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American invasion of Canada would spark decades-long insurgency, expert predicts [View all]
HALIFAX — If U.S. President Donald Trump fails in his stated goal of annexing Canada through economic force, what would happen if he ordered the world’s most powerful military to invade?
Some experts and academics say it’s a notion too preposterous to even contemplate. But Aisha Ahmad isn’t one of them.
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“But a conventional military victory is not the end of this story. It’s just the beginning.”
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“Canada is a gigantic country with 40 million people who really don’t want to be Americans,” Cohen said in an interview. “(An invasion) would be a monumental enterprise. The opposition to it would be across the board in the United States. And who the hell wants 40 million progressives in the United States? It makes no sense.”
Some experts and academics say it’s a notion too preposterous to even contemplate. But Aisha Ahmad isn’t one of them.
...
“But a conventional military victory is not the end of this story. It’s just the beginning.”
...
“Canada is a gigantic country with 40 million people who really don’t want to be Americans,” Cohen said in an interview. “(An invasion) would be a monumental enterprise. The opposition to it would be across the board in the United States. And who the hell wants 40 million progressives in the United States? It makes no sense.”
https://rdnewsnow.com/2025/03/30/american-invasion-of-canada-would-spark-decades-long-insurgency-expert-predicts/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=other
The article says if only 1% of Canadians resisted, that would be 400,000 insurgents. Given the huge economic resistance, I suspect the numbers would be much higher.
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