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So, here's my defense plan for Canada. Basic philosophy: it is unsafe to wait for an attack.
1. Get public confirmation from NATO that Article 5 applies even if the aggressor is also a NATO member.
2. Send an ultimatum to Washington demanding a public acknowledgement of Canadian sovereignty by the President and confirmation of non-aggression.
3. In the absence of that acknowledgement, sever diplomatic ties, close the borders, and embargo trade. Blow bridges, tear up roads and rail lines.
@evan 1 and 2 are good for political pressure. But don’t blow up bridges and close the border because we’ll need that.
Geography and force discrepancy mean that regular forms of military resistance are bound to fail.
We should instead take advantage of these facts:
1- We have a huge border
2- 80% of Canadians look and talk like Americans.
3- The American people are extremely divided, even more so when it comes to invading us.
4- The US Army couldn’t handle insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.
@nantel yes, supporting insurgencies in the US would be a good idea. But partisan tactics on Canadian land is a last resort, not a primary plan.
@evan You missed an important detail, I’m talking about partisan tactics on US soil. But mainly it’s leveraging divisions within American society. Remember that millions took to the streets to protest the Iraq war…a far-away conflict against “brown people” of a different religion who had “attacked” the US.
If steps 1 and 2 clarify their intentions, it would probably be easier for us and our allies to provoque a US civil war than for Trump to unify his fractured country againt Canada.
@nantel yeah, definitely agree. The only way we retain sovereignty is to survive long enough that domestic opinion in the US turns against the war. So: robust defense and support insurgencies.