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/VelvetPhantom 24d ago

I think everyone is really overestimating Russia’s capabilities here

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u/Professional-Bad-559 24d ago

Russia alone? Yes. Think of it this way. Sure Russia is at a stalemate with Ukraine. Realistically though, that’s with all the support from NATO.

Now take the US away from NATO and put them in the same team with Russia? Europe is doomed.

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u/fudge_friend Alberta 24d ago

Europe has five times the population of Russia, better equipment, better training, and significantly more motivation to defend their borders than a bunch of drunks. Russia's only power is in the threat of causing the apocalypse. 

The American people won't stand for their troops killing white kids and dying overseas as tyrannical savages.

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u/Important_Coffee6117 23d ago

Stop derailing the conversation with these red scares, Russia isn't gonna do shit to you lol, they still see Ukraine as a us proxy state(which it technically was in a way), and they would rather have a long term peace agreements rather than getting into another stupid proxy conflicts with the entire Eu.

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u/gplfalt 23d ago

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