...One of the main reasons for that is that we have chosen to not circle the planet, spoiling for a fight as have our other English speaking British and American brethren. Both of them have tallied up all sorts of defeats persuing unnecessary colonial adventures ... The Kyber Pass, Vietnam, the American Revolution, The War of 1812, Iraq, ..
Canada has never fought a war on its own. It has always served as an auxiliary of the British and/or American Empires. But Canada will have opportunities to fight on its own in this century in order to retain control of the parts of Canada that are essentially inaccessible.