Go here for an earlier look at this topic. What Lincoln said long ago remains true:
Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never!–All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.
Abraham Lincoln, January 27, 1838
Doesn’t everybody wear shorts in winter…(?)
I’m familiar with the area under “not that tough.”
… I wouldn’t want to try any of those mountains with ill intent. It’s hard enough to keep the death count down when we don’t want folks dead.
“There Are Certain Sections of New York…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjkRd288caQ
Foxfier, not to mention all those rock-slinging Sasquatches!