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On 2025-01-11 18:10:49 +0000, The Horny Goat said:

> On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 12:37:50 -0500, Rhino
> <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
> 
>> In terms of shared defence, we are one of the worst offenders in terms
>> of failing to meet our NATO commitments. We've only announced a vague
>> intention to eventually meet the 2% floor and that announcement had no
>> teeth or real spending commitment with a target date almost a decade away.
> 
> I believe I've previously posted here that I do NOT support spending
> 2% of GDP on NATO though I DO support at least 2% of GDP on the
> military.
> 
> Specifically that's because I believe the Canadian navy is critically
> underfunded and that with global warming the Northwest Passage will in
> the next 30 years become a major sea route that Canada will lose
> control over if steps are not taken now.
> 
> Russia and China have both already declared their intentions to use
> the route for that purpose and it is not reasonable to expect the US
> Navy to block that.

Since Alaska is the closest North American area to Russia and China, 
and is an American state, it *is* reasonable to expect the US Navy to 
control the area ... in conjunction with Canada and Greenland which 
have the bigger eastern part of that northern coastline.

Of course, that is also part of the reason moronic lunatic Trump the 
Chump wants to buy or invade Greenland (not that he'll ever succeed, 
thankfully).




> I understand that NATO would like more boots on the ground in Europe
> but I do think this is more important - and is a critical job no one
> but Canada but effectively carry out. I also believe Trump would be
> quite supportive if this were actually carried out (as opposed to
> endless blah blah)