I think we should impede as much as we can. Technically Canada is far better off when it comes to internal resources and technological advances, even our dollar is bouncing back and forth around the US's dollar, almost begging us to take the hint and become the next world power :lol:
World power? :lol: Technological advances? How is your space program? Are you still hitching rides on the USA's Space Shuttle? Of course you are. Do your universities compare to Harvard? MIT? Cal Tech? No. Not even close.
I greatly disagree. If the US can't even handle irradically organized insurgents, then what real chance to they have against an actual military force? Not to mention that over the last couple of years, the one decent thing Harper has been doing is putting money back into our military. Our Leopard 2 tanks are better then their M1A2's.... and overall, just compare the quality of training and preparing of our troops for combat compared to what the US has been doing (ie: rushing to fill the ranks with hacks) I don't think they'd be in any decent position to take us on.
Your Leopard 2 tanks? Try the ones you bought from Germany. Leopard 2's are old and outdated. The M1A2s (and every other M1 variant) would handle them like they handled every tank that had the letter T in front of it. Never mind you cannot even produce tanks on your own...as well as aircraft. Do you think you'll be able to fly our F-18s w/o parts. What about the state of your navy. I would give it about 24 hours.
Your comparison to us not being able to handle an insurgent force compared to a military force is just idiotic. We handled the regular Iraqi army fairly quickly...twice. We are handling the Iraqi insurgency you just don't want to admit it. Fighting an insurgency is far more difficult. Has Canada squashed the insurgency in their slice of Afganistan? I don't think so.
And training...how on Earths name can you say your training is better? It does not even come close. Canada does not even invest the money into training to compare. Special Forces? Airborne? Amphibious Forces? Please. How did they do in Rwanda? Nice job there. In fact when the chips were down the Canadian Commander sends in the Belgians to be slaughterd and hacked to death. Later he was asked why he sent in Belgian tropps over his own Canadians...his response...
"They (Belgians) were the best I had"
That says a mouthful right there.
Sure their forces may outnumber our own, but Canadians are just as proud, if not more, esspecially if invaded, of our country, and I would suspect you would see many join up or find other means of assisting the defense against the US. I imagine it would turn out similar to how many joined in WWI, which many considdered a just cause. Being invaded would be a bit bigger of a cause. Don't forget that by the end of WWI, Canada not only had one of the largest militaries in the world, but we put our name out there as a distinct and independant nation. Canada has never been known as a nation to invade or attack another nation for personal gains or profit, but rather principles. If you believe in what you are fighting for then you can't loose against a force that doesn't. (US / Iraq as an example once again. the Iraqis believe in what they are fighting for, while the majority of the US do not and are fighting based on lies.)
If the US did try to invade Canada, I sure wouldn't mind taking a sniper rifle to a few pig headed neo-nazi invaders. (oops there I go again with that rude Canadian attitude... I'm terribly sorry)
Prax you'd be the first to wet your pants. You would not know the first thing about sniping. Keep living in your self made fantasy word because you do not know a thing about the military.
They have quantity, but no quality imo. And if the US even decided to invade Canada for whatever reason, not only would they be up against a decent military force, but they'll end up in another insurgent-style war.
Don't forget we'd get help from the UK, Australia and other Commonwealth/Crown-Related countries before the US would..... and who knows which other countries would side with the friendly Canadians just to take pot shots at the US? Quite frankly, if the US tried to invade us, yet again.... it'd be yet one more dumb ass mistake for them. The war wouldn't be pretty that's for sure, but there's very little chance the US would win, by any standards.
What makes you think those countries would come to your aid? Do you think the English and Aussies are going to side with you! :lol: Think again. You may be a former member but you no longer have a thing in common with them. Your independent attitude will come to bite you in the rear. Even if they did (which they wouldn't) how are they going to get there. Your country would be under a total blockade and any contribution that did sneak in would be completely useless. Besides...who would really want to fight there? I am laughing now just thinking of you fantasizing of this great war with the US and how you would win.
It's the Selfish American Way.... They're the greatest country in the world, haven't you heard? :roll:
Yeah I've been saying this for years. Once again, I'm glad Harper has put some money back into the military and our north.
I still say we should haul our 2 million strong military from out of the depths of the artic snow..... they didn't think we kept all that territory for nothing did they?
SUPRISE! Send a big wave down apon them.
Another fantasy army...another fantasy. That wave you send would not get by the Border Patrol.
Well we have more democracy in Canada by far compared to the US. Compared to other EU nations though, that's a different story I suppose.
Which is why I made up that ND Democracy plan a few years back, where currency/money is abolished and focused more on what Democracy is supposed to be, without the corruption of personal greed/profit on the backs of others.
