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[–] shittydwarf@piefed.ca 32 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Asymmetrical warfare is our thing

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That and inventing new war crimes.

[–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 20 points 22 hours ago

They're not war crimes the first time

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 17 points 23 hours ago

Everybody needs a hobby.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 7 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Because every war you've ever been in was asymmetrical?

I kid, I kid...

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 hours ago

We were in the big wars (the whole time!), but yes, since then it's been helping someone else do COIN.

[–] codydodd@lemmy.ca 13 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Yupp..

Act 1 US war of independence founded modern Canada because a) the quebecois ever fearful of cultural erasure, ever relevant today given those US demands, b) those not in favour of a racist dictatorship (yes the anglosphere was turning their backs on a monster they helped create), my family moved to loyalist country, fitting, and c) Britain's desire to legitimize presence by recognizing first nations,... founded canada. The US invaded thinking we would join but Quebec and the indigenous wanted nothing to do with that genocidal regime. An asymetrical response ended American interests.

Act 2 The war of 1812, the US claims they kinda won because they genocided the Iroquois nation and paved a way for continental-scale genocide .. but another goal was conquest of Canada. A goal they failed on every county..britain, its loyalists, and later founders of Canada fought back and said fuck you. Canada 100% repelled the US invasion using asymmetrical warfare.

Act 3 Fuck around and find out.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I think they’d find out Washington Stste, Minnesota, Michigan, Maine, Vermont, New York and probably Massachusetts, California and Oregon would all join Canadian resistance.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 hours ago

You mean north Tennessee? I wouldn’t count on them.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Act 2 the US claims they kinda won? Is that not the war that is not taught in schools down there because Canada got shit faced and burnt down the white house.

[–] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Oh they teach it in schools, but they leave that part out. It is framed as a US victory due to hype and cope

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

I don't think you can say that if you've never been invaded/occupied by a superior army.

Maybe come over to vietnam and go to some museums or talk to some people if you want to know what asym warfare is like.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 hours ago

Yes, Canadians have no idea what it's like. We've seen even less ugliness than Americans, and when this whole thing started, we had to go to hockey for martial metaphors.

Living in a warzone is a learning curve you can go up fast, though, because you have no choice.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

It's also worth noting that Canada has a land border with the USA. They can also pass as generic American, if required.

Asymmetric warfare wouldn't only be focused in Canada. E.g. a coordinated set of drone strikes could basically shatter large portions of the American power grid. There are too many soft, unmanned targets to viably protect, and the lead time of spares is measured in months to years, on some parts.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 hours ago

I really need to figure out a way to practice American-style vowels.

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 3 points 13 hours ago

Heck a large portion of the American power grid is in Canada since we sell them so much.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz -3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Do you not remember covid? Your treatlerites rioted in Montréal and tried to do a J6 over the most tepid restrictions. The ones jerking off over a romantic idea of fighting a war aren't prepared to spend years living without the lifestyle they're accustomed to and have themselves and their families randomly imprisoned or murdered by the evil empire they've served so faithfully. You'd be closer to the conditions of the IRA than Vietnam or Iran, except even they had a history of genocides to radicalize people.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

FYI, I'm not Canadian. Just an observer from the other side of the pond, watching America die in morbid horror.