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U.S. Admiral Refuses To Say If He’d Obey Order To Invade Canada (www.readthemaple.com)
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[+] -19 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (4 children)

The Canadian military relies heavily on the US partnership, not to mention the average urban Canadian has never seen, held or heard a firearm, as much as liked to say that we have a chance it’s certainly would be a slim one.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    Why don't you google per capita firearm ownership, lol.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 hours ago* (1 child)

    2.4 million folks who have their PAL in this country with a population of 40.5 million people, that’s 6.17% of the population.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_and_Acquisition_Licence

    https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/canada-population/

    It’s important to note while people may have their PAL, they don’t necessarily own firearms.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 hours ago (1 child)

    Forget the Canadian military, if the US couldn't defeat the Taliban with NATO help, what hope do they have against Canadians without it?

    Canadians aren't even a different skin color - what is the US going to do, stop and question every white person with a gun? Every white person traveling long distances in a car?

    Oh hey look now the Rocky Mountains are impassable by land because there are Canadian resistance hidden in caves all the way down to Mexico. But surely the western seaboard and its population will be loyal to Trump, right?

    And so it goes. An invasion of Canada would dissolve the USA in a few years.

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  • [–] -2 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    One major difference. Canada has had more Intel and data integration with the US for much much longer than Iraq or Afghanistan. This means palantir and other Intel gathering companies have far, far more shit on Canadians that might have an inkling of resistance against the US, and do not think they will spare or be nicer to Canadians. They will absolutely round up everyone they can or their families. It will actually be harder for Canadians to fight back than the others.

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  • [–] 27 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

    The fuck kind of argument is that? How hard could it be to learn to use a gun? Students in the USA use it all the time.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 hours ago

    Guns are stupidly easy to use. They do need training to use WELL but the most it would take is a few weeks for basic firefight skills. Most of it is knowing how to move from cover to cover and not exposing yourself.

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  • [–] 15 points 15 hours ago* (1 child)

    During the first flair up of annexation threats the Canadian Forces revealed they were preparing for a possible conflict that would require them to learn from their loss to the Taliban. There is no true dependency on the US if push comes to shove.

    https://futurism.com/science-energy/canadian-military-insurgent-techniques

    Edit: also, the US is actively losing to Iran, dont count Canada out so quickly.

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