Harper knows that the Russians are only 45 minutes away from Canada’s Northern Reaches, where they are poised to violate Canada’s Sovereignty, and claim the oil resources under the ice.
And Harper has no military to protect Canada.( 100,000 men and women in the Canadian Armed Forces in a population of 30 million plus, not enough even to protect Ottawa). And will Obama help Canada .......NOPE....all former alliances with the USA are OFF and up for “Obama” redefinition.
Harper is nervous , as he should be. Damned right he is kicking Ivan’s ass. He has very little else he can do. In 5 years Canada could be speaking Russian as its official language, just like Poland could be.
We are on the brink of harvesting the gross stupidy of the Trudeau years which caused the Canadian Military to become just another collective of civil servants, and the gradual transmorgrification of the Canadian Mlitary into a bilingual force prepared to die wholesale in 2 languages
in defence of a nation where solialized medicine health care consumes 50% of the federal budget, far outstripping the military budget.
That bird of Canada’s military reductionism is about to come home to roost. It could cause the deaths of millions of Canadians and a loss of the Northwest Territories , and the Yukon, or maybe the whole nation.
Canada does not even have its own nukes!
All Harper CAN do is send Ivan home from Base Gagetown, besides hautily refusing the Russians heated latrines at latitude 5 degrees.
Canada has nukes in the sense that Puerto Rico does; it isn’t an independent country in the sense that the US or Russia is. I believe the Queen of England is still their sovereign (she is on their money, and I believe there is an official residence there). No offense to Canadians, but their legal status is different.
I’m a vet of the Canadian army, did 10 years and 3 tours.
I can tell you with absolute certainty, that no country will roll over this one without losing everything they have. In Korea we took on 10,000 chinese with 224 men in the Battle of Kapyong, that’s just one. History here is full of example of battles against the odds.
I own many firearms, my battle rifle is a 7.62mm semi auto XCR. Here in Alberta, everyone has guns, it won’t be easy for anyone. The army these days is getting gayified, but us locals aren’t.
I don’t think Canada’s military is what it used to be because of all the political correct BS, among other things, but don’t underestimate the will of the people living here. We out west can’t even accept Ottawa’s rule, let alone anyone else. We are free loving, gun toting, in my case God fearing...rednecks.