03-02-2025, 02:03 PM
(03-02-2025, 01:47 PM)Kodra24 Wrote: Yes, too bad the Liberal government shot down all the pipeline development with major cancellations and policy change in the mid to late 2010's that could have started to reduce our dependance on the US
We will always be reliant on the US - and this is particularly true in terms of defense
Imagine China or Russia set-up shop in the Arctic on a barren Canadian island to extract whatever they wish, we wouldn't be able to do anything about it - ZERO
This is where the US, and rightfully so, is alarmed about our defense spending and NATO commitment - basically if we have to take care of you, even though you don't want to take care of yourself, what's in it for us?!
That is not what Trump is trying to do. C'mon. How about that Zelensky visit, eh. Zelensky's country is literally fighting the Russians and the US is threatening to not support them. The argument that Canada isn't committed to NATO is a total red herring. The US is trying to destroy NATO.
Trump is on the record as having said, a bunch of times, that he wants to be a dictator and president for life, and he wants to be just like Putin and colonize the "near abroad".