Niagara Bill Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago 18 hours ago, All_Pro_Bills said: Thanks for sharing your perspective. Except for the far-left populated with conspiracy theories of some impending dictatorship (which I do not see any chance of happening) here in The States, I don't hear any serious conversation on the idea of the US taking military action against Canada or Greenland. In my view the culprit is a lot of inappropriate rhetoric out of the administration. I also don't believe there's any plan or understanding between the US, Russia, and China to look the other way while they each take aggressive actions to take over territory. I do see China's motivation to take over Taiwan and Russia's desire for some provinces of Ukraine but in each case its not the need for more land or territory. The idea Russia has designs on taking over the European continent is comical. They simply do not have the economic or military resources to pull that off. Russia's aim in Ukraine is a buffer zone between them and NATO. Taking over Taiwan has been a historical goal of the communists in China since the revolution and I see Trump's objective as a 21st century version of the Monroe Doctrine but the execution of that plan has been a disaster using confrontation where cooperation would be more effective. One fault in his strategy is he seems to view everything as transaction rather than taking a systemic view of things. I see the main objective being to eliminate China's influence and footprint in the Western Hemisphere. Canada is seen as a country where the CCP wields a very high level of influence over the government and the country. How true this is or to what extent is debatable. I do see some issues with trade, tariffs, regulations designed to eliminate competition, and support protectionism. My view of free trade is a mutually agreed to exchange between 2 parties without any interference from the government(s). Any real free trade agreement should be about 2 or 3 pages long. But such a view is unrealistic given the circumstances where governments are involved. I think both sides need to concede and compromise but the environment for that may not exist at the moment. As for America itself, I see the political divide as a battle between two Americas. But not the left vs. right struggle everybody tends to focus on here and in the media. Its between America the country and America the empire. They are not constituted in of the same physical territories or interests and the empire is not just geographically America. It is worldwide with many interests in many places. Most so-called MAGA people are more concerned with the interests of America the country and don't want to play world cop and get involved in constant wars while liberals are more concerned with the interests of the Empire. I don't believe the majority of either group realizes the distinction. The left sees MAGA as illiterate hillbillies and rubes easily duped into believing outrageous things influenced by mis and dis information. While the right sees Liberals as snooty over-educated idealists that look down on anyone that doesn't hold the same enlightened world view as they do. Not sure why Canada is scene to be influenced by CCP. Canada did trumps dirty work by detaining the Huawei executive for 2 years, at trumps request, which put Canada in the middle. Trump later dropped his interest and China detained 2 Canadians for 3 yrs. Canada refused Chinese electric vehicles. China stopped purchasing huge volumes of canola oil and now buys from Brazil. Canada stopped real-estate purchases from China. Canada expelled Chinese diplomats for election interference. IMHO, China is now more trust worthy than US today US was always beacon of freedom. US now is the beacon of money. Freedom how maga judges it only. Now France, England Canada, Australia, Germany are not proper freedom. That is a total joke. US now embraces dictators with ease. The left does want US and Canada to pay for building the greatest, free Countries on earth. Columbus used a few slaves on his ships...terrible. Egypt build pyramids with slaves, that is ok because they are not rich and successful. It goes on and on. Our open societies allowed the Trojan horses in, as did Europe. But trump has destroyed any opportunity for the freeworld to collectively deal with it. The US is no longer freedoms beacon. Power, money, threats, insults and retribution have already isolated the US from the world. Every citizen of Canada buys $9000 of goods and services per yr from US companies, US citizens buy $2500 of Canadian goods and services. If I were in charge, Mexico and Canada should shake hands with China, sign freetrade agreements with EU, and some SAmerican countries and Korea, India, Vietnam and totally allow US isolation. I would not offer to negotiate a new trade deal. I would give notice the Ford and GM that we will return to pre NAFTA, if you want to sell cars in Canada you will build that volume here, or goodbye. China and Europe will fill that void. Nobody needs a friend or neighbour who threatens you, laughs at you, insults you, steals from you and violates treaties they signed. There is no way anyone should view Kristi Noami, or the US government in a positive light for her photo op at the joint library on Vermont Quebec border, being a toughie. That was the final straw in the relationship, at the governmental level. That message was clear. Citizens friendships will continue, but our governments will never return to previous levels of trust. That may lead to more sinister events, but so be it. .
Homelander Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago On 4/14/2025 at 10:21 PM, B-Man said: Donald Trump has upset that apple cart. For people who care about things like fiscal sanity, accountability and transparency, it is a welcome restoration The Trump administration outshining its own stooges daily is the kind of tragic comedy you can’t make up.
Roundybout Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago 2 minutes ago, Homelander said: The Trump administration outshining its own stooges daily is the kind of tragic comedy you can’t make up. Hmm. The state telling private enterprise to fix prices? Interesting.
Homelander Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago 1 minute ago, Roundybout said: Hmm. The state telling private enterprise to fix prices? Interesting. Exactly. But what else would you expect when WEI hires are in charge, using a mix of psyops and mind games as their go-to strategies?
AlBUNDY4TDS Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago 21 minutes ago, Homelander said: Exactly. But what else would you expect when WEI hires are in charge, using a mix of psyops and mind games as their go-to strategies? How sad is your life? 1
The Frankish Reich Posted 3 hours ago Author Posted 3 hours ago 2 hours ago, Roundybout said: Hmm. The state telling private enterprise to fix prices? Interesting. Amazon pulled back that "threat" (by which I mean "disclosing the truth"), but the point has been made. I hope Amazon and more companies do this. The price impact of tariffs shouldn't be hidden. Unless Trump course corrects soon, we'll be seeing this a lot. 1
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