Peter Navarro is pushing negotiators to discuss reworking country’s boundaries, The Telegraph can reveal
  • xzot746@sh.itjust.works
    802·
    11 days ago

    This American Putin wanna be is going burn it all down isn’t he.

    I like Americans (to a point), but FAFO, we burnt the Whitehouse down before.

      • xzot746@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        9 days ago

        We will try to help, we don’t want to see this for the American people either, it doesn’t do anybody any good, but there really isn’t much we can do, but we will try.

        But Americans need to stand up against this, they are destroying your government systems piece by piece.

    • Devanismyname@lemmy.caEnglish
      101·
      11 days ago

      Two different situations. That was before the us had sunk trillions of dollars into its military.

        • Devanismyname@lemmy.caEnglish
          73·
          11 days ago

          Still different. They are way more advanced than us. And we have way less grit than either of those groups. The viet were willing to live in spider filled holes in the ground. Afghanistan had been at war for years when the us went in so they were hardened already. I think if the current administration had been in power during either of those wars, both countries would have been crushed. The political winds in the us have shifted towards extremism. Trump could totally throw us in concentration camps right now and genocide the entire country and I’m thinking he would get away with it since there would be no backlash at home. Half the people down there would be able to do the mental backflips to justify it and the other half is broken and weak. I genuinely think that Trump can do whatever he wants at this time and get away with it. He’s already purged enough of the government of people with integrity that by now, he is untouchable. We are in danger beyond belief and nobody really seems to be alarmed enough.

          • groupofcrows@lemmy.ca
            6·
            10 days ago

            Another difference is Canada has a long undefended border with the US and the citizens for both countries can look and sound the same. That guerrilla war wouldn’t stay in just Canada.

          • Doom@ttrpg.network
            4·
            10 days ago

            I completely disagree

            Trump only won a small portion of the American voting population our problem is people don’t vote, not that most of them support this.

            I think if it ever actually came to those lengths Congress wouldn’t support it. Congress decides if we go to war, not Trump.

          • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
            21·
            10 days ago

            You speak for only for yourself. You may be soft, but not everyone is the same as you.

            • Devanismyname@lemmy.caEnglish
              3·
              9 days ago

              Come on man. 99% of us grew up in conditions that are soft and easy. I’ve seen extreme violence on a daily basis, but I can still be certain that whatever violence I’ve encountered would be puppy piss compared to what other people in the world go through. It’s led me to be soft. And unless you live in some enclave of extreme suffering somewhere in canada nobody knows about, you are probably just like me. Probably even softer seeing as you lack the self awareness that would allow you to be honest with yourself about what you are. I dunno, maybe you’re in the military or something?

      • xzot746@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        9 days ago

        And into tech companies to track you everywhere you go, that’ll be the real tough part, how do you plan any action. Then the military and the heavily armed police forces know exactly who all was involved.

    • WorkshopBubby@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      9 days ago

      We should burn it down again. I want to march on Washington with Canadian flags, and American flags, and signs that say “Save America” if the US police/Military gun us down it might make the Americans wake up and eject their dictator. It’s an existential threat to humanity. We can’t afford to wait.

  • aramis87@fedia.io
    19·
    11 days ago

    I am confused by this article.

    The headline says they want to change the borders, but I didn’t see any details in the article about redrawing the border. They say they’re interested in doing so, but there aren’t any details. They say that Trump wants control of the Keystone XL pipeline, but the details they give simply say that he wants it built. It’s like they shoved all the Canada-US relations stuff into one article, but didn’t bother editing it or making it coherent.

    On another note, Trump himself is confused:

    "We protect Canada, but it’s not fair. It’s not fair that they’re not paying their way, and if they had to pay their way they couldn’t exist,” he told reporters.

    Uh, no, Canada has protected our northern border. If we’d had to protect that on our own, we’d be a much more closed, paranoid and militaristic place. [Isn’t that a scary thought!]

    • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.caEnglish
      12·
      11 days ago

      Don’t stress yourself out too much. It’s the Telegraph, whose journalistic standards are on par with the Toronto Sun.

  • kbal@fedia.io
    15·
    11 days ago

    “We protect Canada, but it’s not fair.”

    The idea that any military attack on Canada is most likely to come from directly across the southern border is not a new one. It’s one of the main reasons we need an army at all. Many years ago I mentioned this theory to some people in the military and was slightly surprised that they all took it seriously and said yeah, we do have plans for that possibility of course. I don’t know to what extent they were serious about it then or whether they’ve all gone soft and forgotten about it in the decades that have since passed, but unlikely as we thought it that an invasion would come from the USA it’s even more unlikely that it’d come from anywhere else.

  • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
    11·
    11 days ago

    The USA has had dreams of this forever.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red

    Not to fear, we also made similar plans. (Should have done it when we had the chance)

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_Scheme_No._1

    Defence Scheme No. 1 was a war plan created by Canadian Director of Military Operations and Intelligence Lieutenant Colonel James “Buster” Sutherland Brown, for a Canadian pre-emptive attack against the United States in the (hypothetical) case of a conflict between the United States and the British Empire.

  • ehpolitical@lemmy.caEnglish
    9·
    10 days ago

    And the political raping continues. They’re turning out to be that really bad neighbor no one wants, on steroids.

  • Rose56@lemmy.ca
    71·
    11 days ago

    Redraw the boarders? Like what they did with golf of Mexico? Because no way Canada will agree on this.

    • yannic@lemmy.ca
      3·
      9 days ago

      Could you edit your comment to include a homophone in your third sentence? For instance, substitute “no” with “know”, or “way” with “weigh”?

      I’ll delete my comment afterwards. It’s just that comedy often comes in threes.

    • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      10 days ago

      I don’t believe it’s most. If you add those who support Trump to those who are too indifferent to bother to vote against him, the people who will oppose him are in a minority. And even some of that minority is “don’t rock the boat” Democrats who will go along with the status quo, even as it lurches to the right. Others are scared and won’t do anything to help. Trump’s favorability rating bumps along at around 45-52% these days, and Americans have a strong tendency to rally behind the troops and the President even in needless and cruel wars, and they’re suckers for propaganda. So I don’t believe a majority are on Canada’s side in any meaningful way. Americans will fall in line, and Canada has to defend itself against this aggression.

    • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      I wouldn’t count on it. Americans want to seem strong but are really just weak babies. Most well just go along well saying I need my guns for government overreach well just allowing it to happen.