hironegro wrote:I have always wondered why america never anexed canada.
mos6507 wrote:hironegro wrote:I have always wondered why america never anexed canada.
Like they could just wave their hands and it would happen?
hironegro wrote:Annexing something isn't magical process, and country can annex another country through variety of different means.
mos6507 wrote:hironegro wrote:Annexing something isn't magical process, and country can annex another country through variety of different means.
You make it sound like the US just casually decides to annex a country like it's ordering dinner from a menu, like the other country has no say in the matter.
hironegro wrote:I have always wondered why america never anexed canada.
hironegro wrote:Do you like have some issue against me?
hironegro wrote:Outside of taking apart in a couple keynote victories in WW I&II what has Canada done militarily that would deter American infantry?
mos6507 wrote:You are just so baffled that the US wouldn't live up to your imperial preconceptions and stomp on its neighbors?
It's like walking up to someone and saying "Gee, why is it you haven't beaten your wife lately? It looks like you could take her."
hironegro wrote:mos6507 wrote:hironegro wrote:Annexing something isn't magical process, and country can annex another country through variety of different means.
You make it sound like the US just casually decides to annex a country like it's ordering dinner from a menu, like the other country has no say in the matter.
Sorry ass hole I’ll put attempt in next time.
Outside of taking apart in a couple keynote victories in WW I&II what has Canada done militarily that would deter American infantry?
Nickel wrote:Frankly, far from us joining the US, I honestly believe there are several states in the north that would do well to leave the US and join Canada... it would suit their temperament better than the existing union with the attitudes of the US south.
mos6507 wrote:hironegro wrote:Outside of taking apart in a couple keynote victories in WW I&II what has Canada done militarily that would deter American infantry?
What kind of simplistic view of world affairs do you have to think that the US would just automatically invade any neighboring country that has a weak military?
You are just so baffled that the US wouldn't live up to your imperial preconceptions and stomp on its neighbors?
It's like walking up to someone and saying "Gee, why is it you haven't beaten your wife lately? It looks like you could take her."
hironegro wrote:Yes it's not like we invaded and annexed all of or parts Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii.
hironegro wrote:you're a shitty troll
mos6507 wrote:
So ignore me already. Also, maybe you should logoff some more so you can spend more quality time throwing darts at a US map.
Nickel wrote:hironegro wrote:I have always wondered why america never anexed canada.
Well, it's like everyone said. Previously, throughout most of the 19th century, the US really didn't have the military wherewithal. Once it did, there was something a little humiliating about the idea of forcing someone in the nation. Pride made folks in the States want other people to WANT to join the US. Canadians, by and large, didn't, so that was that.
Canada, for the most part, was made up of two groups -- descendants of the French settlers, who had little love for Anglos of either sort but at least knew their rights were secured in British North America -- and the English Canadians who were largely descended from Loyalists who left the US. The fact that most of the "Loyalists" were "late Loyalists" who left for the free land grants was forgotten over time. Most of the people living in English Canada at the outset of the War of 1812 didn't care who ran the place; London or Washington. But when Hull invaded and circulated an edict that more or less denied the Canadians the right to defend their homes (as doing so made them allies with the "savages", and promised any such person the same treatment), he effectively killed off any hope the US had of simply showing up and becoming the new government. It turned English Canadians against the US, and the sentiment stuck, even if today no one really remembers why.
These days, there are big differences across the border on a number of social issues; abortion, gun control, same-sex marriage, soft drugs, capital punishment, socialized medicine, foreign policy, military aggressiveness... I honestly can't remember a time in my life when we felt more at odds with the US on a day-to-day basis. I think we've never been more relieved that the border exists. Frankly, far from us joining the US, I honestly believe there are several states in the north that would do well to leave the US and join Canada... it would suit their temperament better than the existing union with the attitudes of the US south.
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