The F-35 is a poison pill for Canadian defence sovereignty against a hostile America. We cannot win against an invasion, but with the Gripen we can make it a phyrric victory for them.

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      You’d need to be a total fool to believe this would have any positive outcome.

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          I’ve been to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Nothing will ever convince me that nuclear weapons are a good idea. It’s a weapon of cowards every single time.

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            If nobody could have them, that would be ideal. But they do, so having them is better than not having them.

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              No point in continuing this conversation it appears. It’s how the yanks think. More and bigger guns always better. We’re better than that.

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                It isn’t about being better or worse, that’s not even relevant, it’s about having something that effectively protects us from American aggression. Your moral superiority won’t protect you from soldiers with guns anymore than they do Americans form ICE. Nukes will.

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          There’s literally nothing there worth fighting over. Like zero value whatsoever.

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            It’s negative value, because you’d have tons of poor refugees. And it would cost massive billions to rebuild.

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            They’re sitting on $20 trillion in rare earth minerals and prior to NK demonstrating nuclear capability the US was ratcheting up their sabre rattling.

            There is every reason to have nuclear weapons.

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              Rare earth minerals aren’t terribly rare. China has lots And they’re way easier to deal with than NK.

              The US isn’t forward thinking enough to worry about it. But if they had oil…. The felon understands oil.