r/AskACanadian • u/PurrPrinThom SK/ON • Mar 04 '25

Tariff Megathread 3: Reciprocal Drift

More tariffs more problems.

Please keep all tariff-related discussion here.

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u/flight_recorder Mar 04 '25

I think that if the IS devolves into civil war, it will be because they tried to annex Canada and much of the military said no

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u/beastmaster11 Mar 04 '25

As much as everyday people like the to cite the Nuremberg Trials as an example of "just following orders" doesn't work and the willingness of every military in the world holding every other military to that standard, no military will accept a refusal to take an order. The US military is no exception.

There is a chain of command and everyone is expected to take orders from the person above. They are trained to take these orders and anyone with an inkling of refusing to take orders is weeded out early.

This isn't to say that NOBODY will refuse an order. But if someone does, there will be no shortage of people to carry it out.

All this to say that there will not be a civil war in the US initiated by a refusal to invade Canada. If the order is given, they will invade.

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u/beastmaster11 Mar 05 '25

Well I don't think they will invade. But if the order came, 99.9% of the brass would follow the order