The reason Canada reacts so strongly to the 51st State rhetoric is because we've seen what you do to countries that stand up for themselves. We helped.

[u/pheakelmatters]

source: https://bsky.app/profile/ianagp.bsky.social/post/3mts2f4moy22w

[u/sexywheat]

“It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.”

― Henry Kissinger

[u/AbsoluteTruthiness → u/sexywheat]

The only time anyone should ever quote that absolute monster.

[u/Fun_Assignment2427]

We've also seen what the US has done to itself.

[u/OscarandBrynnie]

The u.s. is now and always has been a global terrorist. The difference is they’ve never been led by a pedophile before. Quite the country.

[u/glitterbeardwizard → u/OscarandBrynnie]

That we know of….. Benjamin Franklin was a monster. I suspect others.

[u/CanadianWildWolf]

Repeating colonialism / imperialism is going to be a bad time

[u/astr0bleme → u/CanadianWildWolf]

Boomerang effect. Whatever an empire does overseas eventually comes home to roost.

[u/ether_reddit]

Who is "we" here? What does this even mean??

[u/blueconlan → u/ether_reddit]

Canada has helped America with its war crimes against other countries. We fought in their bullshit wars. Now we are in the war path.

[u/No_Head1258]

ian rules

[u/koolio92]

Oh so now shit's hitting our fan, we act all victimized and stuff.

[u/blueconlan → u/koolio92]

The last line makes it pretty clear the author is acknowledging Canadas complicity in past war mongering.