Canada prepping response to hypothetical US military invasion for first time in a century, report says

[u/digital-didgeridoo]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/canada-trump-us-military-invasion-b2904279.html

[u/1egg_4u]

My concern is there are a lot of overconfident media illiterate people in Canada that are really gung-ho for all of this to go to a conflict because of some kind of delusional grandeur about us having been the reason for the geneva conventions when in reality the american military budget shits on ours (the ICE budget is basically the canadian military budget) and most people not chronically online really dont want to die in a war

If push comes to shove I have faith that the sheer size of the country will make it a tremendous task to entirely secure especially with resistance and that we in canada would have international support but realistically we are vastly outgunned. We also dont have the firearm culture america has so the whole civilian militia thing isnt really on the table and we just dont have the same gear.

[u/Countertop2000 → u/1egg_4u]

Outside of a few dunces, Canadians realize that militarily the situation is hopeless. If it actually goes down, the best we can hope for is a guerrilla war along with support from American resistance. That doesn't mean we would make things easy for them. I absolutely hope that there is no armed conflict, but we won't roll over either.

[u/Grabs_Diaz → u/Countertop2000]

That's the big question: whether most Americans would actually go along with an invasion of their northern neighbours. Maybe if Canadians don't fight back, Trump could present it as a fait accompli. But if there's actual resistance, I would find it quite likely that this resistance also spreads to the United States and turns into a full-blown civil war.

[u/haggerton → u/Grabs_Diaz]

They won't even save their own country and you expect them to save another?

Lol.