Fearmongering

[Arrian]

Yes, Ms. Tubes, their plan was to attack Canadian targets.

-Arrian

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by BlackCat
How long is the borderline between Yankistan and Canukistan ? and how much of it is pure wilderness ?

The land border is a little over 5000 km long. Apparently, 2172 km goes through forest, and some more would go through undeveloped prairie. Another 3800 + km of water boundary, some of which would be lakes and rivers which wouldn't be difficult to cross.

[Lorizael]

Uh. They wanted to behead the Prime Minister. The US doesn't have one of those.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by BlackCat
How long is the borderline between Yankistan and Canukistan ? and how much of it is pure wilderness ? I guess that both numbers are pretty highso it's impossible to prevent any to cross if they really want. Those politicians are either heading straight towards single digit IQ's or have other agendas than security.

Btw, good job done catching those thugs before they did something nasty.

Pure wilderness in the technical sense, dunno, but probably not that much. Large areas are prairie, with farmers and all just might notice someone crossing their land. And a big chunk is water, the Great Lakes and the St Lawrence. But yeah, that still leaves a lot of miles of pretty rugged terrain, esp in the rockies, and in Maine. Not sure how good jihadis are at hiking through that kinda terrain though, or what the chances are of getting caught. Yeah its a long unguarded, border, but im not sure that means its porous.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Kontiki


The land border is a little over 5000 km long. Apparently, 2172 km goes through forest, and some more would go through undeveloped prairie. Another 3800 + km of water boundary, some of which would be lakes and rivers which wouldn't be difficult to cross.

Superior, its said, never gives up her dead.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski
humm not to be an ass here but the terroits u caught were canadian and about to build bombs, they got caught and the us is supposed to be ok with that cause they got caught??? im sorry but do any of u think they were gonna have a bubble bath with that **** or god forbid bomb canada?? hell no they were aiming for the us so yeah i think its necessary to guard the citizens of this country at all means possible

Wrongo. They were trying to bomb Canada.

Plus, even if they were aiming for the US (which they weren't) then I'd think you'd be more pleased with them doing their planning in Canada than in the US. Because we actually stop terrorist plots before they happen.

[Arrian]

I certainly feel good that our northern neighbors appear to be competant policemen.

-Arrian

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by lord of the mark


Pure wilderness in the technical sense, dunno, but probably not that much. Large areas are prairie, with farmers and all just might notice someone crossing their land. And a big chunk is water, the Great Lakes and the St Lawrence. But yeah, that still leaves a lot of miles of pretty rugged terrain, esp in the rockies, and in Maine. Not sure how good jihadis are at hiking through that kinda terrain though, or what the chances are of getting caught. Yeah its a long unguarded, border, but im not sure that means its porous.

There is a significant patrol presence using helicopters, and probably some undisclosed electronic detection system (footfall sensors, IR etc)

[Mrs. Tuberski]

their plan was to bomb canada and then what?? who was gonna be next??? its great they were caught but i agree this country needs better border security whether its on the canadian side or the mexican side. And i seriously doubt that if they werent caught they would have aimed some crap at the us
since all territis bombers are so honest

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Arrian
I certainly feel good that our northern neighbors appear to be competant policemen.

-Arrian

Don't play so nice. Take the damn bait

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Wrongo. They were trying to bomb Canada.

Plus, even if they were aiming for the US (which they weren't) then I'd think you'd be more pleased with them doing their planning in Canada than in the US. Because we actually stop terrorist plots before they happen.

IIUC they were stopped through coordinated work by Canada AND the US AND the UK, and several other countries as well.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


There is a significant patrol presence using helicopters, and probably some undisclosed electronic detection system (footfall sensors, IR etc)

Wiki -
"After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, border security along the International Boundary was dramatically (and often covertly) improved by both nations in both populated and rural areas. Both nations are also actively involved in detailed and extensive tactical and strategic intelligence sharing.

American and Canadian citizens owning property adjacent to the border are required to report construction of any physical border crossing on their land to their respective governments, and this is enforced by the International Boundary Commission. Where required, fences or vehicle blockades are used. All persons crossing the border are required to report to the respective customs and immigration agencies in each country. In remote areas where staffed border crossings are not available, there are hidden sensors on roads and also scattered in wooded areas near crossing points and on many trails and railways, but there are not enough border personnel on either side to verify and stop coordinated incursions (see the Michel Jalbert story)

Parts of the International Boundary cross through mountainous terrain or heavily forested areas, but significant portions also cross remote prairie farmland and the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River, in addition to the maritime components of the boundary at the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans. The actual number of U.S. and Canadian border security personnel is not known but estimated to be less than 1,000 in total, largely clustered near major crossing points. In comparison, there are in excess of 7,000 U.S. border security personnel on the Mexico-U.S. border alone."

[Arrian]

Don't play so nice. Take the damn bait

No. I'm a traitorous blue-stater, remember? I like Canada.

-Arrian

[KrazyHorse]

There was collaboration, but I'm actually not certain about how important it was. The US had the two Georgia men in custody in March, but I don't know if their communication with the Toronto cell led to the police surveillance, whether it was independently arrived at or whether the RCMP was already watching the Toronto cell and gave the US a heads-up when the Americans came to visit.

I'm just mindlessly crowing about not getting blown up.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski
their plan was to bomb canada and then what?? who was gonna be next???

Nobody.

I don't know how incompetent you think our police force is, but if you think that somebody was going to set off massive truck bombs in the heart of Toronto, then go to Ottawa and behead the prime minister, and then somehow manage to cross into the US, build some more bombs and blow **** up down there then you're a ****ing lunatic.