The Wind Swept Steppes
Yet another transplanted North Dakotan warns of the perils of an invasion of his native state. And he's got some good points. While I do think that Fargo and Grand Forks could be seized without much of a struggle, the long march to Bismarck in the west across the desolate plains could quickly come to resemble the Wermacht's struggles in the seemingly endless steppes of Russia.
But I might add a word of caution to those North Dakotans who like to include United States military forces when accessing the balance of power. The air bases in Grand Forks and Minot ain't yours. They belong to the country not your state. Same goes for the nuk-ee-lar warheads scattered throughout it. You can count the National Guard planes at Fargo but that's it. Minnesota has a few up in Duluth as well so when it comes to air power it's probably a push.
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