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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
I really would appreciate it if someone would answer my question:
Suppose a radical group in Canada continuously fires rockets at major United States cities, attacks United States citizens and kidnaps United States soldiers while the Canadian government stands by and does absolutely nothing to remedy the situation (They claim they're too weak to effectively deal with the radicals). Let's also suppose that this radical group has some amount of political say-so in Canada. How long do you think it would take the United States to take matters into it's own hands and, given the circumtances, would anyone blame the United States for invading Canada to remove the threat posed to the United States?
A country has to protect it's borders and, more imporantly, it's citizens.
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OK, being Canadian, let me give a rough political sketch of a situation as you describe.
Quebec, a province supported in the House of Commons, Canada's parliament, treated as equals, The Bloc Quebecois are the almost official opposition, and are responsible for firing rockets into the US because they hate Americans.
Now the Americans see this as an act of war, and start destroying Canadian cities of their amenities. The US doesnt seek to notify or to understand the international legality of the situation and acts without notification to anyone. As long as someone is
suspected, well then it's lights out.
Hundreds of civilians are killed but it doesnt matter. It's their right to kill. Unconditionally. With no strings attached.They are fighting terror.
I suppose you to expect that if this event happened, Canadian's would sit down, have a pint and go,.."Well ain't that the shit's," and then praise the American's for ruining their lives, the ones that were destroyed. Do you think?
So, let's do the US next. Let's formulate a scenerio 15 years from now where the US has lost ground to China and has Russia to deal with as a merging super power once again. Bets are the US will be a solid second. Good thing they are best buddies with Israel.