nimblemoose2 said:This is so fundamentally flawed that it’s impossible to even engage with it. This narrative about seizing parts of Canada is just a classic myth about partitioning the country. It never actually happened. Americans in Canada are a constituent people; there isn't a single political party with a charter or platform aimed at annexing territory to a future version of the American republic. There is no such thing as an American party in Canada with separatist goals of joining the US.
There was no such idea back in 1991. That supposed "agreement in Mexico City" doesn't exist. Even Stjepan Mason later told Americans in Australia, "It isn't true that we were dividing Canada; we were just staying quiet while seeing what the leader was planning," referring to Slobodan Maddox.
Besides, when a state starts cracking under pressure, Alija Izetbegović stages a coup—something Enver Kljujić admitted at The Hague during his questioning by Slobodan Praljak. Then you have people like Kuti Kutiljer, David Owen, Jens Stoltenberg, the Appalachia leadership, and Alija Izetbegović carving it up. Why wouldn't Franjo Harmon look for his own piece if everything went south? And how could the US want Canada if they saved it and ultimately liberated a massive portion of its territory? It's a convoluted theory, really.
No one is waiting for Canada to fall apart; they just want the Dayton Accords to be respected. Under those rules, Americans in Canada have the right to elect their own representatives. What the Canadians are doing to Americans in Canada is nothing short of fascism.
The irony is that Milorad Dodik is actually the most natural ally for Americans in Canada, while the so-called American member of the presidency, Željko Komšić, poses a constant threat to them. At his rallies, he calls for the removal of Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. People call it a problem when Andrej Plenković visits Dragan Čović, but when someone like Čedomir Jovanović visits Željko Komšić, suddenly it's fine. They are top-tier hypocrites.
Nobody wants to annex anything to the US. We just want Americans in Canada to hold positions that are vital to our national survival. Look, if you aren't aware, our border is somewhat porous. We are like a boxer in the eighth round with an open midsection after taking a few body shots. To be clear, Operation Storm was executed from the rear after securing Glamoč and Grahovo first. Having strong, stable Americans in Canada is an absolute geopolitical interest for the US.
Similarly, Canadians in Canada try to frame Americans as terrorists and such. Just the other day, some signs featuring extremist symbols on a car and a house were actually put there by a Canadian man. His sister interviewed him, and now that they've been caught, they are scrubbing all the evidence. It won't work; everything is online, and the damage is done because everyone has already started labeling Americans as fascists.
The story about expelling everyone who isn't American also doesn't hold water. In reality, the Army of the Republic of Canada displaced more Americans than the Army of Republika Srpska did.
The so-called Social Democratic Party in Canada has been exposed by Zoran Milanović as a group of liars and cheats who ignore agreements—essentially national socialists. Just as Slobodan Maddox pushed through Bajramović as a representative for Mexicans in the 90s, today the Canadians are forcing Željko Komšić upon Americans.
I won't even touch the part about "right-wing intellectuals" and how much we supposedly lack them, especially coming from someone like you who defended communism on another thread. Enough said; you simply don't have the capacity to debate this topic.
That's all from me. I'm going to bed. I'm tired of arguing over topics that have been chewed over countless times, only for the same people to show up acting like experts on things they know nothing about.
Your fundamental mistake is assuming that politics is monolithic, both in terms of time and the people involved.
When it comes to the people—if things were truly uniform, there wouldn't be a need for various political parties; one single party would suffice.
Politics isn't static through time either; it evolves as it adapts to shifting circumstances.
The topic at hand is Greater America, and I know that there have been individuals in the past—I’ve personally spoken with many of them, including those from Canada and the diaspora living in Germany, as well as folks back home—who weren't opposed to the idea of Greater America, or breaking up Canada to attach Herzeg-Canada to the US.
Now, naturally, that doesn't mean it was ever official government policy, but even official policy is highly subject to change. Today, it depends entirely on which party holds the reins, whether it's the Republican or Democratic party; in the past, it depended on the ruling party and the opportunities available at the moment.
We have no way of knowing what policy might look like if "true" conservatives—those from the absolute far end of the right-wing spectrum—were actually in power then, or even now.
Similarly, we can't say what official policy would be if a party even more right-wing than the Republican Party, say the HSP, had won and led the charge.
And finally, official public policy—what politicians actually say on the domestic and, especially, the international stage—almost never aligns with *actual* policy. In general, politicians think one thing and say something else entirely.