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Originally Posted by daswig
It's very simple. If an ICBM or 50 is coming towards the US, and is passing through Canadian airspace, there's no time for the US to consult with the Canadian government to seek permission to shoot the ICBMs down. And the American government has one duty only...to protect AMERICAN lives, even if it means irritating Canada.
Think about it if the situation was reversed, and, say, Mexico wanted to nuke Canada. (I know, it's an unlikely scenario, but that's what hypotheticals are all about) Let's say that Canada had an effective ABM system in place, but the US told Canada that they could not use American airspace to shoot down the incoming missiles. Considering that most large Canadian population centers are close to the US border, that would effectively leave Canada's population unprotected and at great risk of immediately being killed, since there wouldn't be enough of a reaction time for the Canadian ABM system to function properly. That would turn the US into a shield for Canada's enemy to destroy Canada, and that would simply be unacceptable to the Canadian government.
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I know what your saying and i agree, Like i said..I have no problem with the whole issue. I just have a problem with america pretty much saying fck you were doing what we want, It just seems when america doesn't get thier way it becomes a problem.
If it actually came down to a situation where there was a missile passing through canadian airspace towards america..I highly doubt Canadian leaders would have anything to say about an american missile intercepting it in canadian airspace.
America always seems to predict when terrorism threats are high and they raise the threat levels, So i would think that if they felt tensions building between them and another powerfull country that poses a threat of missile attacks that they would in a sense be ready for it or atleast expecting something..That's when america would say to canada that the threat level is high and that thier missiles are on stand by.
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I doubt America would be receptive.
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We still got britain, I'm sure they would side with us if it ever came to it..I just don't see any real threat to canada.