In response to the question posed here by @bearone https://steemit.com/steemwars/@bearone/are-you-ready-for-steemwars
@teamusa has begun recon and intelligence gathering operations to be adequately prepared to defend itself and the rest of the free world from the impending act of aggression being planned by @teamaustralia.

The first step in preparation was to have a really cool banner and footer, used to demoralize our opponents. In the true American fashion, we didn't create them ourselves, we stole them. Okay, we didn't really steal them, they were very generously created and donated by @bearone but it sounds more intimidating and menacing to say we stole them, so we're sticking to that narrative.

Next, we picked up the book "The Art of War" by Sun Tzo, to learn how to dominate on the battlefield. We couldn't find a chapter dealing with @steemwars but some of the ideas still translated into the current situation. The first point was to know your enemy, so we started with "The Top 101 Facts About Australia" posted by @jackmiller.

https://steemit.com/australia/@jackmiller/101-facts-about-australia

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POTENTIAL BATTLE STRATEGIES

Run to Mum

Since the American colonies were discovered in 1492 and colonized by England in 1607, and Australia was founded by the Dutch in 1606 and colonized by England in 1770, that makes Australia our younger step-brother. Maybe our battle plan could be to run to @teamgb and cry, "Mum, my younger step-brother says he's going to beat me up. Make him stop!" Nah, whining to someone else doesn't seem like an effective battle plan.

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Infest with dangerous animals

Okay, it looks like someone beat us to this one. With 8 out of the top 10 most dangerous snakes located in Australia, the arsenal of trained attack birds @teamaustralia is preparing, and the plethora of animals capable of killing in various ways populating the land, sea and air, I think we'll scratch this plan.

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Populate with hardened criminals

This method has worked in the past for the USA when we wanted to overthrow a government from a distance and keep our hands clean, however, looking at Australia's origin and history, again, it looks like someone beat us to it!

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Cyber war

Okay, time to move on to technology... the dreaded cyber war! We can slow down their internet to a crawl, so they can't communicate, let alone download or upload any information. Son of a gun, someone beat us to this also. This is crazy. It appears the NBN is doing a bang up job of this, with a world ranking of 60th in average internet speeds with a snail racing speed of 39.3 mbps.

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Disarm their citizens

Not again! Late to the party. The Australian government is way ahead of us. Although @thehomesteadlife has been very helpful by posting blogs explaining that it is possible to own a gun in Australia, it does seem to be very cumbersome and restrictive from an American viewpoint. Of course that may not be saying much, considering the American viewpoint.

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Propaganda war to destroy the reputation of their leaders

We are left with no option but to fight dirty. It's time to start a propaganda war to ruin the reputation of their leaders by dragging them through the mud and portraying them as psychopathic, inhumane, coldblooded villains. But how are we going to do that when they are helping @teamusa by generously providing us with help, support, eye-catching graphics, and open arms? Looks like another dead end.

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Back to the Drawing Board

Looks like it's time to go back to the drawing board, and quickly. Time is running out. Only 36 hours remaining. On the bright side, at least we have these awesome, intimidating graphics that we brutally stole in an frightening and fear inducing manner. GRRRRR!!