A 1935 US Plan for Invasion of Canada

[Spec]

Originally posted by Asher
Yes, people invest in Quebec's "energy". They don't really invest in their Oil.

And Oil >>>>>> Hydro in terms of investment...

Sure...for now. But Hydro is the futur and a renewable ressource, unlike oil.

Spec.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Spec
Sure...for now. But Hydro is the futur and a renewable ressource, unlike oil.

Spec.

Hydro has been the future for 50 years, and Oil has been running out for 50 years.

[Hot Mustard]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Who would have thought this thread would turn into an argument over provinces in Canada?

Everyone that saw Asher had posted in the thread.

[Spec]

Originally posted by Asher

Hydro has been the future for 50 years, and Oil has been running out for 50 years.

So you're telling me that oil is a renewable ressource?

Spec.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Spec
So you're telling me that oil is a renewable ressource?

Spec.

I'm telling you that new deposits are being found all the time, and in our lifetime I don't expect it to be depleted.

[CrONoS]

Unless the price is going to be too low...

At what price(barrel price) is it profitable to extract oilsand?

[Asher]

I don't see the price dropping significantly low, and the cost to extract from the oilsands continues to drop as technology improves.

[Spec]

So The US planned to invade us in 1935....

Spec.

[Asher]

No, they didn't. They had invasion plans for everyone, as I understand it.

[Arrian]

... but your new "Stealth Nation" technology saved you.

-Arrian

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Spec
I think that today, we would not ally with the UK...imo. I may be wrong.

Spec.

We would probably try to go neutral, if it were possible.

The British would probably be happy with that. The only question is whether the US would stand for it.

[Arrian]

Things would've changed pretty dramatically in order to bring about a UK-US war. The scenario is so far fetched it's really impossible to say what role Canada would play, if any.

-Arrian, feeling an inexplicable need to state the obvious

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Asher
No, they didn't. They had invasion plans for everyone, as I understand it.

sigh. They had warplans for the major powers with whom a confrontation was possible.

Japan and Germany obviously.


Britain, because while relations with Britain were generally good, Britain WAS the number 1 naval power in the world, and as such was the ONLY power in the world that could actually directly threaten the US. Plus there HAD been significant recent political frictions with the UK, notably over the UK relationship with Japan. So it was a natural contingency.

I dont know off hand of a war plan for France - since France had a relatively modest navy, and was just as friendly to the US politically at the time as UK, there was less reason for even a contingency plan.

The Canada invasion plan was simply one aspect of a warplan involving the UK.

[Drake Tungsten]

We would probably try to go neutral, if it were possible.

The British would probably be happy with that. The only question is whether the US would stand for it.

I don't see why we would mind. It's not like you guys would provide us with anything we really needed to fight the Brits, after all.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Arrian
Things would've changed pretty dramatically in order to bring about a UK-US war. The scenario is so far fetched it's really impossible to say what role Canada would play, if any.

-Arrian, feeling an inexplicable need to state the obvious

Unless the UK were to go fascist or something then our historic ties to them would preclude us taking an active role against them. And even if the US turned into (continued to become?) a military dictatorship then simple self-preservation would force us to Finlandize ourselves.