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How could Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ work, and should Canada be part of it? - National | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
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The irony is, the only country that has EVER, in Canada's entire history as a nation, shown any intent or interest. either by word or deed, into attacking Canada is ... the United States of America.

No other country has even hinted, ever, that it wants to or will or is planning to attack Canada the Nation.

England and France had a tiff over who would control the land that would be called Canada, and both ended up having a partnership in the new Nation of Canada. After that, they showed no interest. Well, maybe a comment or two from Chuck DeGaul.

Not even in either of the two World Wars.

In fact, it was not until the mid 1940's that America proposed that Canada and the United States should be friends and partners in the military sense. Before that, we always had a healthy fear of the military intentions of America towards us.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogdensburg_Agreement

And here a slightly different bias

https://tbaw.ca/2024/05/08/the-ogdensburg-agreement-part-i-introduction/

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[–] Daryl 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Apparently, young-uns today do not know what the Schlieffen Plan was. When Germany attacked France, they went through relatively undefended and relatively weak Belgium to reach around the French flank. The Belgium-France border was undefended. Any country seriously thinking of invading the US would first attack either Canada or Mexico, then go through and attack the US through this relatively undefended border, instead of attacking the US directly. The ONLY reason another country would even think of attacking Canada would be to just pass through and attack the US.

If the Americans did not stop them in Canada, the entire US would be vulnerable. The US-Canada border is just too long to defend completely. That was the entire purpose of the Ogdensburg Agreement.

[–] kent_eh 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The ONLY reason another country would even think of attacking Canada would be to just pass through and attack the US.

Exactly.

Which goes to show how laughable Trumps claims of Canada riding on the US's coattails for protection are.

They're not protecting Canada from attack, they're using Canada as a buffer/shield between them and Russia.

Same as they have since the DEW line was first proposed back in the '50s

[–] Daryl 1 points 12 hours ago

Basically, Trump wants Canada to help pay for the defense of the United States.

Only works when a strong America is willing to defend the rest of the world.

Now. America is so weak, it needs the rest of the world to help defend America.