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https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-fentanyl-weapon-of-mass-destruction-executive-order-draft-scoop

Well this is absolutely frightening in so much that Trump is going to force his way into Canada via military operations by claiming fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.

Anyone remember the Bush Administration and WMDs they said were there but never were?

Elbows up Canuck’s. The time to prepare is most likely closer than we think.

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[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 81 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you want peace, prepare for war.

I'm not being facetious and I'm not joking, and I don't think he is either.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Should have acquired nukes. This is the message.

[–] rozcakj@lemmy.ca 4 points 23 hours ago
[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

suitcase nukes pretty easy to access for nations that have different friends than US.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 19 minutes ago) (1 children)

They weren't real and still aren't. You can make a nuke small enough to fit in, say, a shell (and the US did), but the minimum critical mass is still way too heavy to carry around. That's just physics. Uranium and plutonium are both significantly denser than lead.

It's kind of wild you think any nuclear weapon would be "easy to access".

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suitcase_nuclear_device

both US and Russia had programs started in 1950s. Official denials aside, there is evidence they were made. At any rate, car sized, or truck sized nukes are both easier, and higher yield.

Access from nation states cooperating with your nation state "can be made easy". US has made everyone angry, and won't know who hit them. A single nuclear detonation in US would collapse its government, currency and economy due to already being up against sustainable debt limit.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 51 minutes ago* (last edited 47 minutes ago)

You could put a Davy Crockett in conspicuously beefy wheeled luggage, it's true. Or a backpack worn by a muscly special forces dude, like in the picture. I feel like people picture a skinny briefcase when you say "suitcase nuke", though.

Access from nation states cooperating with your nation state “can be made easy”. US has made everyone angry, and won’t know who hit them. A single nuclear detonation in US would collapse its government, currency and economy due to already being up against sustainable debt limit.

Who are we thinking of, North Korea? Russia likes the new guy in America, and China likes stability. India and Pakistan have no dog in this fight, and everyone else was a steadfast ally just months ago.

First off, that's the sort of thing that will take more than a lunch to arrange. Second, the level or recklessness here is crazy, and killing thousands of civilians with a first strike would make us the bad guy. Third, debt load won't mean very much if they have the kind of political will that would produce.

I guess I should point out we'd have no trouble making our own nuke if we really needed it, too. There's hundreds of tons of plutonium mixed in the spent fuel we have in storage right now, and we have lots of people who can design the thing.