3/21/25, 7:27 AM:
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Wars are unpredictable. It all depends upon what is the objective. She seems to take Trump literally. She seems to think that the USA is willing to go out and conquer Canada. I see it as a generous offer. Trump believes that Canada would be better off as a state than as a country. Trumps' rhetoric is an offer, not a threat.
If conquest was the intent, then who would win? Such an objective would require a pretty strong grip on power at the executive level in the USA. As it now stands, I'd say it wouldn't go quickly enough to do it within Trump's timeframe.
However, the USA beat Germany and Japan in World War II ( with the help of Allies in Europe, but mostly alone against Japan). Canada doesn't have the means to beat the USA in an ass kicking contest. If Germany and Japan couldn't do it, Canada sure as hell can't do it.
Canada cannot win an all out war with the USA. But a certain kind of war might be winnable for them. However, conditions could change that might make any war unwinnable for Canada. They'd be advised not to provoke such a war. Canada seems to want to be enemies with the US. In such a scenario, they'd lose BIG TIME.
On the face of it, Joy Reid seems ridiculous. An ill-advised kind of war would be a disaster for both sides. It might look like Russia v Ukraine. Ukraine cannot win an ass-kicking contest, but they sure can make victory a Pyrrhic one for Russia. It would be odd for Trump to start such a war with Canada. I don't think that is his intent.
10:10 AM:
Who the hell would want an actual shooting war here? Cui bono? The whole scenario is absurd.
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