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Well to be precise, the earth I am talking about scorching would include the Northeast US as well, which relies on the Great Lakes even more than Canada.

The Northeast US also buys a lot of power from Canada, so you'll be drinking radioactive water in the dark while the fallout drifts over. Having fun yet?

Oh by the way since the lights are out, you might have to deal with riots in cities like Baltimore...lots of Americans in the 99% who will use unrest to their advantage

Anywho, this is all sci-fi...most of Canada is barren and not worth invading. It's not clear what invading it would even get you.

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Oh good grief. If the US invaded Canada the war would be over before the Canadians had a chance to notice there was a war.

I'm sure it'd be very awkward over at Norad when half the duty staff has to round up the other half as PoWs...

And America will be greeted as liberators too I'm sure?

Of course. This would be a direct proof that Canada needed a lesson on how to run a democracy. They should be grateful.

Someone will have to teach the US how to run a democracy first.

probably

All joking aside (and I love Canada and think it's fantastic) it simply would not be a contest at all for the US military. That's not a slight against Canada, it's just a fact.

I think you're missing my point.

The Iraqi army and government fared terribly against the US when they invaded.

It would be foolish to describe what came next as success or winning for the United States.

Any attempt to actually occupy Canada by the United States would be absolutely brutal.

This is a literate, technologically advanced and socially cohesive group of people.

Furthermore the geographic setting would mean that the United States would have to spread itself extremely thin or allow resistance to crop up in areas outside their narrow sliver of occupation.

No I didn't miss your point I just think you're completely incorrect. A US invasion of Canada would look more like Nazi Germany rolling through The Netherlands.

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