Although what you say is technically correct, a true war is still another level from a "police state" or a "corrupt state." I say that as someone who lives in the Balkans and knows them all. Even Russians or Ukrainians would agree that living under Putin, no matter how fucked up it is, is still something completely different from having invading tanks roll down the street and bombing residential areas. Google Vukovar or Srebrenica and see for yourself. I like it when you do reductio ad absurdum, but please, don't overdo it. You don’t wanna sound like those who compare Covid precautions to holocaust, do you?

But could it happen to the USA? Sure, but not likely. Who would have the balls to invade it? It would probably mean total annihilation of this planet.