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The US-Iran war is very unpopular and it's not even that the US is winning it. Going against Canada would mean .. what? Having tanks roll in Toronto downtown?

The US-Iran war is very unpopular and it's not even that the US is winning it. Going against Canada would mean .. what? Having tanks roll in Toronto downtown? Assuming it would be a military success, which isn't guaranteed after what happens in Iran,that would be unpopular beyond anything we've seen. Tough words, that's the worse we may expect from the US gov realistically.

rapnie 10d ago
> Tough words, that's the worse we may expect from the US gov realistically. Trade wars and sanctions can get very nasty too. I don't know about Canada, but most of the EU runs on US Big Tech to name just one sensitive sector.
- nolok 10d ago
  It's a two way street; sanction on big tech is also the big weapon the EU has against the US if need be and that we kept threatening but never activating. Which doesn't mean it's easy or won't hurt like hell, but this is a continent that just cut most of the gas cord lines in record times despite massive pain and cost, if it came down to it we would simply because if it comes down to this and we don't then we're done. Short time it would damage us pretty hard, but long term it would be another net loss for the US.
- Tomte 10d ago
  America is a big importer of toilet paper from Canada. :-)
  - jjgreen 10d ago
    The UK could sell them Izal instead, they'll fold in months ... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2we30p661o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2we30p661o
    - Lio 10d ago
      How? They stopped making that stuff years ago. They whole point of that article is that it's a weird, curious thing from the past that doesn't exist any more.
- Lio 10d ago
  > I don't know about Canada, but most of the EU runs on US Big Tech to name just one sensitive sector. That's true, right now. The way things are going though the EU is spurred to finally cut the cord with US Big Tech because of the security risk. It didn't used to be like that before Trump got into power. Trump is bad for business because he's an unreliable partner that's turning on his allies.
nolok 10d ago
From what I read about what they wanted Canada to sign (the "new deal" Canada walked out of), they want to give them strict conditions and no abilities to make new deals with someone else to make them fully dependant. So the goal was not really military conquest but economic stranglehold. All the while apparently asking to tone down their minorities including the french one. There is an alternate timeline where Canada signed that, and it looks much bleaker for them down the road.

rapnie 10d ago

> Tough words, that's the worse we may expect from the US gov realistically. Trade wars and sanctions can get very nasty too. I don't know about Canada, but most of the EU runs on US Big Tech to name just one sensitive sector.

nolok 10d ago
It's a two way street; sanction on big tech is also the big weapon the EU has against the US if need be and that we kept threatening but never activating. Which doesn't mean it's easy or won't hurt like hell, but this is a continent that just cut most of the gas cord lines in record times despite massive pain and cost, if it came down to it we would simply because if it comes down to this and we don't then we're done. Short time it would damage us pretty hard, but long term it would be another net loss for the US.
Tomte 10d ago
America is a big importer of toilet paper from Canada. :-)
- jjgreen 10d ago
  The UK could sell them Izal instead, they'll fold in months ... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2we30p661o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2we30p661o
  - Lio 10d ago
    How? They stopped making that stuff years ago. They whole point of that article is that it's a weird, curious thing from the past that doesn't exist any more.
Lio 10d ago
> I don't know about Canada, but most of the EU runs on US Big Tech to name just one sensitive sector. That's true, right now. The way things are going though the EU is spurred to finally cut the cord with US Big Tech because of the security risk. It didn't used to be like that before Trump got into power. Trump is bad for business because he's an unreliable partner that's turning on his allies.

nolok 10d ago

From what I read about what they wanted Canada to sign (the "new deal" Canada walked out of), they want to give them strict conditions and no abilities to make new deals with someone else to make them fully dependant. So the goal was not really military conquest but economic stranglehold. All the while apparently asking to tone down their minorities including the french one. There is an alternate timeline where Canada signed that, and it looks much bleaker for them down the road.