Canadians when trump tries to make it 51st state

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DamonSeed@lemmy.ca · 35 pts · 1y (11 replies)

the last thing Canada needs is for the Geneva Suggestion err Convention to need another edit thanks to us.

Rivalarrival@lemmy.today · 38 pts · 1y (2 replies)

It's never a war crime the first time.

kersploosh@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Gotta find those zero-day exploits!

Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y

Like filling their drinking water with LSD, throwing some guns into the room and saying "HES TRYING TO KILL YOU!" Through a loudspeaker.

slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y

When the sorry's end, the war crimes begin.

hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 1y

Geneva's checklist

Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 1y (4 replies)

FWIW the United States are not bound by Protocol I or II of the Geneva conventions, meaning we're also not protected by them.

IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Which things does that cover? Do we get to pull the shotguns and triangular bayonets out of storage?

Jumi@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Get shotguns that shoot triangular bayonets

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 8 pts · 1y

Those are flechettes

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 1y

Neither are banned anyway, just impractical.

ikidd@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

A few years from now the standard military ROE will have to teach recruits about "The Maple Teabagging”.

over_clox@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

Aww, why do Canadians get to have all the fun? ☹️

TheObviousSolution@kbin.melroy.org · 7 pts · 1y

Canada becoming the 51st state is allowing a foreign administration to find whatever excuse they can find to display the natives and magically provide "real-state opportunities" out of nothing, Israeli style.

Trollception@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Not sure how well clubs would work in a wartime engagement. What else ya got?

marcos@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y (2 replies)

What else ya got?

Historically, it has never been a good idea to ask this to Canada.

Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Canada has historically had decent results from the tac-50.

Trollception@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Eh?

hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Historically they've been used successfully in many wars

P00ptart@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Not recently lol.

MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y

What's recent? Night trench raids in WW2?

If you count class war, the police love using clubs on protestors.

Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
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