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You seem to be gloating about the prospect, which I find disgusting.
Elan, don't take it personally. It's just observations & drawing potential conclusions.
The US does not want Canada. At all. That was a comment on the disparate sizes & power of the two militaries. Canada can't even get their own soldiers & equipment to the areas of conflict in the world where they are helping us. They depend on US transportation to get there.
Practically speaking you may be right,
See? Even you acknowledge it. Got nothing to do with gloating or wishing, got to do with simple observation of "correlations of forces and means (COFM)". COFM is defined as the military balance between two opponents
"3 general spheres of influence headed by Russia, USA, and China."
If you look at the size of these countries, in terms of population and economy, the notion of three spheres is ludicrous.
Size has little to do with it. "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
if that is some version of real politic, it is mind boggling that any patriotic American would accept it lying down.
Whaaat???? And it's not "real politic", it's "realpolitik".
"Politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations"
"Realpolitik is a political system that's not based on beliefs, doctrines, ethics, or morals, but rather on realistic, practical ideas."
" the approach of conducting diplomatic or political policies based primarily on considerations of given circumstances and factors, rather than strictly following ideological, moral, or ethical premises"
Russia is no more than a tail being wagged by the Chinese dog.
I do not understand how anyone could seriously believe this.
Heck with it, I hate getting dragged into these types of discussions. People continually conflate "is" with "ought".
I'm out.
