US Ambassador to Canada Appears to Make Threats About Canada Buying or Making Weapon Systems from Europe - Especially the F-35.

[Evilroddy]

They' at it again!



At about 1 min. and 30 seconds into the video, the American ambassador Pete Hoekstra seemed to imply that Canada must buy the F-35 warplanes because we need interoperability and are 'partners in NORAD'. Partners my arse! He alluded to dire consequences for Canada if we cancel the remainder of the F-35 contract. This seems to be yet another threat to Canadian sovereignty. When a foreign ambassador tries to dictate which weapon systems we must use, you know we are in real trouble. Canada needs dependable and trustworthy partner-states from NATO because the US is now increasingly ruled by an oath-breaker and fraudster. The Swedish Saab Gripen is designed for use in the north by the Swedish military and can operate in harsh arctic conditions, Unlike the F-35 which is a hanger queen and a maintenance nightmare which needs regular software updates from a potentially hostile producing state. Without these updates the plane will eventually become inoperable

We are not a client state. We will go our own way and arm ourselves as we see fit. If the US pushes this issue we should cancel the F-35 procurement, take delivery of the first sixteen aircraft already paid for and reverse engineer our own systems from them just like Israel did with its purchase F-22s and F-35s. When we're done we should sell most of them on to the UK and screw the American contract obligations.

Furthermore this is another reason to start thinking hard and clearly about withdrawing from the NPT and to begin building nuclear landmines before building more sophisticated nuclear weapons for our defence from hostile states like Russia, China and growingly hostile states like the USA.

Elbows up and it's time to start high sticking and cross checking. It's time to brawl but brawl smart. We need to scare the sh$t out of the TACO in Chief and his mongrel minions.
Evilroddy.

 

[Allan]

At about 1 min. and 30 seconds into the video, the American ambassador Pete Hoekstra seemed to imply that Canada must buy the F-35 warplanes because we need interoperability and are 'partners in NORAD'.

European NATO countries are equipped with European weapons systems including fighter jets.

No reason why we can't do the same.

 

[Evilroddy]

European NATO countries are equipped with European weapons systems including fighter jets.

No reason why we can't do the same.

Allan:

I agree with you, but tell that to the Trump authoritarians and you get threats rather than reasoned discussion. They argue that NORAD is too integrated to allow us to use Saab Gripens even if we build them under licence from Saab here and make them NORAD compatible from the get go. The US Administration is running a protection racket and nothing more. NORAD was created in 1958 IIRC when the Soviet Union was becoming a rising threat. Modern-day Russia is still a threat to North America but not nearly as serious a threat as the USSR was during the First Cold War. Perhaps it's time to reevaluate our "partnership" in NORAD and put that on the negotiating table along with North American Trade. While we're at it, let's put hydro electricity, fossil fuels. water, critical minerals, pharmaceuticals and any other things we can think of on that same table that will break Trump before the mid-term elections. Welcome to the new Dark Ages.

Cheers, be well and F Trump.
Evilroddy.