Any reason why we never invaded Canada?

[BreastInspector]

The people who chant that the US went to war in Iraq for oil are morons. If we really wanted to go to war for oil, we'd just take over Canada.

 

[NesuD]

You did .... and got your ass kicked.

Battle of Quebec

War of 1812
Battle of the Thames General proctor defeated and Tecumseh killed. Pretty much broke the Western Indian alliance that supported the British and Canadian forces.

Battle of York known today as Toronto. Captured by an American landing force led by General Zebulon Pike who was killed when the Canadian militia, left behind by the Brits, blew up the powder magazine after US forces had entered the fort. Sort of the 1813 version of an IED. Damn those Canadians were resourceful.

Battle of Quebec? Seriously... Does anyone really think we would want it? That was just a training exercise.

 

[lurk3r]

You did .... and got your ass kicked.

Battle of Quebec

We drove your asses back, burned the white house down, screwed all the cute women, when we ran out we started on the uggos, even a few sheep. The only reason we stopped there was the fact we ran out of good beer, and yours is crap, so we went home to play more hockey.

 

[KeithTalent]

Because you're too fat to fight?

KT

 

[acheron]

There were probably a few Canadians that wanted to join the revolution. There were Loyalists in the colonies.

yeah, there were quite a few, both in "Canada" (what is Ontario and Quebec today), and in "Nova Scotia" (what is Nova Scotia and New Brunswick today). Group of people in Nova Scotia tried to start a rebellion there and have it become the "14th colony", but obviously it didn't work out for them. After the war a lot of the Loyalists from the 13 colonies moved up there, so they weren't inclined to join the US afterwards either.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Yeah, well we got the motherfucking bomb.

 

[nakedfrog]

Because you're too fat to fight?

KT

OOooh, you're lucky you're standing out of arm's reach, mister!

 

[Mike]

We don't want Canada, or rather Canadians, to be a part of this country.

 

[SunnyD]

We haven't because we know we'd just fuck up the beer.

 

[Scouzer]

Us Canadians prefer you keep your crime, gang war, poverty and racism south of the border. We don't want it here. Thx anyway.

+1

 

[meltdown75]

The people who chant that the US went to war in Iraq for oil are morons. If we really wanted to go to war for oil, we'd just take over Canada.

yeah, because none of the US oil supply comes from Canada as it is.

 

[zinfamous]

We did. A couple of times.

 

[zinfamous]

and we all know now that guy was working for the brits.

wonder if Arnold was captured and waterboarded by the Brits; and this is how he was turned?

:hmm:

 

[Linflas]

This thread reminds me that many Canadians were chuckling when Richard Nixon, referring to the deteriorating situation in Vietnam, said he had no intention of becoming "the first American President to lose a war".

Although one can easily argue that the result was a "draw" and in fact always was a mere sidelight to the major power struggles in Europe, American forces did fail in their original aim to invade, occupy and annex the British colony on their northern border. The best result is that both countries recognized that war was a lousy way to settle disputes and set out to resolve problems in much better ways thereafter.

As a small sidelight, I recall this bit of info from later in the 19th century. The four British colonies in what is now Canada met and ultimately formed a new nation called the Dominion of Canada under a constitution called the British North America Act passed by the British Parliament who owned the colonies. This was in 1867. In high school history classes we were told that one of the motivators for this was that the US had just come out of the American Civil War, leaving it with a rather large and reasonably well-equipped and -trained military force based primarily in the northern states. North of the border this made many extremely nervous that American minds might turn their thoughts once again to "liberating" those poor British colonists up north, and a formal banding together into one nation would reduce that threat by making their unified stance quite plain.

Actually the original aim had nothing to do with invading and occupying Canada but you can keep going with that if it makes you feel more unified and important.

 

[Blintok]

Us Canadians prefer you keep your crime, gang war, poverty and racism south of the border. We don't want it here. Thx anyway.

ya there is no gang shootings in Rexdale or Jane and Finch area...oh ..wait

 

[Riceninja]

well for one thing, it would suck to have to hold an american passport

plus i'd have to deal with americans

 

[Turin39789]

well for one thing, it would suck to have to hold an american passport

plus i'd have to deal with americans

Canadians are Americans

 

[RedRooster]

We would certainly appreciate some of those fine Jack In The Box franchises up here. I say go for it again, one of these times you'll be successful, and we'll all end up winning!

 

[daw123]

we're your only friends, and we're the popular one at the world's party!

Are you sure about that?

 

[CanOWorms]

The United States has invaded Canada in non-military ways nowadays. It's basically a cultural, economic, etc. colony of the United States.

Take something as simple as daylight savings. We change daylight savings without any regards to Canadian interests. They subsequently change it b/c they're essentially enslaved to us. They can't even do many things domestically because border control rules their lives. A pathetic, ill-regarded government institution such as those dealing with border issues has so much control over the entire Canadian government.

It's quite amazing if you think about it!

 

[Dominato3r]

Are you sure about that?

Yes.

 

[daw123]

Yes.

Really? You'll be in for a surprise then.

 

[Dominato3r]

Really? You'll be in for a surprise then.

Surprise me.

 

[daw123]

Surprise me.

America isn't the "popular one", although its popularity has improved since 2009:

Although admittedly, its a small sample size (29k people over 28 countries).

Edit. Source: http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/p...iesregions_bt/660.php?nid=&id=&pnt=660&lb=#us

 

[KeithTalent]

America isn't the "popular one", although its popularity has improved since 2009:

Although admittedly, its a small sample size (29k people over 28 countries).

You know he's Canadian right?

KT