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Would Canada’s military defend against U.S. invasion? (youtube.com)
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[–] 3 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Most middle class Canadians?

Absolutely not

But enough to make every invader's lives miserable? Oh hell yes. You only need a few dozen people in Canada yo pull this off and I know we have much,much more than that both in Canada AND US territories...

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  • [–] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Combined with deeply intertwined societies, inherently porous border and absolutely no clear signifiers of whether an unknown individual is Canadian or American? Even a very small insurgency will be nighmarishly hard to deal with.

    Never mind that it’s not hard to picture there being true sympathizers in the states in real numbers.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    I think too many of you confuse your casual interest in military tactics and history as having the sufficient expertise to speculate on war. Nobody is saying there wouldn't be fighting, Im saying Canadians do not understand what fighting would actually mean, and honestly, these kinds of comment threads are great examples of that.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago

    I don't think I'm arguing with that actually...

    The point I'm making ISN'T that the blowhards and nationalists are actually who would fight... but that if ANYONE did, and someone would, it would be extraordinarily difficult to control. And frankly, the impact of actual fighting would be out of all proportion to how significant it really is militarily to the United States

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