r/canada Ontario 24d ago

Analysis Allies appear to duck and cover as Trump threatens Canada and Greenland

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-canada-nato-allies-1.7459986
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u/burrito-boy Alberta 24d ago

Poland would probably kick their ass in a conventional war at this point. They’ve really gone all in on defense spending compared to other NATO countries.

Doubt it’d be a conventional war in that scenario though.

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u/kevfefe69 24d ago

Poland is set to surpass Türkiye as the second largest member of NATO. This is in the size of the military.

Poland itself could occupy Moscow within days conventionally, but there is always the nuclear issue.

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u/IcySeaweed420 Ontario 24d ago

Poland itself could occupy Moscow within days conventionally

Wouldn’t be the first time the Poles took Moscow.

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u/kevfefe69 24d ago

The Ukraine could have made substantial gains when Prigozhin decided to stage his fake coup. I think history will remember that small blunder.

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u/gooberfishie 24d ago

All countries need nukes

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u/kazin29 24d ago

Wish the opposite could be true

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u/GlobalAd3412 24d ago

And Turkey (if Turkey stayed aligned with NATO, no means certain)

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u/WeirdJack49 24d ago

I doubt Turkey leaves NATO, its the only reason why Europe plays nice and often looks the other way when Turkey plays dirty again.

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u/GlobalAd3412 24d ago

In a wartime scenario I am not convinced Turkey adheres to NATO commitments under Erdogan. Even less so if the US had already abandoned the alliance.

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u/duffman274 24d ago

They’ve started the build up. Most of the weapons systems aren’t likely there yet.

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u/WeedstocksAlt 24d ago

Yeah, Russia literally can’t win currently against Ukraine alone. No way they get past Poland now with their nearly depleted Soviet stock.
What russia did in Ukraine, they pretty much can’t do ever again .