Calling all Canadians...how would you fix our military?

[KrazyHorse]

Yankee go home!

[Loif]

Here we go again with the "let's conquer Canada" rhetoric. Oh well. Keeps people's minds off more important matters I guess.

[Seeker]

Personally I'm infavour of the Gurkha mercenary idea.

Why die when you can pay someone else to do it?

Let's just abolish the regular military and replace it with some sort of National Service Organization or something.

Oh, but we should upgrade the airforce and bring back the Airbourne Regiment so we can destroy THird World countries and feel cool about being a minor protectorate of the mighty Empire of America...

[Gatekeeper]

Originally posted by Loif
Here we go again with the "let's conquer Canada" rhetoric. Oh well. Keeps people's minds off more important matters I guess.

Conquer Canada, eh? The last time I checked, I was hypothesizing about a possible future scenario that was similar to NAFTA, except on steroids. If that's the equivalent to sending in a half million shock troops, that's news to me, Loif.

Gatekeeper

[RedFred]

Step 1 to a more effective military: vote out the Liberals.

[Switch]

Originally posted by Gatekeeper
I predict that, one day, the United States of North America will come into existence. What I don't know is if it would be a complete union, or just an economic one — sort of like NAFTA — or a military one or what. It will be composed of at least the current US and Canada, and maybe even Mexico.

Then we shall truly be the Beast of the Americas! (And they thought the Beast was bad now.)

Gatekeeper

I agree!

I also predict that it shall be known as the United American States, and it shall be one of the ten kingdoms of the world (led, of course, by my state, the UCS )

Funny, though, that you said "Beast" (sorry, I'm much too into the whole prophetic aspects of Revelation)

[Mr. President]

I predict that, one day, the United States of North America will come into existence. What I don't know is if it would be a complete union, or just an economic one — sort of like NAFTA — or a military one or what. It will be composed of at least the current US and Canada, and maybe even Mexico.

Then we shall truly be the Beast of the Americas! (And they thought the Beast was bad now.)

Oh, my yes! Ally it with Mercosur, and none shall stand before us!

[Tingkai]

Join the US. Great, then we can be future terrorist targets.

Besides, if Canada joins the US, what flag will American travellers put on their backpacks?

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by Tingkai
Join the US. Great, then we can be future terrorist targets.

Besides, if Canada joins the US, what flag will American travellers put on their backpacks?

Probaly Aussie flags.

[Ned]

Actually, since the Atlantic Charter, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand almost act as one on military issues. We should continue the close relationship.

This implies that the four of us coordinate on equipping our armed services so that we do not duplicate efforts and have the same ammo, etc.

We should also, move towards some sort of economic union as well - no tarrifs and perhaps a common currency.

Down the road, we might invite the Irish to join us a well.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Lonestar


Probaly Aussie flags.

I think that the accent would be a give-away to most people.

[Andrew1999]

I've seen some serious predictions that Anglo-Canada will join the U.S. soon. The trigger will be Quebec finally declaring independence, then the Maritimes join the U.S., and then the rest of Canada comes along. This whole process is supposed to be complete by 2010, so you people in Quebec City better get going if you want to stay on schedule.

[Ned]

Andrew, This sounds quite reasonable. When is Quebec going to hold another referendum?

[Arrian]

Canada isn't going to join the US. Gatekeeper's "NAFTA on 'roids" might happen in response to the EU, but no way is Canada going to forfeit their sovereignty to the US.

Look at it this way - if Albertans (pick any province) think that Ottawa doesn't care about their particular wants/needs, what would they think Washington would do for them? Jack ****, that's what. Ontario would go from big fish in little pond to little fish in big freakin' lake. And even if most of Canada wanted to join the US (yeah, right), don't forget the Frenchies.

-Arrian

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Arrian
And even if most of Canada wanted to join the US (yeah, right), don't forget the Frenchies.

In the event Canada wanted to join the US, we would be the one picking and choosing the provinces we let in.