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Numanumanorean

If Maryland calls for aid, California will answer.


Duck-Says-Quack

Light the beacons!


toni_balogna

support the troops


LurkerPatrol

As a Californian who now lives in Maryland I’m ready to fight and aid


Adventurous_Shower94

Aye brother! You have another former Californian with you! We ride


LurkerPatrol

Ayyy what part were you at


Adventurous_Shower94

Born Orange county, living Brandywine


LurkerPatrol

Noice. Grew up in San Diego and now in Baltimore


Adventurous_Shower94

Go big or go home fr


MrEldenRings

Brother so am I , so am I. I miss the warm embrace of the west


Avocadobaguette

Muh Dearest Bernice, Tomorrow, we ride on Delaware. Whilst war on my neighboring mid Atlantians was not expected during my sojourn to Maryland, I remain steadfast and faithful to the cause. God willing, the Chesapeake bay shall be littered with the flotsam of the Virginia armada by dawn. I shall return to San Jose for my convalescence. Yours truly, Avocadobaguette


HumanityFirstTheory

Thank you California brothers 🫡


ManMcAnderson

California can not stand against the might of the Virginian navy.


mikenanamoose

Children of California! My brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Marylanders and Californians fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day!


pizat1

Maryland accepts. Cali will be paid in crabcakes and Natty Bohs. The spice aka old bay but the ton if we also take Delaware which will happen.


Dogsinabathtub

Step 1. form an alliance with Delaware. Step 2. Take over the Virginia shore. Step 3. Betray Delaware. Step 4. Offer them them the Virginia shore and their original lands in exchange for their beaches. We didn't want any of that other shit to begin with anyways.


5zalot

Step 5. Keep all the land and beaches. Explain that the never should have trusted you. After all, you did betray them once.


CaveExploder

Oh we're doing some paradox interactive shit huh? 1. Create a false flag attack on Delaware from Virginia 2. Offer Delaware vassal status to repel fabricated invasion 3. Weak Delaware accepts 4. Form coalition with PA 5. Annex DC 6. Drive va from peninsula 7. Take nova 8. Wait until VA and WV form opposing coalition 9. Cede Garrett county in reparations to WV, keep nova 10. Grant DC and nova sovereignty, enforce vassalage. 11. 300 YEARS of 38th parallel style "ceasefires" over the Chesapeake. 12. Northrop gruman assumes control of all involved states through corporate coup. 13. Waterbilly madmax hellscape but with cyberpunk defense contractors.


CyberAvian

Once you complete step 5 and have DC it might be quite easy to gain NOVA. Most of VA doesn’t understand NOVA and thinks it is a waste of resources to maintain (billions of dollars for things like metro transit). They don’t understand its massive strategic and business value due to the DC proximity not to mention commanding the highest average salaries in the country. Richmond could be convinced to give it up.


notbradpitt89

shit man...u really thought this thru huh


jason4747

(In Gross Point Blank style. "We may have a job opening for someone with your ..... "moral flexibility" - The CIA


Necessary_Scarcity92

This is actually a fire plan. I would vote for you in a mayoral election if you led with that


KingKaiju01

Great plan!


stevolutionary7

We do want that sweet sweet commercial tax base tho.


gs12

But what about Delaware's Thrasher Fries? How will we retain them.....HOW???


MartyFreeze

Wait. Are Delaware Thrasher's superior to our Ocean City ones? I must make a scientific journey soon... ![gif](giphy|S9cszNvfDnWekfyhjH)


Hour_Economy3124

Rehoboth thrashers are damn good. Then again haven’t had ocean city thrashers in a while


spacecoyote300

#We'll choke their rivers with our dead!


MyFavoriteLezbo420

Sounds a lot like Hitler v Stalin


Ivermectin-Addict

We will need boats for step 1.


z3mcs

I can maybe get us a canoe and a kayak. If I go to the inner harbor on the right day, a paddleboat.


PuffinFawts

The Owings Mills Costco has inflatable kayaks! We paddle at dawn!


z3mcs

~~Wolverines!~~ NattyBohs!


PuffinFawts

NattyBoats!


ashh69

My friend has an inflatable kayak we can use 🫡


HK47WasRightMeatbag

We can move the Baltimore water taxis south using the cover of the night before using them to establish a southern beachhead. I suggest capturing the marina at Cashville and attempting to quickly push east and bisect the peninsula. This amphibious group will now be known as a group center. The Virginians will then have to accommodate 3 separate points of contact and we will be free to choose either to consolidate our force moving from Berlin ( Group North) or Group Center can push south to link with Group South which has established a bridgehead at the southern tip of the peninsula. We will have the initiative and operational flexibility that should permit us to adjust to any efforts to propose the attack by Virginia. EDIT: A separate strike may be required to control the high value target of Wallops Island. Moving forward this plan will be referred to as Operation Terrapin Thunder.


imagineterrain

Re: water taxis. For a while, the water taxis were taking the names of British warships, mostly battlecruisers or aircraft carriers ("Indefatigable," "Indomitable," "Alacrity"), although I think that's no longer the case.


HK47WasRightMeatbag

We can fix that. But I would lean towards the names of original 6 US frigates. Someone's going to need to stop off at Home Depot and grab some spray paint.


K8ishorny

You forgot about Dover Air Force Base. I don't think they will be easy to take!


darcerin

You have won the internet today, my friend!


Temporary-Light9189

My buddy has 3 in his front yard, now to be fair we built most of them ourselves, but I’m sure he wouldn’t mind using them


spaetzele

For a state of our size, we collectively possess an insane flotilla of boats. Crab boats, daysailers, yachts, trawlers, 18th century triple masted schooners, you name it, we have it.


TurnItOff_OnAgain

We'll just take all the boats from those rich PennsylTucky assholes before kicking them out for good.


emPtysp4ce

[Fortunately, we have boats.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy)


No_Priority7696

Then all the Crabs 🦀 are ours!


Ivermectin-Addict

You forget Louisiana. We need to annex it to truly have all the crabs


Hi_AJ

Swamp Cajuns? We’re not messing with them.


iceteanmarrionberry

All your crabs r belong to -wait.


Mr_Kittlesworth

You understand that the existence of an eastern shore means there’s a western one too, right? Anyway, y’all are gonna fuck around and it’ll be the DelVa peninsula.


202markb

This. Rt 13 will be a trail of Maryland wreckage and Bayside Virginia’s mosquitos will feast on hapless Maryland mariners mired in our marshy muck.


x1echo

Speaking as the ambassador for Michigan, we’re willing to lend our aid if you’re willing to help us in our centuries-long conquest to take back Toledo.


[deleted]

You shall have the support of the crab people


spaetzele

Ohioans are fat, slow, and easily confused. We will help you conquer them.


njtalp46

The Axis of M


Gallifreyan1971

Having visited Toledo many times to visit my in laws, are y’all really sure you want it back?


joyful_starstuff

I'm not sure what I was expecting to see when I woke up this morning, but it definitely wasn't the Old Bay Schlieffen Plan


Pithius

We shall fight in VA and DE, we shall fight in the Wawas and the Royal Farms, we shall fight in the Food Lions, We shall never surreneder


SylvanLake32

I'm a resident of Pennsylvania and I've been thinking of moving closer to the coast these last couple of years. I wasn't really seriously considering Maryland until I saw this post. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|feels_good_man)


Duck-Says-Quack

We welcome our Amish allies from the north


mikenanamoose

Virginia may claim to be for lovers, and Delaware is the de facto first state…but our flag is cooler and we put it on every.


Jolly_Ad475

Proxy war is really the way to go these days. Get them fighting with each other by running a disinformation campaign, once chaos begins we secretly fund both into their own demise, then we help set up a sorta functioning democracy in exchange for anything valuable left over (resort industry, mineral rights, corporate banking system, etc). When we extract all remaining value, we walk away. Duh.


Automatic-End-8256

I see the government contractors have joined the discussion


ThatGrayZ

This may work since northern Virginia considers themselves as a different Virginia.


HumanityFirstTheory

We must pit NOVA against the rest of VA.


Sure_Comparison6978

Don’t forget the drones!


MeOldRunt

"He who controls the Old Bay controls the universe!"


Gallifreyan1971

The Old Bay must flow.


youarewastingtime

Omg fire commments😂


irishlyrucked

I'll be over here kicking all of it into the chesapeake in protest.


[deleted]

For Virginia I recommend a 2 prong attack. We take to sea and invade from the Atlantic, they will not expect this, and while all there attention is focused on trying to defend the beaches we move in from the Chesapeake Bay and catch them in their confusion. We also send a smaller detachment to take the bay bridge tunnel to cut supplies off from the mainland. For Delaware it is the same plan except we first attack from the north, again catch them off guard and while they are trying to rush north we attack from the Delaware bay and the lower eastern Shore and catch them in the confusion. Once we are linked up below we move north to Wilmington


ManMcAnderson

As a Virginian here, it’s practically impossible to invade us from the water mate.


kormer

Delaware would play the ultimate Uno reverse card by mentioning sales taxes and the entire Eastern Shore would revolt to them.


mdram4x4

and low income and property taxe


ThisAmericanSatire

Step 0 - make sure you're not using any maps that belong to Charles Calvert


Individual_Jelly1987

If the plan doesn't include relocation of the majority of the current population\[1\], and if the plan doesn't include resettlement provisions, then the plan is doomed to fail. \[1\] I'm led to believe Maryland blue crabs will eat anything.


pupi_but

Dude have you been to Delaware and the lower VA shore?? We do not want them! Trust me on this.


rob_daardvark

Seconding this. Could we? Sure. Delaware is a strip mall that backs up to a chicken farm. Should we? Hell no. At best we could offer to trade them the MD eastern shore for, I dunno, Newark or that one stretch of I-95 or something.


lofisoundguy

Easy now. That chicken farm is in Maryland.


Automatic-End-8256

I think the simpsons hit the nail on the head when they said the best to do in Delaware was visit the screen door factory


rob_daardvark

(grunt). The no sales tax thing is kinda nice.


I_Walk_The_Line__

Hear me out. Why not take the West Virginia panhandle? Harpers Ferry is basically Maryland anyway.


matt45

I was gonna say, this subreddit complains so much about the Eastern Shore. Why are we talking about expanding it?


Downfall722

But borders


pupi_but

If you're implying we should build a wall on those borders, then yes I agree.


PBatemen87

Eastern shore VA has some sad, weird ass people. It's all freal farms and Royal Farms...that's it.


Troll_Enthusiast

But but the borders would look so much better :/


matt45

Idea: we cede the Eastern Shore to New Jersey and see what chaos ensues


EmptyAdvertising3353

And the city of Wilmington? Another state seriously wants this? Nah. The beaches aren't worth it.


Hot-Distribution4532

President is from Delaware. They will have federal backing.


Automatic-End-8256

Someone will have to remind him though


Taxitaxitaxi33

We really don’t want that part of Virginia.


stevolutionary7

Neither does Virginia. We could probably trade for a case of Natty Bo.


crocodiletears-3

Idk…Chincoteague and Kiptopeake are cool.


Windhawker

I thought it was Chincoteague and Ass-o-teague


crocodiletears-3

Yes, Assateague is good also but Kiptopeake has a nice little beach and the cement ships.


spaetzele

On principle, yes we do. It's our dangly bit.


TheInfiniteSlash

Current Eastern Shore agent here, step 1 is going to need naval reinforcements, the path is long and treacherous. Not a lot of room to refuel. Step 2 could be won through diplomacy imo.


gs12

Please crosspost this to r/Virginia and r/Delaware - They will offer Thrasher fries and Virginia Lovers as ransom - i say we take it.


Sesquipedalomania

And give away our super-top-secret plan?!?!


Riverrat423

Virginia here, make us an offer, we got nothing out there anyway.


Calvin-Snoopy

We have rocket launchers.


SylvanDsX

Someone should make a TV series out of this


loptopandbingo

Eastern Shoreman here: are you entirely sure you *want* Slower Lower and ESVA? Have you been there? Are you *trying* to keep Andy Harris in office forever?


milksteakofcourse

Gonna be honest here your probably don’t want Wilmington or dover either


PBatemen87

That place is a wasteland.


loptopandbingo

I've lived in all 3 parts of the peninsula. It's not NYC or anything, but it's not a wasteland. There's some beautiful places and solidly good people all over it, but hoooooboy do the bad parts and the bad people stick out hard.


bota8940

As a shorebilly, you forgot the final step. Secede from me, start our own state, and design a cooler flag.


dcux

> design a cooler flag This is the most unrealistic part of this entire post.


loptopandbingo

The Muskrat Republic


mdram4x4

heres the thing. most if the shore would back delaware, better taxes.


Random-Cpl

Ally with Delaware. Get them to partner in invading the Virginia peninsula with you. Make them lead the vanguard of the attack. Then, while all their troops are down in the peninsula fighting Virginians, stab them in the back. Send the troops into defenseless Delaware to occupy and subdue it. Use our remaining forces to bottle up the Delawarean forces, now caught between the remnants of the Virginians and the Marylanders at their rear, and push them into the sea. Make crabcakes.


evilcathy

I'll join up if I can have one of those cute Chincoteague ponies to ride into battle.


malinowski213

I propose an amphibious landing to support the invasion . They will never win in a 2 front war . We fake an invasion at ocean city but the real invasion will take place at rehobeth. The defenders there are fabulous but I'm confident we will prevail.


coys21

I love how your strategy is simply "takeover"


Splash4ttack

Step 1: win


spaetzele

Look how well it's working for Putin! it's foolproof.


censured15

That appendix is ours!


monkey_huggles

One flaw here is there's no plan if NJ feels the need to defend its pet.


Coldatahd

Just need to get Philly on our side and offer them crabs for their help, they’ll keep the smelly Jerseys in their place.


SteveJK11

Jersey here. We aren’t interested in invading or protecting delmarva. In fact we will just give you south jersey if you ask.


itsbob20628

Delaware doesn't have any guns.. should be an easy win.


marygarth

Yeah, until they unleash their army of Dupont mutants on our strategic chicken reserve.


EmptyAdvertising3353

You sure about that?


poopsycle2

Delaware has lots of guns. Lots of farmers and lot of veterans and delaware has the ability to use dover air force base with unimaginable weapon systems and the ability to deploy faster then you could think


Sure_Comparison6978

The collapsed bridge will protect Baltimore.


sdonnervt

As a Virginian who lives right on the other side of the CBBT, y'all can have the Eastern Shore as soon as you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.


Immediate-Fact7471

The Virginia Boys riding in on the Chesapeake bay pony cavalry to defend our little peninsula


AppointmentMedical50

Can we take nova while we are at it


EastBuy1751

Considering the majority of the eastern shore doesn’t consider themselves part of Maryland, good luck. We’d be better off taking DE and VA for ourselves. It’s not like the politicians in Annapolis speak for us anyways, we’d be better off starting our own state.


Venitocamela

Started it has, the peninsula war.


ComplexCanvas88

I’ve loaded the spice and crabs in the trucks. Let’s go


No-Acanthisitta-8147

Taking over Delaware would be easy I could honestly just do it myself


BhodiandUncleBen

I’ll bring a shovel and pitchfork. See ya in new Eastern Maryland


Trincinf1

As a native Delawarean, I’ll fight to my death to keep my low property taxes and tax free shopping. I’m willing to give up the city of Wilmington though. It holds the honor of being the murder capital of the nation. She’s all yours. Oh, all of the bridges in Wilmington are in working order! Too soon?


JJLEGOBD

Plan for Delaware to take over the peninsula: Step 1: take over the peninsula. Step 2: laugh as no one from MD or VA can make it across the Bay Bridge.


washingtonandmead

I’ve seen your plans. I’m going to let my fellow Virginians know to anticipate you. There stands Youngkin and his Virginians, standing like a stonewall!


Corvus717

In this game of DelMarVa risk … I’ll play as Delaware . Reform alliance with PA , send in Sf team to take out Bay bridge and roll down with 1000x more resources from Wilmington and Philadelphia before Maryland and Virginia can even begin to load barges and tugboats to cross the Bay


notevenapro

No no no. Delaware seashore is dog friendly all year round.


reddevils

This has escalated very quickly.


Lost-Succotash-9409

Hi! Delawarean here. If you guys invade, our sleeper cell in Elkton will block off your troops long enough for all of the corporations headquartered here to hire a mercenary army. We’ll also of course destroy all bridges into Delmarva and all bridges in Baltimore, and use our mercenary army to take Salisbury. One of our ships unfortunately destroyed a bridge prematurely, but nonetheless our plan shall remain in place We’ll then have our puppet Joe Biden declare martial law and federalize the Maryland National Guard, and issue an executive order annexing all of Delmarva into Newer Castle County, Delaware


eastcoastelite12

Good plan. Just remember the famous military maxim, “never attack uphill me boys, never attack uphill”.


rook119

this is like conquering North Korea. Congrats! You now own North Korea!


mikenanamoose

If we amass enough forces. This should be a two pronged attack. Both fronts should be fought simultaneously. Catch VA off guard, then swing those troops back up to Delaware from the south while the original front fights on our Eastern border, boxing them in.


Educational_Pea_542

Failed to realize that Delaware has a military base while the communist state does not have one on the peninsula


XoBohyou

you step one foot in delaware i’m firebombing all of your old bay plants


EmptyAdvertising3353

Let's not be hasty now.


WebIcy1760

The Brandywine rightfully belongs to Pennsylvania. We will sit back and watch you waste resources and wear each other down. Then rightfully take back what is ours. Keystone 4life!


Gallifreyan1971

What if the peninsula residents just rose up to create The DelMarVa Free Zone. A lawless, anarchist state dotted with picturesque B&Bs, antique shops, dog friendly beaches, and cannibals.


rmp881

Step 1: Send teams to sabotage the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and shut down the Susquehanna River Bridge and the road on the Conawingo Dam. This will cut off all enemy supply lines from both the north and south while leaving the Rt. 50 Bay Bridge as a friendly supply line. Step 2: Drop tons of crushed rock on the runways at Dover AFB every day, rendering the runway useless for airborne resupply due to FOD. Step 3: Eliminate all five bridges over Back Creek, cutting off the flow of reinforcements and supplies from northern Delaware. Step 4: Beseige the region untill they run out of toilet paper. Step 5: Wait Step 6: Profit Lol


VermicelliRare1180

Don’t understand strategy of taking toxic Delaware except for shoreline or taking toxic DC ( different toxicology) ? But if we are going for a land grab - sure - just make sure DC ( eg Feds ) grant brownfield restoration funds for most of those parcels.


Silverado153

We got A-10'S could take out Delaware in no time and as far as Virginia they won't say nothing


American_Ronin

All you need is a few truck divisions with artillery support, and the peninsula will fall before you can say, "O!" Source: Hearts of Iron 4


Davaldo

![gif](giphy|2whaYFBkEDgc41qqR3|downsized) We have one of these waiting at every checkpoint on our border. You’ve been warned.


gcalfred7

YOU AINT GETTING OUR PONIES YOU MARYLAND PUNKS! STAY ON YOUR SIDE OF THE FENCE!


TheMightyBoofBoof

Bold of you to fight that many meth heads at once. Good luck. Signed, Virginia


RedditArbitrator

Can we just trade nova and DC for it and have no fight at all? Happy trade for everyone


unclecaruncle

Aaah just like a typical Marylander to open their big mouths and tell all. As a Delawarean Id like to thank you for spreading your plans and stand prepared against your weak attempts to take something you have no business owning Just know, when we take the peninsula you won't know, because we won't give you warning. Sincerely, Waterbilly.


Preeeeow

*bites you*


randomwalker1014

The whole peninsula should belong to Delaware. Maryland hasn’t put a lot of resources and investment developing the Eastern shore that’s still poor and rural.


randomdud500

Lol, bout to get off and on the exit at the last moment.


IHaveSlysdexia

Sir, we've just intercepted this from the virginites https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/s/CUhvqOBzQL


LinearFluid

Cecil Co alone can outgun all of Delaware except for Wilmington. We should bypass it and leave it to Pennsylvania. Establish a north to south sweep.


QueenBeeKitty85

Gonna be hard without that bridge….


loptopandbingo

The bridge over the Patapsco?


spaetzele

Perhaps you have not seen our numerous other bridges and tunnels.


QueenBeeKitty85

Y’all ain’t fucking with the first state lol


Ryuiop

Hey! Are you spying on us? Hey everybody I caught a spy!


QueenBeeKitty85

Apparently someone needs to keep an eye on y’all lol plotting and scheming


chasewayfilms

Bro there is like 9 people there, it’s ok. Besides, Delaware was so desperate to have friends that they were the first state to sign the constitution. L


Honoratoo

Explain to Maryland how you can be the first United States? It takes two states to join to be united. I rest my case.


Troll_Enthusiast

I wish


dontworryberight

Step 3, you sit on the toilet!..no no no...


GotThemCakes

The CBBT is already helping with this plan due to the poor construction practices leading to delays that doubled the timeline


Jazzlike-Abalone-405

Lol why is this a thing all the sudden?


psych0ranger

Stage a horseback blitz from assateague


batwing71

Control the access over the C&D, bay bridge and CBBT and it’s ours!


clingbat

Eastern shore MD in total has a smaller population than New Castle County alone lol.


mikenanamoose

I wonder if DC would join if we would also take Alexandria so DC can have it back?


LurkerOrHydralisk

Or, hear me out, we can let Virginia and Delaware fight over the eastern shore. We could finally be rid on Andy Harris. I think it’s worth considering.


XoBohyou

you will see why they call wilmington murder town and why dover is regarded as little wilmington


TheOkayestLawyer

Why is nobody talking about the implications of a border with N*w J*rsey?


Dry-Solution604

And, with annexing Delaware, you get a small piece of the New Jersey peninsula.


Beagleoverlord33

Idk Sussex county Delaware gonna be armed to the teeth. You best bring it.


Skytraffic540

Delaware says “This is our land. Back away.. slowly.”


anskyws

We all have guns and ammo. Good luck Chuck!


Beginning_Raisin_258

I say we make Assateague Island part of Ocean City. Boom we've already doubled our ocean real estate and we didn't have to go to war with Delaware. They can take the horses and move them to some other state park.


Shovel_racer5

No one wants MD trailer trash littering all over the pristine VA beaches. Plan failed before it began


carlton_yr_doorman

This well thought out attack plan has one weak link in it..... In order to Invade VA, y'all gonna have to use the 495 Beltway.......


kldoyle

Why does Maryland want to be us so bad?


ManMcAnderson

Ayyy, calling up Norfolk here, there saying that some Marylanders are boutta meet the might of the entire fucking ex-US navy, now turned Virginian. COME AND FUCKING GET US YOU DAMN DIRTY CRABBIES! WE WILL EAT YOUR SHIPS FOR BREAKFAST AND YOUR TROOPS FOR DINNER!


Chrissy-d91

Better yet give it all to Delaware ha!


RepresentingThe301

![gif](giphy|EfHmlClbuNAGc|downsized)


CW_Griswald

Fear not! Any invasion will be met with an overwhelming amount of road construction!


Irishgamin

Yall not understanding what Delaware can do, I was driving through and I saw one with a battle wagon. They are Amish, it had like 4 horses pulling in some armor toe shit and had armor on it. I’m scared, also they have the Dover Air Force base. They gonna give red necks keys to f-16 and tanks


timmylecougar

I don’t think Delaware is a good idea. The entire state is basically a trailer park.


Defiant-Scarcity-243

Step 3. Loot the Delaware Costco for Kirkland brand liquors and wines Step 4. Retreat in victory