With U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration just days away, the federal government announced it is sending a slew of drones and two Black Hawk helicopters to the shared border to begin beefed-up patrols — along with 11th-hour hope it will be enough to placate the incoming administration.
It is painfully obvious that our close economic relationship with the US is a blessing and a curse. There has always been a need for us to diversify our TRADE and yet every level of government has not tried hard enough to do just that. We need to strengthen economic ties with South America and Europe. Example: why aren’t we jumping to build LNG terminals in Eastern Canada so we can ship our gas to Europe? Import more vegetables from Mexico and central america. We have a direct rail link for cheap transport!
I personally am putting some serious consideration into getting my unrestricted and restricted firearms license with my tax rebate cheque.
Maybe I’ll never use them, but by gawd if Trump is gonna attack us the fuck I’m gonna be sitting on my fat ass doing nothing about it.
What is a gun going to do against air strikes?
Ask the Vietnamese.
Might not be the answer they wanted, but it’s the answer they needed.
Everyone assumes the empire is all-powerful, but they really are not. Mao called them a “paper tiger” 60 or 70 years ago. Vietnam, Afghanistan, Cuba and to some extent Iraq and others have all proven that resistance is not futile. With the insane clown posse taking power the world is not going to be quite as eager to back U.S. aggression, I hope.
Ok…so I was with you…riiiight up to this bit here:
With the insane clown posse taking power
… motherfucker…do not disparage the ICP like that. They are pretty well known as anti-Trump, and speak out against him and his fascist rhetoric. They’re fucking weird, but not like that, and there’s absolutely no reason to dehumanise them in that manner… Otherwise spot on 👍
Names can also be descriptions, I was using those words as a description, not as a reference to the band. (Of which I know nothing other than the name and their supposed confusion over magnets or some shit.) If they are anti-tRump they have that going for them at least.
What do the Vietnamese know about being on the longest land border in the world, within striking distance of every single modern Drone/Bomber/Rocket, with the US?
Sending Troops and equipment overseas to attack is a costly and logistically difficult endeavour. If Vietnam was on the border of the US when the US invaded, Vietnam wouldn’t exist today.
What a waste of money.
Maybe in the sense that it’s needed in the first place. But in reality it’s probably the single most lucrative investment we could make.
Canada doesn’t have Black Hawk helicopters, and our drones are hand-launched (thus far). This is pretty inventive reporting!
Deputy Commissioner Bryan Larkin said the RCMP leased two Black Hawks from an aviation company, and they will be in use starting Friday for enhanced surveillance.
Could have just briefly skimmed the article.
