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If U.S. President Donald Trump fails in his stated goal of annexing Canada through economic force, what would happen if he ordered the world’s most powerful military to invade?

Some experts and academics say it’s a notion too preposterous to even contemplate. But Aisha Ahmad isn’t one of them.

“When you look at the power (imbalance) between the U.S. and Canada, an invasion would immediately result in the defeat of the Canadian Armed Forces,” said the University of Toronto political science professor, who last month published an essay on the subject in The Conversation.

“But a conventional military victory is not the end of this story. It’s just the beginning.”

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[–] jaxxed@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I commented before that I didn't think that Canadian and have it in them to fight an insurgency, but I have been impressed since then with the Canadian civil and political response since them (Carney more than Ford.) Now I realize that the US has never had to face an insurgency at there border, of ppl who they couldn't possible recognize. When you hear stories of Ukrainians who speak Russian being very successful as insurgents gives a lot of suggestion of how Canadians could make it really annoying for the U.S. government. Then think of how the border couldn't all be guarded.

[–] slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Canadians are not a people you want to piss off. There's a reason they had their own beach at Normandy, they had earned a reputation for savagery during both World Wars, and their special forces operators are some of the finest in the world.

Imagine having the Taliban as your neighbors. Canadian insurgents would be able to regularly hit targets in the United States, and I have zero doubt they would quickly become a force to be reckoned with.

[–] TylerBourbon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

That's the thing people forget about, they just think of the Nice Canadian who is always saying "sorry." Seriuosly, for a country known for being "nice" people forget that their national passtime is Hockey, one of the least "nice" sports there is.

[–] boolean_sledgehammer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If conservatives ever get insane enough to actually try anything like that, understand that a fair amount of that hypothetical insurgency will be happening on the American side of the border as well. A lot of people who live near the border have a lot of Canadian ties. They would effectively consider any military action taken against Canada to be an attack on them.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Not just near the border, it's throughout the entire US. Same goes for Mexico

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

All I know is, there are alot of natives kinda hoping they do invade. Imagine being legally allowed to shoot white people. 😂

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be better if Canada or Mexico Annexed us? It would send the right kind of signals to the world... "We are cool with everyone" "we want pace". Wouldn't that work? We would gain some more political parties to diversify our political system. I'm not saying let's do it. Its just a thought experiment. At the end of the day we're all Americans inside.

[–] tacobellhop@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Might be easier to just do the hard thing. Humans are running out of bandaid fixes at the 11th climate wise.

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