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They'd take Halifax (then we'd kill Kenny) [U.S. invasion plans for Canada]
The Globe and Mail ^
| 12/31/05
| SHAWN MCCARTHY
Posted on 12/31/2005 11:02:13 AM PST by doc30
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To: doc30
We should go south first ... THEN North
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posted on
12/31/2005 11:32:02 AM PST
by
clamper1797
(Proud member of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club VA-93 aboard the USS Midway CVA-41 1972-1973)
To: doc30
Of course we have contingency plans - for every corner of the planet. I assume that our plans for Canada have evolved somewhat since they no longer have a military.
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posted on
12/31/2005 11:33:50 AM PST
by
SmithL
(Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Lift up your gates and sing, Hosana in the highest! Hosana to your King!)
To: doc30
Canada? Is that a country or something?
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posted on
12/31/2005 11:34:20 AM PST
by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
To: doc30
Send in the clowns
There ought to be clowns
Maybe next year...
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posted on
12/31/2005 11:35:33 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
("Can't hide Freedom's song." ~ Starwise)
To: Hoplite
Mike: No, no, that's okay, calm down. Mustn't hate! Mustn't hate!
Crow: At least so overtly.
Mike: Exactly, right. Must disguise our hate, just a little. (Commercial sign light goes on) Okay, we'll be right back. (To Tom) It's okay, now, Dudley.
Tom (still sobbing): Pardonez moi! Pardonez moi!
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posted on
12/31/2005 11:36:18 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(What is the most obscene gesture to a Democrat? An Iraqi voter showing him a stained finger.)
To: wmileo
Leter Pearson was a traitorous coward too. If his ears had been longer LBJ would have picked him up by his ears.
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posted on
12/31/2005 11:37:37 AM PST
by
ikka
To: doc30
We need to update these plans.
Initial invasion would be a couple of Marines penetrating Quebec. The French response would be immediate unconditional surrender, splitting Canada in two. Alaskan citizens would be given letters of marque allowing them to keep anything they can take in Canada especially beer. Acting on this information, British Columbia would rise in rebellion and join the U.S. as the 51st state. Idaho would annex the area between as most residents need to expand their compounds. Finally, a temporary ban on North Atlantic fishing would motivate the down East Yankees to pacify Eastern Canada with uncharacteristically dry sarcastic humorless humor. Victory.
To: doc30
It starts with a seaborne assault on Halifax to cut Canada off from its British allyThe irony is that a few years later, Halifax Harbor and the Bedford Basin just outside it were the assembly points for the great Atlantic convoys of WW II, which aided the very survival of Great Britain. The Royal Navy considered Halifax during the War to be the most important port in the world.So there we were, Halifax loaded with US naval and merchant marine personnel, and we didn't even try to make a move!
To: sgtbono2002
Exactly. If we went to war with canada it would be over in hours, Then we would have to annex it and we would be stuck with them as citizen. We have zillions of them in Florida this time of year and we do not like it. They always say, "If it weren't for us your economy would be in the tank." What? This is such BS they, canadians, are the cheapest b+stards in the world. If a waiter gets stiffed all you do is ask the customer, "what part of canada are you from."
When Floridians boat to the Bahamas they charge $300. I think we should charge them $3000. What would the do? Stay home and freeze? Nah. My actual fear is this is just a ruse to surrender without conflict.
To: doc30
Ice-brewed beer and Trish Stratus. Canada has plenty we'd want in our empire.
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posted on
12/31/2005 11:53:24 AM PST
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: frankjr
"................It is no surprise it comes up now. Canada is in the midst of a general election and the liberals are performing badly. This could be 3-5% to the Liberals (or at least away from the Tories)."
THIS is a political campaign tactic? Did some Lib strategist get confused and send out the talking points for his run at fifth grade class secretary? Or do the Libs actually think so little of their own base that they can recycle a tale that insulted the intelligence of a pile of wet stone the first time it was told?
I haven't seen this much bull___ in one place since my last walk through a feed lot.
If somebody actually killed a good tree to print this crap, they deserve to rot in hell........and I think enviros suck.
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posted on
12/31/2005 11:58:52 AM PST
by
Unrepentant VN Vet
(I can't really accept a welcome home until the last MIA does.)
To: SmithL
Of course we have contingency plans - for every corner of the planet. There was uncertainty within the U.S. Navy in the post World War One era whether Great Britain would tolerate losing naval supremacy to the United States. German states and Britain had been long-standing allies against France since the time of the Bourbons and Germany's quest for naval parity had turned that relationship on its head. The possibility of war against the British Empire was therefore not totally out of the question as Britannia still ruled the waves as well as its Empire and the U.S. was seen as the pretentious upstart.
In the 1930's, U.S. contingency plans (named after colors) included the following geographic areas :
RED: British Empire, further subdivided into:
***CRIMSON: Canada
***RUBY: India
***SCARLET: Australia
GREEN: Mexico
BLACK: Germany
ORANGE: Japan
RED/ORANGE: British/Japanese alliance
YELLOW: China
GRAY: Azores
EMERALD: Ireland
INDIGO: Iceland Intervention
LEMON: Portugal
TAN: Cuba
GOLD: France
SILVER: Italy
PURPLE: USSR
CITRON: Brazil
OLIVE: Spain
WHITE: Civil unrest within the U.S. ("U.S. Domestic Contingency")
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posted on
12/31/2005 12:01:01 PM PST
by
Polybius
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
We shoulda done this long ago! I love it! That is the sort of mindless comment I would expect from the left. Do you really think it is ok to go around invading countries when there is no clear and present danger? I realize that many things on Free Republic are written half in jest but puleeeze.
To: doc30
I don't think we'd need a plan to take out Canada, personally....
To: hippiechild
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posted on
12/31/2005 12:05:15 PM PST
by
Skylab
To: fanfan
ping
Globe and Mail.........
I'm not surprised, except that they might have had more effect if they'd left less time for the laughter to die down.
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posted on
12/31/2005 12:13:32 PM PST
by
Unrepentant VN Vet
(I can't really accept a welcome home until the last MIA does.)
To: doc30
Canadians.
Whaddaya gonna do?
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posted on
12/31/2005 12:21:01 PM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: doc30
Why take Halifax? Toronto and Montreal are where 90% of the problems lie...
To: hippiechild
I realize that many things on Free Republic are written half in jest but puleeeze.
If that tongue-in-cheek comment offended you on your first day as a registered member then you probably won't enjoy your stay.
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posted on
12/31/2005 12:36:33 PM PST
by
digitalbrownshirt
(http://digitalbrownshirt.blogspot.com)
To: Polybius
"YELLOW: China" Obviously, this was long before P.C. came into vogue!
Semper Fi
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posted on
12/31/2005 12:40:18 PM PST
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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