The Land of Muskeg, Mosquitos and Mounties? We don't want any of it, eh?

Forget America's 'Red Scare.' Canada's 'Red, White, and Blue Scare' Is Beyond Parody

Don Brand, Calgary Herald: The U.S. will "invade" Canada and annex it as the 51st state.

But we’re learning to take Trump at his own words. Now he wants to tear up the 1908 treaty that fixed our border.

He told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau he considers the agreement invalid. He’s after land, the Great Lakes and access to rivers.

This is the Putin playbook. Claim that you own territory, then take it.

If Canada doesn’t agree to Trump’s mythical new boundary, the next step is sending troops to secure it.

What happens if fighting begins?

“Looking at the sheer size of the American military, many people might believe that Trump would enjoy an easy victory,” Dr. Ahmad wrote in a widely circulated article. *

That analysis is dead wrong, she says, because the result would not be determined by a fight between conventional armies.

“Rather, a military invasion of Canada would trigger a decades-long violent resistance, which would ultimately destroy the United States.

I know this because I have studied insurgencies around the world for more than two decades, and I have spent time with ordinary people who have fought against powerful invading armies.

All of which just shows the dangers of playing hockey without a helmet.

* Published in the widely circulated [sic] publication, “The Conversation”

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