This might be the one we lose....China and Russia are stockpiling iron ore. When nations are stockpiling as much as those two have it can mean only one thing. Armament. Lot n' lots of armament.
Are we about to repeat WWI?
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Generally, an invading oppressor picks the biggest, oppressed group to align themselves with. Stating that that was us, implies loss. We won't even try.
Spending and build up are synonymous with economic depression .....erp.... 'recession', naturally followed by war where someone ( to be clear - not us) emerges as the dominant super power - and this bears repeating, again, not us. :lol:
In the event of being the 'chosen' people, could oppress the french, too?
We've already been defeated economically by the EU and Asia. The next step isn't a very big one.
Most small businesses would qualify as NPO
Better than wasting snowballs we could just push some detroit rust back south. Just don't try for an environmental permit first.
Then a military of 400,000 troops spread over the three areas of concentration (air, land, and sea) is not provocative at all.
Also Canada has never given anyone a reason to fear them. People would not bat an eyelash to an increase in the size of the Canadian military. They would most likely applaud it!
Who would feel threatened? The US? Russia?
Pedro...someday when you can communicate coherently you might be one step below me. On your best day that is.
That was just a BIG DRUG BUST. We didn't like Noreiga and he rattled that machete and yours truly was on his way to Panama.
Canada's military alone is well within provocative limits, I agree. But we must remember that Canada is part of NATO, and so while Canada might not be provocative, NATO as a whole is well beyond provocative limits, to the extent that Russia has taken measures against it. And every additional troop added to the Canadian military is an additional member of NATO too.
One optionI could see there would be for Canada to take a stance similar to Sweden's (i.e. neutral invovlement). It could withdraw from NATO while still promissing to provide troops as needed to fulfil UN mandates. Since the UN represents practically all nations, such a role for Canada could not be construed as a menace to anyone that way.
Neutral status is out of the question with the present compromised political apperatus. That is plainly to be seen with respect to our involvement in the imperial programe, we are simply not soverign. Decoupling is tantamount to national suicide, we are onboard for the ride all the way to the bottom.
Truthfully - I think that is something to be proud of. May seem like an odd thing to say but it isn't.
I hope we're not going to repeat WW1. When my grandfather came home from WW1, fighting to save Belgium, he was so impressed with the people of Belgium he said, 'If we ever do this agian, I'm on whatever side fights Belgium'.
That's BS Smack Canada has a bad reputation in a lot of places, Afghanistan being one Hati being another and Columbia, we help the western death machine in all those places and more.
