Dougie93

the British people are committed to defending Ukraine, it's an overwhelming majority time to have the courage of those convictions now; British troops on Ukrainian soil, never mind the Americans, we'll drag the Americans into the fight kicking & screaming, just as in the World Wars

I'm not Canadian anymore; thus the condemnation of Canadians is irrelevant to me, I will simply adhere to my oath to the monarch and await orders from the British Crown as to what to do next

I never viewed that as being a realistic prospect, I knew the Russians would be ravanchist about their collapse as far back as the mid 1990's I been predicting a second Cold War since America pulled out of the ABM Treaty in 2002, I never endorsed Donald Trump and I did not vote for him, I none the less welcomed his onset bringing on the collapse of the Post Cold War Order, because that order was already a zombie legacy project which had failed, something had to break the dam ; force the British Crown to recognize that the war is already in progress, chaos is a ladder ; with crisis comes opportunity, nobody is going to fight until they are forced to

Canada is the Post National State with no core identity, rendering "Canadian" a meaningless distinction, those are the terms which Canada has imposed, I simply carry on being what I always was ; British North American

there is no need for America to invade, since Canada is totally dependant upon the Sea Lines Of Communication, thus all America would have to do is blockade the Canadian maritime approaches with the US Navy, the Ship Submersible Nuclear Fast Attack Submarine is the arm of decision, he who rules the waves rules the world

unless you are going to purchase Ship Submersible Nuclear Fast Attack Submarines from the British or French, it's all for nought, as the strategic threat is in fact blockade at sea, the French production line is fully engaged with building the Suffren class, so it's only BAE Systems at Barrow-in-Furness which is available, just completing the last Astute class now Canada has the money, and I can't see the UK turning down a twenty billion dollar contract, if I was advising Marc Carney, I would say go big or go home, fly to London, enlist HM into the fight, then sign the deal with Keir Starmer to buy the submarines, the Liberals are invoking war for national survival ; no half measures then, go all the way if they are just going to dick around with a base at Iqaluit or whatever, then they are not actually serious

massive incineration of enemies is unrealistic for Canada, Canada is like Ukraine ; asymmetrical warfare against larger opponents, on the bright side, HM Canadian Armed Forces don't have much obsolete equipment left in the inventory, so Canada could simply join the Ukrainians in a bilateral security agreement, send what is left of HM Canadian Army to Ukraine, adopt the Ukrainian way of warfare once there, bring the Ukrainians to Canada, to fill out the ranks as instructors time to think outside of the box now, British North America ; what would Winston Churchill do ?

well I am European, a Scots German to be exact, Loyalist & Royalist, I only fight for the British Crown, thus whichever Prime Minister is most likely to enlist His Majesty The King, is who I will side with so far, that's Carney, also a British Loyalist himself, if the Conservatives could bring Stephen Harper back, then I would reconsider

but the treaty doesn't stipulate what member states must do in response to said attack, Article V only stipulates that member states do what they "deem necessary" it does not actually bind the members to go to war for each other therein, member states could choose to simply provide aid without sending troops, so Ukraine is already there, Ukraine is a de facto NATO member, even without Article V

exactly, NATO allies should be putting troops into Western Ukraine right now, start training and interoperating with them in situ at the bleeding edge, NATO air power above in a defensive role, never mind Washington, just ignore Trump, cry Havoc ! And let slip the dogs of war then it will be America whom is panicking,

but the reality is that America needs the aluminum & steel, they're not going to stop buying it, they will just be paying more for it, moreover, the Canadian dollar is going to fall as this trade war persists, which offsets the effects of the tariffs, Canada should just keep calm and carry on in classic British fashion, America is shooting herself in the foot here, it's all going to backfire spectacularly "never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake" ~ Bonaparte

the Russians are learning fast tho, they are copying all of the Ukrainian tactics and adopting the Ukrainian drone war doctrine, and the Russians have massive amounts of artillery with plenty of ammunition, so NATO forces are not actually well prepared to engage the Russians at this juncture, the problem is the "transparent battlefield" wherein neither side can achieve surprise for a breakthrough, but that would be NATO's problem as well in the event of engaging the Russians, the only trump card that NATO has is stealth ; the F-35 can penetrate the Russian air defences, but NATO doesn't have many F-35's available yet, and Washington controls the F-35 by way of its software, so NATO doesn't have the F-35 if Trump switches them off,

indeed, this is rather imperialism at play now, yet America is biting off way more than she can chew here, the US military ain't what it used to be, the US military is actually stretched quite thin already, America is not a land power, and the American population has made it clear over and over ; that they are not prepared for prolonged occupation, the strength of the British Empire was that the British went to live in the lands that we conquered, while America has always lacked the spirit & will to keep boots on the ground, other than his hardcore base, Americans are starting to fear what Trump is doing here, they can see that this is going to blow up in America's face on a catastrophic scale, I would suggest that they are simply stunned by the audacity of it, in shock actually

withdrawing from NATO does not preclude NATO from carrying on without America, and who says NATO is even that tough anymore ? Ukraine is the best equipped most battle hardened military in the world now, it's actually NATO which needs Ukraine, not the other way round, Canada should just join the Ukrainians in a bilateral security alliance, start recruiting the Ukrainians to fight for the British Crown in North America, never mind Latvia, send what is left of HM Canadian Army to Ukraine right now, stop letting Washington lead you around by the nose, start making your own moves and make them faster than America is prepared to react to,

Canada is already there, Trump has invoked the fear of American annexation deeply ingrained in the culture, the Liberals are ahead of that curve, the Conservatives are still in denial, but Canada is not Europe's problem, so it won't be easy for Canada to drag them into the fight, it's going to require shuttle diplomacy by a Prime Minister who has clout with the Europeans, other than Trudeau, Carney is the only guy running who has that, the Europeans view Poilievre as being Trump-lite, so he is not the one to send to London, Paris, nor Brussels I wouldn't call an election right away if I was Carney, because Singh is not going to bring the Liberals down now, Carney should just takeover from Trudeau and commence the recruiting of the Europeans right away, starting with the UK, Canada needs to drag Keir Starmer into the fight, the war is already in progress, and that is the will of the Canadian public writ large might as well just lean into it,

all she said was that she would be working closely with Britain & France as the only other NATO nuclear powers, but in theory, all nuclear deterrents are poised against one another, inherently by their nature no nuclear power can fully trust any other nuclear power, Britain makes its own warheads but relies on the American Trident II SLBM, but the French deterrent is fully sovereign with M51 SLBM, which is basically a French copy of the Trident II, tho I don't read into that statement that she expects NATO to nuke America for Greenland,

well the B61's are American, so they are under the US National Command Authority, there are one hundred or so set aside in Europe to be used by NATO allies any American NATO fighter can drop them, F-16, F/A-18, or F-35 but the Americans would be deciding when & where they would be dropped the only other NATO tactical nuclear weapons are the French ASMP-A which can only be used by the French

NATO Article V stipulates an "armed attack" Canada could not invoke NATO Article V in the face of economic leverage. I don't think so, since again, NATO doesn't bind America to do anything specific, the treaty was written that way deliberately to appease the Americans in the first place, the public doesn't really understand the 1949 Washington Treaty nor how it works, it doesn't say what most obviously think it says, any NATO member can invoke Article V ; so what ? Article V doesn't require anybody to go to war for that member, it just says that all members must "assist" in whatever way they "deem necessary" so America could simply send a strongly worded letter of protest ; presto, Article V upheld

there is no reason for America to withdraw from NATO, since contrary to popular belief, Article V does not bind any NATO member to go to war, Article V rather states that members only need contribute what they "deem necessary" providing broad latitude for all NATO members to avoid direct military intervention therein

oh quite sure Dutch Reagan would be lining up with the Democrats against MAGA, all the Neocons are, and Dutch was the Original Neocon after all, NATO does not preclude two members being enemies, Turkey & Greece are sworn enemies ever on the brink of war with each other, as NATO members

I saw them live at Massey Hall in Toronto with my high school sophomore girlfriend

if only the Iron Lady was around to confront the Kremlin now, we'd be at DEFCON 3 with boots on the ground, pipes skirling, colours flying, bayonets fixed Vladimir Putin would not test her, it was the KGB after all who named her the Iron Lady if George Michael was alive, he'd be singing her praises for it in this situation

I used to hate Wham! with a passion back in the 80's but then years later I learned the story of George Michael and how he triumphed against the odds then I came around to liking him after all, plus my wife is a huge George Michael fan, she's always loved him

the British Crown possesses sufficient thermonuclear warheads to deter the Kremlin, a Royal Navy SSBN with 16 UGM-133A Trident II SLBM's at sea in the survivable second strike role at all times, more firepower than was employed in the entire First World War, never mind the 17h century just one Vanguard class SSBN could nuke both the Russians and Chinese into the stone age, you're talking 192 hydrogen bombs delivered by Multiple Independently Targeted Reentry Vehicles