• CheeseAndCatsup@lemmy.ca
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    10 days ago

    It will be a shit show until Canada and the rest of the western world work out agreements independent of the US.

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      Isolating a fascist power with the strongest military in the world doesn’t work. Eventually they work up the balls to use it.

      Every nation should be prepared for what happens when the purge of the US military and government is complete and only loyalists hold power.

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        Given that there are no ideal moves in any direction, I feel that standing up to the bully is the only option on the table. They failed to do that in 1939.

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        And another thing. Its America’s job to police this mess, they installed him either directly or indirectly. The rest of the world didn’t ask or vote for this dangerous toddler.

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      Over here in the EU we still need gas and oil. I’d much rather import it from Canada than from Qatar or some other middle eastern dictatorship.

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        As a Canadian I agree but that is difficult. Canada is so integrated with the US that they basically refine all of our crude. Canadian crude is unlike crude from anywhere else and has to be refined a certain way. So we have to build refineries or you do, that can handle our capacity. That takes time and certainly won’t be instantaneous. It’s not like we can just divert.

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          Yeah plus the transport would be much more expensive. But I guess building your own refineries will give much more flexibility for the future…

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      We’re already doing that. EVERYBODY is doing that. every western nation is doing their best to cut America out of their trading deals. Donnie has seriously fucked America over.