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[-] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 5 points 2 hours ago

It kind of reminds me of Terminator 2; where its essentially the exact same story is T1 except this time the previous bad guy is the good guy.

[-] AynRandLibertarian@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago

Let's make sure to start the campaign in autumn so we are deep inside Russia during the coldest parts of winter. Let's also make sure to only take light summer clothing.

[-] plecks@programming.dev 1 points 56 minutes ago

As we know, you should always fight a land war in Asia.

[-] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Ya know, what with global warming this might actually work.

[-] chaogomu@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago

That sort of idea seems great when everyone is taking Pervitin all the time.

Pervitin, the brand name that Meth was originally sold under.

[-] Maeve@midwest.social 3 points 6 hours ago

That's so yesterday. Now we use modafinil!

[-] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 11 points 10 hours ago

Oh no the innocent Germans are being forced to become Nazis by other western countries. It's definitely not because the entire west worked with Nazis after WW2 to "fight communism".

The Nazis never left Germany. They just expanded beyond it.

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

They worked with them DURING WW2 from the moment it was clear the germs would lose.

[-] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Yep. A lot of Nazi leaders began making their connections with the west as it became obvious that the USSR was winning in the Eastern front as well as Operation Paperclip, etc.

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Everyone knows about Operation Paperclip.
Which for some can be whitwashed as useful.
But it was much worse and blatant.
Saving the worst warcriminals and 1000's of SS division ukranianGalizien.
Later project aerodynamic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_Gs-0dhOo
https://ebeggin.substack.com/p/ratlines-nato-and-the-fourth-reich

And it all shows it was the UK/US that actually wanted the contacts.

[-] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Absolutely. Thanks for the receipts.

I mean Canada literally honored a WW2 vet for a Ukrainian that "fought Russia" in WW2. Like, no thought "who was fighting the USSR in Ukraine in WW2?"

[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 42 points 13 hours ago

I am ok if Europe wants to send troops to Canada to defend against the real enemy—the United States.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago
[-] Bzdalderon@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

If it comes to it, there won't be a conventional battle. We will take them out from within.

In the wise words of the Arrogant Worms, "We'll take a boat to Washingtooooooon! And burn the White House twice!"

[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

Pls do, our army wouldn’t last more than a day against the US

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

I was going to joke "I'll send y'all intel," but now I'm seriously considering if my country will use that statement against me some day.

I am joking NSA/DOGE, of course.

[-] laolin@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

I don’t want intel, AMD is better imo.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Too late the van is already on its way

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I'll come to defend the indiginous people from Canadians stealing and polluting their land.

[-] DemandOk@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 hours ago

I'm sure if it came to it, Canada would send some good folks along as well.

[-] Knightfox@lemmy.one 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I hope for Canada's sake, and for the sake of NATO and the EU, that Canada puts on some big boy pants and boosts its military. I have seen a lot of talk such as yours, but the reality is that Canada's military is a joke. Canada is so far behind in it's military spending obligation for NATO that they don't even have a timeline for catching up. Canada's airforce is 1/3rd the size of France's and France is the 10th largest Airforce in the world. The Canadian Army only has 22,000 active troops while the entire Canadian Armed Forces is only around 68,000 strong.

Canada has had troops on the ground for a lot of global military events, but they've almost never fielded a significant number. In the Gulf War they had ~4,500 troops, the Coalition had >950,000 troops and 700,000 of them were from the US. In the War in Afghanistan Canada had ~40,000 troops over 13 years (Operation Enduring Freedom) and at any one point had no more than 2,500 troops deployed. Meanwhile the US had 1.9 million deployed in the same period and at it's peak had over 100,000 troops deployed at once.

Oh but we gotta talk about WW1 and WW2 because people always take it there. In WW1 Canada deployed 620,000 troops while the US deployed 4.7 million. In WW2 the Allied Powers had a combined total over over 80 million troops, the US had around 16.5 million while Canada had 1.1 million.

As an American who likes Canada and doesn't agree with the current US political direction, I absolutely hope Canada puts it's money where it's mouth is. When Russia invaded Crimea in 2014 NATO members were supposed to increase their spending to prepare to stand up to Russia and as of 2021 only 5 of the 31 states had met that goal. As of 2024 only 8 states still had not met the goal, but Canada had the special distinction of being the only member state with no timeline on when they would meet that goal.

In a Politico article from last year

“The Canadian public doesn’t really see the need,” said Philippe Lagassé, Barton chair at Canada’s Carleton University. “If forced to choose between defense spending, social programs or reducing taxes, defense would always come last. So there’s no political gain to meeting the pledge.”

With the US threatening to leave NATO the EU has stepped up with a rearmament plan as recently as this week, let's hope Canada does the same.

[-] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 hours ago

Hey, they might actually manage the cold! This is brilliant!

[-] BevsDad@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 hours ago

We might get a bit busy but I'm sure we can spare one or two war crimes their way.

[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 54 points 16 hours ago

Ukrainians: "the Germans are here to liberate us from the Russian yoke. And they actually mean it this time!"

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Same nazis as they were

[-] CptEnder@lemmy.world 63 points 17 hours ago

Tbf Poland would be joining them this time around.

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 hours ago

Last time Russia and Germany invaded Poland together. Presumably this would be Germany and Poland invading Russia.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 42 points 16 hours ago

They're allowed to take out one German tank with light cavalry, for old time's sake.

[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 39 points 15 hours ago

You know...as the battlefield becomes ever more automated, there might be a very brief window where the winged hussars could make a comeback.

Let's say you have a battlefield riddled with smart drones. They have image recognition and immediately attack anything resembling a tank or other military asset. Do you think anyone bothered to program the drones to seek out and attack a unit outfit like 18th century Polish cavalry? A charge on horseback just might be able to ride completely undisturbed through the right kind of drone-controlled battlefield.

[-] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

and you just fucking ruined what would have been the coolest thing ever by putting it in public!

[-] CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 14 points 14 hours ago

THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED

[-] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 hours ago

COMING DOWN THEY TURNED THE TIDE

[-] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 15 points 14 hours ago

Ukranian drones are already equipped to target the latest Russian logistic vehicles, donkeys.

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[-] dnick@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 hours ago

They did last time too, just not quite as voluntarily

[-] Naevermix@lemmy.world 208 points 21 hours ago
[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 52 points 18 hours ago

Ahh polandball. I missed these

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[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 28 points 17 hours ago

You guys have the most experience with that sort of thing

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 55 points 20 hours ago

Poland: "What about attacking Russia alongside with an ally?"

[-] sxan@midwest.social 34 points 18 hours ago

Aye, I could do that.

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