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Britain’s military dependence on US ‘no longer tenable’, says former Nato chief (www.theguardian.com)

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Britain’s high military dependence on the US is “no longer tenable” and the UK has to become increasingly independent of the special relationship with Washington, a former Nato chief has said.

George Robertson, who last week accused British leaders of a “corrosive complacency” towards defence, said on Wednesday that the traditional allies were diverging over values – and that even after Donald Trump leaves the White House, the separation was likely to continue.

Lord Robertson, a former Labour defence minister and Nato secretary general, highlighted Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran, his decision to levy tariffs on traditional allies and, “most jarringly”, he said, the threat to wrest Greenland from Denmark.

He said the diplomatic tone from the White House had “reached a historic low point” with Trump’s repeated public criticisms of the UK.

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[–] wampus@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Canada doesn't need nukes -- the geographic proximity to the states basically means if nukes are used on the continent, both populations suffer. Just look at the wildfire smoke from Canada that circulates down to new york etc, and imagine that as nuclear fallout.

If Canada wants a deterrent, drones and bio-weapons is likely a better option. It'd be against international conventions perhaps, but Canada's already declared international rules based order dead -- so who cares on that front. You can build up more biotech knowledge by supporting medicare programs / vaccine research (something the states has pulled back on, making them more susceptible to such attacks). You can have a massive, lopsided impact, with a very low cost, easy to deploy/guerrilla setup.

You can't develop nukes without an overt footprint showing your neighbour what you're doing, giving them ample opportunity to sabotage/interfere with your actions. You can setup a couple dudes in a shack with a chicken coup and a couple drones fairly easily, by the thousands, all along the border.

[–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Both population don't suffer equally, and realistically nukes would not be used. They're just a deterrent and make the invading force reconsider or work harder.