And at this point the rest of the civilized world is basically quaking in fear of America's newfound (refound?) imperial behaviour, and will quickly move to find a way to stifle their international power. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I imagine part of that would be to supply Canadian rebels so as to buy time to rearm themselves. Oh, and S.M.I.D, stop being such a racist cunt.
So the civilized world that includes superpowers like China is going to buy time by smuggling rifles to a bunch of militias? Reread your post and notice the stupid part. I agree it might piss off the powers but i imagine the responce might be along the line of a nuclear exchange.
Yeah saying that minorities equal nothing but trouble is a touch racists. There are plenty of minorities who work just fine in society. Civil disobedience does not need generations of oppression. There are plenty of protests now with people think they're being taking advantage of. Do you really think that when their country is destroyed they're all going to become loyal Americans over night?
Why not exactly? Fighting proxy wars has generally been a good way to limit the influence of an opposing superpower without actually directly confronting them. Reread your post and notice the stupid part.
Reasons? Yes. Will they start it? No. Why? Because they're unwilling to die unlike societies used to that kind of thing.
proxy wars perhaps you've heard of them made up a good part of the cold war? and this time the country in question is close enough that it may do actual damage to American infrastructure? Sounds like something that would for relatively little investment be able to become a fairly large pain in the arse for the american empire. MAD is still in play I'd assume. Else Fallout here we come
It is but US moving on Canada is gonna scare off loads of people in China and Russia, scared China and Russia are not good at all, scared is far worse than pissed off.
Hahahahaha! LOLno. All that's going to do is give those two all the excuse they need to make the US life a living hell.
Fact, US loves to be the top kick in the world but its challenged by China big time, Russia had parity but got gutted and will never ever forgive or forget so US aquiring canadian resources is a reason for 9 parts panic 1 part rage and 10.000 parts of nuke.
scared means that they have to make counter moves not that their goign to reach for the smite America button
Why would the US hurting itself to remove its closest ally, and pissing off all their other allies, make China and Russia scared? I'd think overjoyed would be the better adjective.
They're not going to go to nukes as long as they can fund/supply various groups to hurt the US inside of it.
There is no counter moves here. US just aquired so much natural resources it effectively controls the world, neither China nor Russia would accept that, the only reason cold war did not get hot was because american position was not unassailable and if it becomes war is very probable. Like whom?
Who would dare? Who would care? The US market is too big to be ignored. The US military is too big to pick a fight with. If anything, I can totally see some other countries taking advantage of this distraction to resolve some of their own territorial problems. I'd see that as a suggestion that they ought to apply for statehood and get a say in how 'their' country is run. Why? If I was in charge of pacification, I would make damn sure that the average Canadian feels wealthier even if I had to subsidize them a little. Yea, this is a vicious circle to be avoided. And I know about incidents involving US troops stationed in Japan, that's why I would have them absolutely out of sight.
... Candada doens't have that much resources available at the moment and development of new resource takes time. Canadians, gangs and various nutjobs.
I think America would figure out where the arms were coming from pretty quickly. Besides, Canada is deeply in America's sphere of influence anyway, it doesn't change the international balance of power much at all. And like I said, other countries would be better served in stabbing their neighbours in back while America is busy stabbing her neighbour in the back.
Yep, it's definitely racist! I'm glad we can agree. Enjoy your short-term vacation until we can arrange for a more permanent one.
So? Everybody knew who was supplying the North Koreans and the Vietcong. The U.S. never declared war on China or Russia. EDIT: Yes, relations with whoever's doing it would probably get frosty, but it's harder to get frostier then full military alert. It doesn't change the international balance of power persay, but it's a fucking massive shift in the international paradigm that's for damn sure. After the U.S. backstabs it's closest and most trusted ally for little to no reason, how does anybody in the international community know they aren't the next? There's no way anybody is going to toss the U.S. a mulligan now that anybody and everybody is now a potential target.
what do most countries gain from attacking neighbors in the back when there is a considerably more real threat in the form of a more Militant USA around ? It would only be a waste of men, munitions and money that will be required in the new more dangerous world. there is also something mildly insulting in the fact you think the only reason that more wars aren't happening is the US.
That was during the Cold War when we were all playing by Cold War rules. Those are not the accepted norms today and pulling that shit today would incur reprisal. Well make sure there is a good cover story. USS Maine, Tonkin Gulf, WMD, Canada Shot First, pick one. Enough idiots will fall for this shit every time. Now I disagree here. Canada was uniquely vulnerable to a US invasion in a way that no other country is. It will certainly alienate US allies privately and undermine the NATO alliance, but Russia and China ought to be delighted.
There would be mutterings, but real resistance requires organization to pull it off. The most effective resistance movements in occupied Europe during WWII was almost always communist because they were already operating in some form of semi-underground before the war in most countries. Without organization aren't going to spontaneously take a stand. Deep down we're sheep. If we see others take a stand we might be inclined to follow if we smell success and the small trickle of protest becomes a mighty torrent of revolution as more and more people join in. But to get that first trickle is usually the hardest because people know damn well that the first person to get up and make a stand is also the first person to catch a bullet.
After something like this a cold war state is likely to exist. then it becomes a question of how far the USA is willing to escalate. Domestically there is a vague hope of this working, Internationally? Fat chance. Oh they'll be delighted, but when a super power goes on the attack only the dumbest of the dumb don't prepare for the worst that more than anything was the lesson taught by the World Wars.
Because it's not like reprisal was a concern back in Vietnam right? Oh wait... Fooling dimwitted rednecks who think Jesus is guiding their purchases at wall-mart is nowhere near the same thing as fooling anybody in the international community. You're kidding yourself if you think anybody important is going to be legitimately stupid enough to fall for that. Just because Canada is the easiest target in no way means it's the only target, especially when America is acting as irrational and stupid as it is now.
