C.<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@larryneufeld" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>larryneufeld</span></a></span> </p><p>I believe Canada needs to develop an effective <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/deterrence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deterrence</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/threat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threat</span></a> to keep Mango Mussolini at bay - but we need it, like, yesterday.</p><p>Nuclear weapons - possibly purchased from France, since the USA might have too much influence over the UK - would do the trick. We wouldn't need a lot, just enough to make a couple getting through to D.C. and New York a realistic possibility.</p><p>It shocks me to have to seriously consider this threat. Canada hasn't seriously worried about a US <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a> since the '50s or '60s.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/NuclearWeapon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/nuke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuke</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MangoMussolini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MangoMussolini</span></a></p>