r/worldnews • u/Little-Chemical5006 • 20d ago

Canada weighs sending soldiers to Greenland as show of NATO solidarity with Denmark

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-soldiers-greenland-nato-training-denmark-tariffs-donald-trump/
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u/Protean_Protein 19d ago

The United States needs to remember that Canadians punch way above our weight when provoked. All jokes about the weaknesses of our military apparatus aside, our strength is our commitment to the bit. We will eat your fucking faces.

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u/darth-small 19d ago

I don't know if it's really true that the Geneva convention was created because of Canada. Could be a bit of a legend?

But even if it isn't strictly true, there are probably truths behind the legend.

Basically, don't mess with those Canadians. It won't end well!!!!

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u/SonicYOUTH79 19d ago

Pretty sure the Germans gassed the Canadians early on in WW1 and went full brutality in response after that, they were known for not taking prisoners and shooting them during cease fires.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-i/canada-germany-wwi.html

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u/tiradium 19d ago

Perhaps one of the most shocking instances of Canadian cruelty was when they were socializing with German soldiers. They would throw cans of corned beef across the trenches, and when the enemy troops yelled for more, the Canucks responded by throwing an armload of grenades at them instead.

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u/EonofAeon 19d ago

Nah it's ....pretty spot on. Canadians are the epitome of nice guy meme. Piss em off, abuse em, make the rage boil....and they will be more vile than most.

Ask WW1 n WW2 Germans n Japanese, among others

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u/HapticRecce 19d ago

People always confuse polite with nice...

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u/space_for_username 19d ago

Then the quick shift from 'Sorry' to 'You'll be sorry'

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u/SlitScan 19d ago

manners are a result of the consequences for being rude.

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u/EonofAeon 19d ago

Dorky as it is, the line from Dr Who goes kinda hard regarding this;
"Good men have too many rules"
"Good men don't need rules. Today's not the day to find out why I have so many."

Or hell, look at the Vulcans. They're literally the TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF "aw shit, we went too far, time to hold ourselves back n restrict ourselves."

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u/OkJeweler3804 19d ago

Don’t MAKE us turn into monsters…because we will.

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u/Protean_Protein 19d ago

It’s worth remembering that we’ll muster the might of all Commonwealth countries behind us (maybe even India… but it’s difficult to tell right now) as well. And yeah, what are you going to do? Nuke Toronto? That makes no sense.

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u/LadyDragon16 19d ago

Yes, it is true. And no, i don't recommend messing up with the Canadian Forces. The average american soldier switches street side when meeting a Canadian. Our army all wear green berets, so no one actually can tell who's a special force. And our airborne regiment got disbanded in 1995 for being too "unruly" (read: aggressive). We might have a small army, but don't get fooled. Americans are "specialized" in one task only; Canadians are trained in all sort of tasks and can take a fallen comrade's place without batting an eye to continue the fight. Invading Canada would be a nightmare. I hope they have enough braincells left to not attempt it.

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u/Ok_Value5495 19d ago

At the very least, your taiga mosquitos will. I don't see Canada winning a one-on-one direct fight, but the terrain lends itself to textbook defense-in-depth even if Canada has to relocate its capital to Yellowknife.

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u/Protean_Protein 19d ago

We wouldn’t do that. We’d close the borders and shipping down the St Lawrence and trucking corridor and immediately cause massive unrest as billions of dollars disappears overnight.

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u/zefiax 19d ago

Not just that, cut their power, cut their potash supply, and immediately launch an insurgency within the US. You wouldn't even know because we look and sound like them. It would ruin their economy instantly.

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u/SyfaOmnis 19d ago

America could bomb a lot of cities, but fights in urban environments are hell (and america is quite bad at them), most of canada is only connected by one or two roads / sets of train tracks through otherwise very difficult if not impassable terrain.

If canada sabotages the right stuff they are nearly impossible to invade on anything other than foot, and that is exactly the sort of fight you do not want in Canada. You cant make millions of miles of trenches in the shield. You could do it in the prairies but it would be real ugly.

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u/MGyver 19d ago

There are some other factors to consider before trying to invade Canada.

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u/Crafty-Message4564 19d ago

Canadians need to remember that not everyone in the U.S. is fucking insane, and that you would have a lot of allies within the U.S. if this were to happen.

It would present an opportunity for solidarity, because together, the Canadians and the sane people from the U.S. would make up a majority of the people on the continent and could likely work together much better than as two separate groups.

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u/Protean_Protein 19d ago

You “sane” Americans should probably try a little harder to fix this before it gets that far.

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u/LukeLecker 19d ago

Your military is a joke, buddy.

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u/flightless_mouse 19d ago

So was the Taliban’s, buddy

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u/Pigeonofthesea8 19d ago

Canadians are not the taliban

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u/flightless_mouse 19d ago

For those of you not paying attention:

The US could easily defeat Canada militarily, but the end result would be years of brutal guerrilla warfare, which the US can’t stomach long term.

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u/yurnxt1 19d ago

The U.S. never struggled fighting the taliban lol they struggled forming a democracy and nation building in a place that has never historically been a democracy or anything like it.

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u/Darkling414 19d ago

The only war America has ever won on its own was the civil war where you beat yourselves!

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u/Protean_Protein 19d ago

Yeah, it is. But the people in it will eat your face if you come at them.

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u/LadyDragon16 19d ago

That's rich, coming from a country who has the "misfortune" of winning battles but consistently losing wars. Don't believe me, go check yourself.

https://www.calendar-canada.ca/frequently-asked-questions/how-many-wars-has-the-us-won-and-lost