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And i am very serious about killing any doodle who sets foot in this country with that intent.
I don't care if i die.
I am not living undet the rule of people who worship curtis yarvin.
MAGA dipshits severely underestimate how many Canadians would actually enjoy taking a break from the rat race to repel invaders.
Are you joking? Most of you couldn't even fucking handle staying inside and not going to parties when you wanted to. Stop acting like Canadians are hard.
Asymmetrical warfare is our thing
That and inventing new war crimes.
They're not war crimes the first time
Everybody needs a hobby.
Because every war you've ever been in was asymmetrical?
I kid, I kid...
We were in the big wars (the whole time!), but yes, since then it's been helping someone else do COIN.
Yupp..
Act 1 US war of independence founded modern Canada because a) the quebecois ever fearful of cultural erasure, ever relevant today given those US demands, b) those not in favour of a racist dictatorship (yes the anglosphere was turning their backs on a monster they helped create), my family moved to loyalist country, fitting, and c) Britain's desire to legitimize presence by recognizing first nations,... founded canada. The US invaded thinking we would join but Quebec and the indigenous wanted nothing to do with that genocidal regime. An asymetrical response ended American interests.
Act 2 The war of 1812, the US claims they kinda won because they genocided the Iroquois nation and paved a way for continental-scale genocide .. but another goal was conquest of Canada. A goal they failed on every county..britain, its loyalists, and later founders of Canada fought back and said fuck you. Canada 100% repelled the US invasion using asymmetrical warfare.
Act 3 Fuck around and find out.
As an Oregonian, I'd like to fight the US along side you.
I think they’d find out Washington Stste, Minnesota, Michigan, Maine, Vermont, New York and probably Massachusetts, California and Oregon would all join Canadian resistance.
You forgot New Hampshire
You mean north Tennessee? I wouldn’t count on them.
Act 2 the US claims they kinda won? Is that not the war that is not taught in schools down there because Canada got shit faced and burnt down the white house.
Oh they teach it in schools, but they leave that part out. It is framed as a US victory due to hype and cope
I don't think you can say that if you've never been invaded/occupied by a superior army.
Maybe come over to vietnam and go to some museums or talk to some people if you want to know what asym warfare is like.
Yes, Canadians have no idea what it's like. We've seen even less ugliness than Americans, and when this whole thing started, we had to go to hockey for martial metaphors.
Living in a warzone is a learning curve you can go up fast, though, because you have no choice.
I know someone who served in the Canadian Armed Forces and did a tour diffusing IEDs in Afghanistan. I'm pretty sure he knows how to build one if it came to that.
Americans don't recognize that Canadians actually did go to Afghanistan. It's not just Hockey metaphors, people in Canada actually do know the tactics the US military has a difficult time dealing with. That's because our soldiers had to deal with those same tactics when fighting alongside Americans for two fucking decades. If the US decides to betray Canada they will soon be reminded that Canadians were in Afghanistan and what was learned there.
Yeah, refugees, combat vets, relief workers and refugees are not included. Even just being from a family with those backgrounds teaches you a bit about how the world really works, when push comes to shove, speaking from experience.
The average Canadian on the street lacks the experience to understand, though. Even more than that, there's been a kind of resistance to understanding it, historically, because it's easier and cleaner not to.
If OP thinks guerilla warfare is a vacation, they probably don't know what they don't know.
It's also worth noting that Canada has a land border with the USA. They can also pass as generic American, if required.
Asymmetric warfare wouldn't only be focused in Canada. E.g. a coordinated set of drone strikes could basically shatter large portions of the American power grid. There are too many soft, unmanned targets to viably protect, and the lead time of spares is measured in months to years, on some parts.
I really need to figure out a way to practice American-style vowels.
Heck a large portion of the American power grid is in Canada since we sell them so much.
Do you not remember covid? Your treatlerites rioted in Montréal and tried to do a J6 over the most tepid restrictions. The ones jerking off over a romantic idea of fighting a war aren't prepared to spend years living without the lifestyle they're accustomed to and have themselves and their families randomly imprisoned or murdered by the evil empire they've served so faithfully. You'd be closer to the conditions of the IRA than Vietnam or Iran, except even they had a history of genocides to radicalize people.
FYI, I'm not Canadian. Just an observer from the other side of the pond, watching America die in morbid horror.
Same, TBH. I don't have a whole lot to lose, and I'm pretty serious about democracy and human rights.
I wouldn't. Why conduct the destructive mess that is a war in our own living room?
I'd contribute to any effort to make long range drones that strike energy and electronic infrastructure deep inside the US instead.
Keep the destruction over there. Watch American arrogance melt away as they realize that fighting a war isn't just some thing they send troops elsewhere to die over while they get to stay comfy and safe at home anymore.
The answer is going to be both.
Drones are the future of warfare. Ukraine has proven that.
But if the US decides to invade, it absolutely WILL send troops over the border. And we'll be there, shooting them down. Carney may have to undo Trudeau's silly handgun restrictions for us RPAL holders for the good of Canada.
I'm too old to be a soldier, but I can still hold a rifle. I'm not a violent person, but I will defend my country. I don't believe that most people in the US support this, but I will shoot to kill any that come across the border with plans to invade.
In my nearly 60 years on this planet, this is the first time I've said I will die defending my country.
So yes, in a situation of war we support drones. We support attacks deep within US territory, rather than traditional face-to-face combat.
But we will do whatever it takes to protect our country.
Almost 70 and cannot walk but 2 metres at a time. Strap a bomb to my scooter and I will drive into a bunch of em and blow them up.
Hello future drone operator
Ohh that would be fun. One little, two little invaders, three, four little invaders …
I am sure we can get you doing other things rather than suicide scooting.
Dude why die at someone when you can blast old dude ass at them. That's dangerous ass.
If you're in a war, you're going to get people dying on both sides of the border.
And it's going to be hard to procure that many drone parts under occupation, so if that's your job, you might end up doing car/ATV bombs instead.
You all were the only ones to burn the White House down. Just saying…
If they're in your living room, they're in effective control of your area. At that point there will not be long-range drones going (maybe coming in), there will only be direct action by the local populace.
shorter supply lines?
Plenty of Americans are hoping a dumb ass move like that is enough to weaken the morons in charge and join your side.
Like both coasts and most of the bordering states would have majorities on Canada’s side.
If I go into Canada, it will be to fight on your side
As an American I like this epithet very much and will be sabotaging supply lines to keep the True North strong and free.
As an American I'd love to help ya, so send others here or grab me I hate the orange nazi
Well you better call it a whoopsie doodle or I'm gonna cry. Do you really want making me cry on your conscience after that?