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What would happen if USA invades Canada?
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I really hope we won’t find out.
My guess is that the military command would probably refuse the order. Or at least some parts would refuse, some would follow, it would be chaotic and could easily trigger a civil war.
But if they all follow the order..?
I really hope there would be major unrest across all US cities. General strike and millions on the street. This could end the trump presidency relatively quickly. Something like in South Korea recently, just much bigger.
But if not?
From a military point of view, Canada and Europe wouldn't stand a chance. Unlike the Russians in Ukraine this would be a quick operation. However, the guerrilla war afterwards would be pretty damn fierce. But it would be a damn big shock for the global economy. The USA would suddenly be completely isolated. Global trade would probably grind to a halt. China would attack Taiwan. Organizations like the UN would be on the ground. The rest of the world would immediately try to arm itself with nuclear weapons. The global economy would collapse. Sooner or later we would have total chaos.
It's the world's longest border, a military defeat is certain but hundreds or thousands of Canadian partisans will easily get through to commit acts of terrorism and sabotage.
My thought was that there's just so much land. It's inhospitable, yes, but there so much they'd never be able to cover it all. They could invade and take the cities, but there's absolutely no way they could control the countryside.
Yes that's another really good point. Any sort of foreign support from Russia or China or Europe that brings weapons in would mean a permanent thorn in their side, Canada wouldn't see peace for decades, if at all. Similar to the quagmire in Afghanistan and Iraq.
That's in addition to how easily we could strike at their home territory in cross border raids, which will be even more unacceptable domestically.