McG
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There is this:
2026 US-Denmark Tensions/End of NATO
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Trump is on record saying there is nothing Canada can do to prevent tariffs.How much did Canada really address the issue though?
We said we were going.to add 1000 CBSA officers to the border, and hire 1000 more RCMP officers so the RCMP had the manpower available to focus more on border security.
And we leased 2 used Black Hawk helicopters for RCMP ERT's to whip around in, kind of like a 'border QRF' of sorts.
Did we hire those 1000 additional CBSA officers tho?
Did we hire those 1000 additional RCMP officers tho?
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Seeing how the RCMP was already struggling to recruit enough people to compensate for retirements, I don't see them hiring 1000 new officers overnight...
I believe the RCMP is still several thousand people short of the goal, to the point it is still having a real affect on day to day operations in some parts.
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And let's be clear here, since our mainstream media can't be bothered to tell Canadians the whole situation...
Canada levied tariffs against American products, and has for a while now. Some of those products were supposed to be covered by CUSMA
America levied tariffs on Canadian products that were not covered under CUSMA because we had brought in tariffs for things that were covered under CUSMA.
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People say "Canada still doesn't have a deal with the US..."
Untrue.
CUSMA is our deal with America, and it is a more favourable deal than what most other countries have.
Will that agreement survive it's upcoming renegotiation in 2026? Who knows
So no amount of dropping the already miniscule amount of fentanyl crossing the border will get rid of the tariffs put in place because of...fentanyl crossing the border.
Same with Greenland. No amount of defense, no amount of missile defense, nothing Greenland, Denmark, the European Union, and NATO do will matter because he's set his mind on taking the island.
Having people run around trying to solve his imaginary problems doesn't matter, because it was never the reason for the conflict.
Look at Venezuela. It's about drugs and drug boats! The second after they take out Maduro, it's about oil.
Wake up.
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Well, now you know.
quadrapiper
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It would appear Canada is joining the Greenland evolution.
www.politico.eu
Denmark and allies boost Greenland military footprint as Trump ramps up pressure
The deployment comes as U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies talk of taking over the Arctic island.
www.politico.eu
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And the DutchIt would appear Canada is joining the Greenland evolution.
Denmark and allies boost Greenland military footprint as Trump ramps up pressure
The deployment comes as U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies talk of taking over the Arctic island.
So coalition versus US aggression
Denmark
France
Sweden
Norway
Germany
Canada
Netherlands
Not bad at all.
Also wonder how USA boosters here would feel if Trump is threatening to drop bombs on CAF members
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It would be hard for us to call for help if Donald tries this on us and we didn't go to Greenland when its them in the crosshairsIt would appear Canada is joining the Greenland evolution.
Denmark and allies boost Greenland military footprint as Trump ramps up pressure
The deployment comes as U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies talk of taking over the Arctic island.
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The UK missing is very interesting
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Something something special relationship...
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Oh, did they exclude themselves from the public consumption exercise? That is all that is. Unserious measures.
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You are only demonstrating your ignorance here.
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Damn Elon and Starlink.. and its critical support to the UKR, hey?
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I wonder why Europe has accelerated the creation of an alternative?
Oh...
Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia
Soldiers panicked and drones surveilling Russian forces went dark.
www.reuters.com
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Per Mare, Per Terram, Per Glacies
Why NATO needs an Arctic Expeditionary Force and why Britain must lead it!
by
John R. Allen, Julian Lindley-French and Jim Townsend
The Choice
War is here, now, already and the need for NATO and its Northern European nations to be demonstrably strong is as great as at any time since the 1980s. Tensions across the Arctic have been highlighted by President Trump’s concerns that Greenland could become a fiefdom of China and Russia if the US does not first act. Concerns that reinforce the vital need for NATO Europeans to develop a credible first responder, high-end, deployable military capability able to operate across NATO’s contested and enormous Northern Flank. Given divisions within the North Atlantic Council, any such force would also need to operate both under NATO command and as a theater-reach coalition of the willing. What is needed is a British-led Super Joint Expeditionary Force – a Super JEF!
There can be no defense of NATO without the defense of the Arctic and the North Atlantic. Any such defense, and the deterrence that underpins it, will require an expeditionary force with sufficient military weight able to kick down the door anywhere in and around NATO’s Northern area of responsibility (AOR). A force that goes beyond the old and tired divide of Continental or Maritime Defence and yet combines both new forms of air and expeditionary operations. In other words, a force not unlike the US Marines Corps.
www.linkedin.com
Why NATO needs an Arctic Expeditionary Force and why Britain must lead it!
by
John R. Allen, Julian Lindley-French and Jim Townsend
The Choice
War is here, now, already and the need for NATO and its Northern European nations to be demonstrably strong is as great as at any time since the 1980s. Tensions across the Arctic have been highlighted by President Trump’s concerns that Greenland could become a fiefdom of China and Russia if the US does not first act. Concerns that reinforce the vital need for NATO Europeans to develop a credible first responder, high-end, deployable military capability able to operate across NATO’s contested and enormous Northern Flank. Given divisions within the North Atlantic Council, any such force would also need to operate both under NATO command and as a theater-reach coalition of the willing. What is needed is a British-led Super Joint Expeditionary Force – a Super JEF!
There can be no defense of NATO without the defense of the Arctic and the North Atlantic. Any such defense, and the deterrence that underpins it, will require an expeditionary force with sufficient military weight able to kick down the door anywhere in and around NATO’s Northern area of responsibility (AOR). A force that goes beyond the old and tired divide of Continental or Maritime Defence and yet combines both new forms of air and expeditionary operations. In other words, a force not unlike the US Marines Corps.
Super JEF!
Why NATO needs an Arctic Expeditionary Force and why Britain must lead it! by John R. Allen, Julian Lindley-French and Jim Townsend The Choice War is here, now, already and the need for NATO and its Northern European nations to be demonstrably strong is as great as at any time since the 1980s.
www.linkedin.com
QV
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I wonder why Europe has accelerated the creation of an alternative?
Oh...
Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia
Soldiers panicked and drones surveilling Russian forces went dark.
"Here, use Starlink to help! But whatever you do, do NOT do X"
Ukraine does X
"Whelp..."
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Per Mare, Per Terram, Per Glacies
Why NATO needs an Arctic Expeditionary Force and why Britain must lead it!
by
John R. Allen, Julian Lindley-French and Jim Townsend
The Choice
War is here, now, already and the need for NATO and its Northern European nations to be demonstrably strong is as great as at any time since the 1980s. Tensions across the Arctic have been highlighted by President Trump’s concerns that Greenland could become a fiefdom of China and Russia if the US does not first act. Concerns that reinforce the vital need for NATO Europeans to develop a credible first responder, high-end, deployable military capability able to operate across NATO’s contested and enormous Northern Flank. Given divisions within the North Atlantic Council, any such force would also need to operate both under NATO command and as a theater-reach coalition of the willing. What is needed is a British-led Super Joint Expeditionary Force – a Super JEF!
There can be no defense of NATO without the defense of the Arctic and the North Atlantic. Any such defense, and the deterrence that underpins it, will require an expeditionary force with sufficient military weight able to kick down the door anywhere in and around NATO’s Northern area of responsibility (AOR). A force that goes beyond the old and tired divide of Continental or Maritime Defence and yet combines both new forms of air and expeditionary operations. In other words, a force not unlike the US Marines Corps.
Super JEF!
Why NATO needs an Arctic Expeditionary Force and why Britain must lead it! by John R. Allen, Julian Lindley-French and Jim Townsend The Choice War is here, now, already and the need for NATO and its Northern European nations to be demonstrably strong is as great as at any time since the 1980s.
I agree.
Point of contention though. I think we are way past detering Putin's attraction to hybrid warfare. They only way to meet that is on his own terms. Do what it takes to neutralize his little green men. Fair or foul.
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A bit of bad optics if a former Dutch PM, who is now NATO Sec Gen didn't have his own home country participate.
