Nearly a third of Canadians believe U.S. may try to invade Canada: poll - National | Globalnews.ca
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A new poll suggests almost a third of Canadians say the United States might attempt "direct action" to take control of Canada, with a fifth of Americans agreeing.
  • wirebeads@lemmy.caEnglish
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    27 minutes ago

    As a Canadian, I’ve been looking into getting my firearms license and taking some safety courses. I think we as Canadians not involved in the military need to look into courses for life saving and protection of our fellow citizens.

    If diddles children don and loudmouth Nazi miller decide they want to invade, we as Canadians have to be ready.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 hours ago

    That “may” can include a vast range of uncertainties, likely no, may yes. How likely is it? IDK. But 100% for sure the chance of that is not zero anymore, when the president of USA has expressed he might do it.
    The remaining two thirds are naive.

  • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    3 hours ago

    Article poll says…

    The poll, which was conducted online and can’t be assigned a margin of error, surveyed 1,540 Canadians between Jan. 9 and Jan. 11.

    So somewhere between 0 and 100% of Canadians think a thing.

  • Rooskie91@discuss.onlineEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    The “strongest military in the world” couldn’t even handle a single war in the middle east. How are we supposed to win multiple wars with multiple fronts in multiple countries against much stronger militaries with many more allies? It’s pure hubris.

    • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 hours ago

      I’m not saying the US should or would invade Canada, but your comparison to a conflict in the middle east versus an invasion of Canada are incomparable. They are objectively different. Canada borders the US and relies heavily on them heavily for a lot of their economy, trade, and protection. 90% of Canada’s population is within 50 miles of the US border. You said there would be multiple countries and stronger militaries, but I don’t think so. I see what’s happening in Ukraine, where Russia is doing the exact same thing and no one is stepping in to help Ukraine actively fight them. NATO doesn’t seem to be doing more than finger wagging at Trump at this point.

      Would there be resistance from the population? Absolutely, but the Canadian government would be taken over quickly.

      If the US truly wanted to, they could take Canada by force rather quickly. The repercussions globally would be damaging for the foreseeable future. I know that this is a scary thought, but it’s more realistic than the US having a Vietnam with a country next to them.

  • lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.comEnglish
    22·
    2 hours ago

    At this point, even invading Iran sounds like something positive, because he’d be busy and won’t invade Western countries… What has happened to the world?