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Canada is in NATO, and attacking Canada would automatically put you at war with the USA. You cannot consider Canada's defense policy independent of the USA.
by freeone3000 7y ago
Canada is in NATO, and attacking Canada would automatically put you at war with the USA. You cannot consider Canada's defense policy independent of the USA.
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- alexandercrohde 7y agoThe truth is we live in a post-war era. This is a statistically indisputable fact [1]. My question is who all these odd people are who seem to have some deep emotional need for the world to operate like a game of risk, as opposed to 7 billion apes who don't know each other and don't care. [1] http://www.fallen.io/ww2/ http://www.fallen.io/ww2/ (Skip to the 14 minute mark if you're impatient)
- fuzz4lyfe 7y agoThe "War to end wars" was won and now it will never happen again.
- gdy 7y agoWho would attack Canada? Polar bears?
- Macross8299 7y agoYou joke, but Canada has disputes with Russia over arctic territorial claims.
- gdy 7y agoAnd that dispute is being resolved [0] on the basis of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea [1]. Interestingly, this convention is signed and ratified basically by the whole world, but not by the US. [0] https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2019/04/russia-scores-scientific-point-quest-extended-arctic-continental-shelf https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2019/04/russia-scor... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_t...
- freeone3000 7y agoRussia's other recent international seizure was Crimea, which was for sure NOT done in accordance with the International Law of the Sea. Canada has, in fact, enacted sanctions against Russia. I posit that if Canada were a softer target, Russia would simply seize the territories, the way they did from the Ukraine.
- gdy 7y agoLook at the map, find Russia, see how large it is. Do you really think it needs more territory?