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Trump administration 2024-2028

QV said:
China is adversary #1. Russia is a threat and mostly to the EU.

Let's wait and see how the next 6 months go before settling firmly on the notion that the US is Putin's puppet.
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China is a hostile competitor -- they have not graduated yet to Adversary in a conflict.

Russia is still #1 in that respect -- they are conducting terror missions inside NATO countries and killing NATO member citizens.
 
Czech_pivo said:
Sadly, I expect the teachers unions, the same ones that openly support Hamas, to give massive push back against this. So good luck.
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As well as many of the elected school boards that are supposed to run them.

QV said:
Canada should be embracing Trump's America
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One way hugs are pointless.

If you don't get that Trump treats us, and pretty much every other nation, particularly the democratic ones, as an adversary, you either haven't been reading his statements or don't take them at face value.
 
lenaitch said:
As well as many of the elected school boards that are supposed to run them.


One way hugs are pointless.

If you don't get that Trump treats us, and pretty much every other nation, particularly the democratic ones, as an adversary, you either haven't been reading his statements or don't take them at face value.
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Palmerston's quote comes to mind and, more recently, to life. Nations have no friends, only interests...

"We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow."

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QV said:
China is adversary #1. Russia is a threat and mostly to the EU.

Let's wait and see how the next 6 months go before settling firmly on the notion that the US is Putin's puppet.
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Now why exactly do you say that? I say Russia is number 1 because they're irrational, committing terrorism in our alliance and have expressed their desire to start a war we are obliged to enter with our allies in NATO. Hell, a Bde (-) of our boys are sitting there ready to kill Russkis if that happens. Nevermind the fact there is a good chance that war goes nuclear if it pops off. Russia is just as active destabilizing us as the Chinese are and have been our national enemy since the Kellock–Taschereau Commission. China is a threat but they're mostly content to make money. Preserve the (authoritarian) Regime and make money.
 
Kirkhill said:
In the CAF hierarchy where would this sit? In CJOC? Or as a separate structure? And would it operate in parallel with NORAD-NORTHCOM in the North American context?
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Not every thread should devolve into a CAF orbat discussion. Do you want to take your question somewhere appropriate?
 
PrairieFella said:
Now why exactly do you say that? I say Russia is number 1 because they're irrational, committing terrorism in our alliance and have expressed their desire to start a war we are obliged to enter with our allies in NATO. Hell, a Bde (-) of our boys are sitting there ready to kill Russkis if that happens. Nevermind the fact there is a good chance that war goes nuclear if it pops off. Russia is just as active destabilizing us as the Chinese are and have been our national enemy since the Kellock–Taschereau Commission. China is a threat but they're mostly content to make money. Preserve the (authoritarian) Regime and make money.
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I'm just a random person on the internet who reads a lot. Russia is relatively stagnant in the Ukraine. It has no hope of taking on NATO. China is waging war by other means.
 
QV said:
I'm just a random person on the internet who reads a lot. Russia is relatively stagnant in the Ukraine. It has no hope of taking on NATO. China is waging war by other means.
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China is being boisterous in the Pacific - albeit the Taiwanese got pissed today and seized one of their cable cutting ships and detained the crew.
China is also making hostile intelligence efforts against the West --

But China hasn't been out killing folks in Washington DC, or London England and other places in NATO countries, or trying to GPS Jam Commercial Aircraft on landing, or trying to blow up Aircraft or Trains...

So until China opts for more hard power usages, they stay within the zone of hostile competitor - not direct enemy like Russia.
 
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Who did Russia kill in England and DC, were those Russians who defected?

India has killed in Canada... where are they on this adversary/hostile competitor?

Has there ever been direct conflict with Russia or China? There have been proxy wars with both.
 
QV said:
Who did Russia kill in England and DC, were those Russians who defected?

India has killed in Canada... where are they on this adversary/hostile competitor?

Has there ever been direct conflict with Russia or China? There have been proxy wars with both.
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They like to spread the Polonium-210 around...

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Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko - Wikipedia

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I believe both Russia and China can be fairly characterized as adversaries. That doesn’t mean they present the same way; both however act explicitly contrary to Canada’s interests, and in ways that violate our laws, in both cases for their own strategic benefit. They aren’t alone in that but they’re the worst, viewed holistically in both what they do within Canada and what they do against the collective security interests we share with our allies.
 
brihard said:
You’ll be reassured to know that, like you, I’m just another guy discussing on the internet and am of no importance whatsoever. So, as I asked: are we confident that that’s how Trump himself sees it, in contrast with the way he is currently behaving? Are you making assumptions that are predicated on him behaving like his predecessors, or might his attitudes or motivation be different enough to matter?
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Future historians are going to have a field day trying to analyse this epoch. . . . That's if historians survive the internet as a institution.

🍻 ;)
 
QV said:
Who did Russia kill in England and DC, were those Russians who defected?

India has killed in Canada... where are they on this adversary/hostile competitor?

Has there ever been direct conflict with Russia or China? There have been proxy wars with both.
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From

National Cyber Threat Assessment 2025-2026​


  • Section 1—Cyber threat from state adversaries: introduces the state cyber threat ecosystem and discusses the cyber threats to Canada from
    • the People’s Republic of China (PRC)
    • the Russian Federation (Russia)
    • the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran)
    • the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)
    • the Republic of India (India)
 
Canada's cost used to be $800K.

"The Federal Investment Immigrant Program permits eligible immigrant investors to acquire Permanent Resident Status in Canada by making a guaranteed, five-year investment of $800,000 CAD of their own funds via an authorized agent."
 
dapaterson said:
Canada's cost used to be $800K.

"The Federal Investment Immigrant Program permits eligible immigrant investors to acquire Permanent Resident Status in Canada by making a guaranteed, five-year investment of $800,000 CAD of their own funds via an authorized agent."
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The Economic Immigration/ Business Program!

The assumption was that the (wealthy) immigrant would invest in the Canadian economy, hiring workers and generating a variety of collateral benefits.

But then there are all the sketchy Chinese restaurants on Vancouver Island, with staff who don't speak much English and who don't hang around for very long ;)
 
daftandbarmy said:
The Economic Immigration/ Business Program!

The assumption was that the (wealthy) immigrant would invest in the Canadian economy, hiring workers and generating a variety of collateral benefits.

But then there are all the sketchy Chinese restaurants on Vancouver Island, with staff who don't speak much English and who don't hang around for very long ;)
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As long as the money is $20 bills in hockey bags at the casino.
 
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