• naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    The US thwarts one on US soil, but lets two proceed in the sovereign territory of it’s closest ally with little more than a statement of “children, stop fighting.” Glad to know that the lives of two Canadians is worth substantially less than the life of one American.

    Five Eyes, NATO, NORAD, and for what?

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      1 year ago

      Maybe information was shared, but Canada either did not believe the threat credible enough, or in some other way messed up themselves? We likely won’t ever know the full story. Historically, other nations don’t tend to appreciate the US conducting operations on their soil, so there isn’t a ton the US can do to protect a Canadian citizen in Canada, other than pass the information along.

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        1 year ago

        The US, who has jurisdiction to operate in territory covering ~80% of Canada’s population…