Why we (America) should just conquer the Lands of Canada

[Ryika]

I think it is much better when Canada conquers the US

Yeah right, Canada conquering anything...

 

[Arakhor]

I don't like the compass that much, it was created by American libertarians so they could pretend their support for slavery, debt peonage and so forth is "anti-authoritarian"

I would disagree. From Wikipedia:

The politicalcompass.org website does not reveal the people behind it, beyond the fact that it seems to be based in the United Kingdom.[9][10] At the bottom of any page on the website, it is stated that the political compass's copyright belongs to an organisation named "Pace News Limited".[11] Pace News Limited is a company registered in New Zealand whose Director is Wayne Brittenden. According to The New York Times, the site is the work of Wayne Brittenden, a political journalist.[2] According to Tom Utley, writing in The Daily Telegraph, the site is connected to One World Action, a charity founded by Glenys Kinnock.[7] An early version of the site was published on One World Action's web server.[8]

 

[Lexicus]

Well, this is what I was referring to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Chart

But according to that article the idea for a two-spectrum chart originated from a British psychologist in 1954, so I guess I was wrong anyway.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Yeah right, Canada conquering anything...

We'll see who's laughing when Canada conquers the entire northern hemisphere using the Celinickelbieber. You have no chance to survive make your time!

 

[metatron]

NATO is a total joke. How many warplanes can Germany muster? Most are not operational and yet you insist some sort of insidious American empire exists in which NATO is at the beck and call of the president. An empire with no empire of vassals and conquered terrain absorbed..what lunacy.
http://www.businessinsider.com/germany-military-lack-of-readiness-nato-operations-2018-4

Many things can be nitpicked in that article.
But to answer your question, the Federal Republic's air force maintains:
- 94 multirole Tornado's, which are in their original role quite outdated and rightly subject of the article's opening premise
- 28 air defense suppression Tornado's, which are a highly specialised asset welcome to US operations whenever possible
- 156 Typhoons, which are generally regarded as excellent warplanes
- all manner of surveillance, transport and command planes, which aren't really subject to your question

This is largely in line with one would expect i.e. comparable the assets of similar countries. It compares reasonably well to the RAF for example.
Obviously most countries don't maintain military strength proportional to the US'.
To belittle their means as - in essence - junk is not really appropriate though.

Take Canada, the country supposedly up for invasion here, which at first glance has a (narrowly defined) set of "war planes" of, in essence, F18 Hornets - about 80 of them.
Now you could go ahead and malign that as unimpressive. But Canada, not being dumb, has those Hornets in all manner of nifty variants and upgrades for very specific tasks, thus rendering the planes desirable within Nato operations.

 

[warpus]

Maybe you guys should have invaded and annexed us when you had the chance. Now you're going to have to deal with us mocking you from north of the border with our superior healthcare, public transportation, human rights record, and human heads of state

It's too late now, full on annexation just doesn't happen anymore. You could of course pull it off if you wanted to, but it's just not going to happen. And our hockey players wouldn't play for your flag anyway so what's the point

 

[Cassius Critzer]

Another poster was implying that NATO were lackeys of the alleged American empire when in truth the article shows a serious disregard for military readiness and an insufficient budget to support what is expected. Regardless it is nonsense that America has any desire to pick up more real estate by invading Canada or any nation as we have not held any territory gained in war since the Spanish American war. That is 1898.

In American history, the only legitimate rationale for invading Canada was Canadian support of various Native American tribes by arming them with the firearms of the day and gunpowder and even paying for the scalps of settlers.

The Hudson Bay company might have wanted to annex part of Canada due to the fur trade.

 

[Takhisis]

It's too late now, full on annexation just doesn't happen anymore.

Please tell me why you are not to be considered a Russian propagandist.

Obviously, as a Russian propagandist myself, the best course of action seems to be to just accuse others of this.

 

[Patine]

Another poster was implying that NATO were lackeys of the alleged American empire when in truth the article shows a serious disregard for military readiness and an insufficient budget to support what is expected. Regardless it is nonsense that America has any desire to pick up more real estate by invading Canada or any nation as we have not held any territory gained in war since the Spanish American war. That is 1898.

In American history, the only legitimate rationale for invading Canada was Canadian support of various Native American tribes by arming them with the firearms of the day and gunpowder and even paying for the scalps of settlers.

The Hudson Bay company might have wanted to annex part of Canada due to the fur trade.

You mean the Hudson's Company headquartered in Toronto, listed on the TSE, who simply sold all their vast lands in what is now the majority of Western Canada for a song to John A. MacDonald, and whose company flag at the time had a Union Jack in it's canton? I didn't realize they'd ever been an engine of AMERICAN Imperialism...

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Another poster was implying that NATO were lackeys of the alleged American empire...

No, actually you gave a mighty try to strawman that already, and got blown off. Trying again to strawman this anonymous "other poster" is repetitious and annoying.

 

[Cassius Critzer]

You mean the Hudson's Company headquartered in Toronto, listed on the TSE, who simply sold all their vast lands in what is now the majority of Western Canada for a song to John A. MacDonald, and whose company flag at the time had a Union Jack in it's canton? I didn't realize they'd ever been an engine of AMERICAN Imperialism...

I'm talking about a long time ago during the American Revolution. Due to the enormous fur profit, they wanted to outright control the richest part of the Canadian fur trade, by military means if possible. That is way before anything but a fledgling America.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I'm talking about a long time ago during the American Revolution. Due to the enormous fur profit, they wanted to outright control the richest part of the Canadian fur trade, by military means if possible. That is way before anything but a fledgling America.

This is hilarious. A long time ago, during the American Revolution, the Hudson Bay Company didn't want to control the 'Canadian' fur trade. They DID. They were licensed to by the crown. You know, the king of Canada? Yeah, that guy.

 

[Cassius Critzer]

The fur trade was complex in Canada with the French, the British, the various indigenous people of Canada, and American entrepeneurs. Oh wait, that's history versus jumping to the conclusion.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War
http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/america/canada/northwest/hudsonsbay.htm

Now that is what I mean about an invasion of Canada and actually the French started that mess since they controlled Canada and were trying trying to use terrorism by Native Americans to oppose settlers. And they were not necessarily even indigenous to THAT region where attacks occurred.
Then since it was effective, the English replicated those efforts later.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

The fur trade was complex? Who would have guessed. Why, it's just like health care.

 

[Hygro]

It’s time to bring freedom to our Canadan friends.

 

[Patine]

It’s time to bring freedom to our Canadan friends.

Everyone cherishes the "freedom" to starve on the streets because you have no job or die at the doors of a hospital because you can't pay for expensive medical treatment. Amazingly, the U.S. is rare among First World nations for these exciting freedoms, but most dirt poor, destitute Third World nations share this vaunted freedom. It must bring Americans great pride!

 

[Sommerswerd]

Maybe you guys should have invaded and annexed us when you had the chance. Now you're going to have to deal with us mocking you from north of the border with our superior healthcare, public transportation, human rights record, and human heads of state

It's too late now, full on annexation just doesn't happen anymore. You could of course pull it off if you wanted to, but it's just not going to happen. And our hockey players wouldn't play for your flag anyway so what's the point

Ummm Excuse me? "Your" hockey players already "play for our flag"... your best ones anyway. NHL means National Hockey League, not "North American" Hockey League. It's called the National... "National" meaning United States, Hockey League, precisely because its a US League with a couple Canadian teams sprinkled in... and its the best hockey in the world, bar-none... All Your Hockey Are Belong To US.

Come at me bro.

Also, we did invade and attempt to annex you when we had the chance... we lost er um I mean... I can neither confirm nor deny the alleged "results" of said invasion, except to say that lots of people are saying that it was just tremendous and honestly we could do it again... maybe we will, maybe we won't... we'll just have to see.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Also, we did invade and attempt to annex you when we had the chance... we lost er um I mean... I can neither confirm nor deny the alleged "results" of said invasion, except to say that lots of people are saying that it was just tremendous and honestly we could do it again... maybe we will, maybe we won't... we'll just have to see.

All your White House are burned by us!

 

[Sommerswerd]

All your White House are burned by us!

Nope, thats fake news. The British burned the White House not the Canadians

 

[Lexicus]

The British burned the White House not the Canadians

I'm not sure there was really a difference then.