• granolabar@kbin.melroy.org
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    I am sure some US hardliners see the map and wonder how is this country still independent.

    These positions are not defensible from military perspective.

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      C’mon, it even looks like a rifle
      Who would be insane enough to invade a country, that already looks like a weapon?

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        Careful how you phrase that, I heard a militia of collectors is forming to capture the biggest depiction of a gun in the world

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      You want to know why Canada still exists despite having a fraction of the manpower or military of the United States?

      It’s because the United States likes Canada. We think they’re fun to have around.

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        That took place entirely in the Great Lakes area. The other bit was still very, very Native.

        Also, we like to take credit for that, but that was basically the British Empire fighting for one of it’s colonies, and IIRC most of the British soldiers involved were not from here.

        No, we’re going back to the North Atlantic triangle days if the US goes funny like it appears to be going.

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        Touche but US capabilities are now that of a global empire, all of Canada is within few hundred mile from US border and its core literally cuts into the US while power disparity is wider than Ukraine/Russia.

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          Nobody who knows much seriously thinks we’d win a conventional war. We could slap together nukes pretty quickly, but we’d probably rather just get annexed. Our defences are all diplomatic.

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      Trump did call Trudeau governor of the great state of Canada yesterday and suggested it should become the 51st state a ~week ago

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        dude is too stupid to understand why he should not do it.

        until i hear some GOP chaney and kissegeer types, i aint worried.

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          Yeah, I’m not worried about imminent invasion either. A trade war will already basically cause chaos, though, and it could escalate from there. Hopefully the government is up to the task.