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Post by Fredo on May 1, 2013 18:05:27 GMT -5
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Post by Smilin' Jack on May 1, 2013 19:53:47 GMT -5
Add another dot?
This agreement was quietly put in place FIVE years ago.
As I said in another thread, the powers and authorities that the government thinks that it might need are already in place somewhere in some fashion to be used when the circumstances warrant.
Here, IMO, both militaries thought the flexibility to move assets or personnel around quickly to address emerging threats might be useful.
It also makes we wonder what their threat assessments are, that they aren't prepared to scare the crap out of the rest of us with.
Granted that the Canadian Forces could hardly 'invade' America, there are special teams that might be helpful in terror related incidents.
An example might be the JTF2 unit which is primarily tasked with counter-terrorism operations and hostage rescue, based on accounts.
Their special skill sets might be usefully applied on short notice so having the ability to call on such units would be prudent preparation for such a contingency on either side of the border.
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Post by wheels on May 2, 2013 12:18:27 GMT -5
i'm not one of those nuts that thinks another revolution is coming, but this agreement coupled with attempted anti-gun legislation doesn't sit well.
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Post by manlyman on May 2, 2013 12:58:58 GMT -5
I don't tend to worry much about an invasion from Canada. Lest we forget, half (or more) of Canada is French. And if history is any indication, the French side would surrender before the first shot was fired. ;D HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Post by Fredo on May 2, 2013 14:57:53 GMT -5
The best case scenario is that in the event of a hostage/terrorist situation in say... northern Vermont, we could count on Canadian help that would be only a couple of miles away vs hundreds for our own guys.
In the worst case, it comes to some sort of interweaving Canadian military with American law enforcement to do things like"lock down" an entire town and do wildly illegal house to house searches.
Given what we've seen from the last couple of administrations and what we've seen in the last few weeks, I'm not inclined to think that this is a good thing.
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Post by wheels on May 2, 2013 15:52:03 GMT -5
I don't tend to worry much about an invasion from Canada. Lest we forget, half (or more) of Canada is French. And if history is any indication, the French side would surrender before the first shot was fired. ;D HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! i'm not worried about an invasion, either. i was alluding to the possibility that Canada could provide assistance to the federal government to quell a civil uprising. i'm not really worried about an uprising or revolution here. however, when you've already got DHS buying insane amounts of ammunition (presumed by some as an attempt to dilute the market), the government pushing anti-gun legislation and now a military partnership w/ our neighbors to the north, one could come to the conclusion that our government IS worried about the citizens rising up against it.
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Post by Fredo on May 2, 2013 17:58:12 GMT -5
Funny thing. As these "rumors" about huge ammo purchases hit the MSM, I started seeing ammo show up in the stores again. Amazing.
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Post by Smilin' Jack on May 3, 2013 21:47:20 GMT -5
I don't tend to worry much about an invasion from Canada. Lest we forget, half (or more) of Canada is French. And if history is any indication, the French side would surrender before the first shot was fired. ;D HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You'd think that it was half or more given their disproportionate representation in the federal government and their institutions including the military. Bilingualism is a requirement for ANY upward management mobility. It's akin to affirmative action. They actually make up less than 25% of the general population and are obviously concentrated mostly in Quebec. The Quebecois are the most socialist and pacifist among us so maybe you'd be right. I hope that we never have a reason to find out just how reliable they'd be.
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