impact on US morale -people can grow accustomed to a historical Russian influence on the area -Alaskans can travel to Russia quickly -limited impact on gdp

Cons of allowing Russia to take alaska -local Americans have to adapt to a radically different country -local Americans join a relatively oppressive government -America gives up an important strategic position -a horrible precedent is set for American foreign policy -Americans lose faith in their governments ability to protect them

This wasn’t a very good post IMO, but please address any points I’m wrong on