After Europe Backed Down, Will Canada Step Up?

Regarding recent comments by Trump about annexing Greenland, Canada, which is just next door, has become restless. On the 20th, Canada's Globe and Mail cited government officials saying that the Canadian Armed Forces have begun simulating exercises regarding a potential U.S. invasion and Canada's response plan.

The report said that this is the first time in a century that the Canadian military has taken the United States as a hypothetical enemy in war games. Canada may have as little as three months to prepare for a possible U.S. land and sea invasion. However, if the U.S. actually launches an attack, the U.S. military is expected to break through Canada's land and sea defenses within a week, or even two days.

Canada also hopes that "the U.S. won't act."

Therefore, the Canadian military's plan is to fight a guerrilla war against the U.S. The idea is: although the Canadian military cannot match the U.S. in size and equipment, if the U.S. really invades Canada, the U.S. will not initially deploy enough troops to fully occupy the country. It is more likely to adopt a surprise "decapitation" tactic. This gives the Canadian military time and space to wage a guerrilla war, at which point the Canadian forces will "resist the U.S. like Afghanistan resisted the Soviet Union," attacking the U.S. forces and causing as much damage as possible.

In addition, the Canadian military also proposed seeking nuclear deterrence from Britain and France to intimidate Trump and prevent him from acting recklessly.

However, it is very humorous that even though Trump has already threatened to turn Canada into the "51st state" of the U.S., and his greed for Greenland is obvious, many Canadian former military officials and think tank analysts interviewed still refuse to believe that the U.S. would actually act.

Canadian troops have always been the US's lackeys when invading other countries

Even if this possibility does exist, they still place their hope on so-called "support from democratic countries." For example, retired Canadian Major General David Fraser claimed that if the U.S. dared to invade Canada, the "international community" would definitely make Trump pay a heavy price. The consequences would be "even more serious than occupying Greenland," because "everyone cares about Canada's fate, which is completely different from Venezuela" — implying that as long as the victim is Canada, the so-called "civilized world" will unite and attack Trump together.

Fraser's remarks thoroughly expose the deep-rooted "I am the world" arrogance of the West, that is, the habit of using their small circle to represent the entire international community or "civilized world." But the problem is:

When was the U.S. expelled from this "civilized world"? If the U.S. invades Canada, isn't that a civil war within the "civilized world"? Moreover, if the "civilized world" were really so powerful, why couldn't it stop Trump's desire for another NATO member state, Denmark's territory?

Trump: Canada still wants to resist?

Fraser's logic seems particularly pale and ridiculous in front of Trump's ambitions and the absolute strength of the U.S.

Getting back to the topic. Since Trump's comments about annexing Greenland have caused controversy, Canada's opposition to this issue has indeed been more proactive than European countries: Canada not only proposed sending troops to Greenland to assist Denmark in defense, but its Prime Minister Trudeau openly opposed Trump's attempt to seize Greenland.

On the 20th, Trudeau even publicly admitted at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the "rules-based international order" is a double standard game, and the application of international law varies depending on the identity of the victim. Western countries have long been aware of this.

But the problem is, Canadians don't want to spend money to protect their country

But Canada's resistance ends there. A recent survey by the Canadian polling firm GEF Consulting showed that over half of respondents believe Canada is likely to become the next target of U.S. invasion, and 79.3% of the public believe Canada is unable to resist U.S. invasion.

However, when asked whether they are willing to pay taxes to strengthen national defense, as many as 40% of Canadians chose "not a penny," preferring the option of "just apologize to Trump."

This is the current situation of Canada. As a country deeply integrated with the U.S. politically, economically, and diplomatically, any act of resistance by Canada is meaningless. After all, times have changed, and the Canadian army that once burned down the White House has become history.



Original: toutiao.com/article/7597758746118406702/

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