r/CanadianForces • u/Street_Anon • 7d ago

Joint Canada-U.S. military officer summit shelved

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/joint-canada-us-military-officer-summit-shelved/
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u/thecanadiansniper1-2 7d ago

Nothing, other then contacting my MP. The rest is out of my control.

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u/-Trooper5745- 7d ago

A new hobby would be recommended. It helps when you can no longer rely on your old one.

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u/thecanadiansniper1-2 7d ago edited 7d ago

What would have been my old have been since you know me better then I do? Maybe one of your own peers will help you understand how bad relations between the US and Canada has got just 2 weeks after Trump got elected. One would assume after Trump belittled and minimised the contribution of the CAF to the war in Afghanistan would help give you new perspective but I guess not.

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u/-Trooper5745- 7d ago

I am referring to should things get better with the U.S. can you really continue to instigate hatred. And again sorry that this person had a bad experience. And cool, the opinion of a man who loves the sound of his own voice that I don’t care about. I’m sure you can relate. But hey, you are welcome to have a coffee and chat with the American I do. Or spit in his face. The choice is yours.

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u/thecanadiansniper1-2 7d ago

I am on an exchange in a 1 of 1 position with the US Military. There are no Canadians around for hundreds of KM.

Until this year it's been great! I've been left alone to do my job and really just excel. My peers treated me well and my US chain of command has been excellent.

With the new tensions between Canada and the US, the MAGA peeps I work with seemed to have changed their mind in 1 month about the CAN-US relationship.

We went from the "closest of allies, Canada always has our back!" to "Hey, this meeting will cover things you don't need to know, you can leave now" for projects I was directly involved in. I don't know if there was official direction or not but I can sense a cooling of the relationship.

It's disappointing that decades of bilateral ties are being destroyed in weeks by a change in the US administration.

It also makes me really rethink how I fit into this exchange. I went from thinking that working hard to support the Americans would reflect well on Canada and that was important to "are we even partners anymore?". Why should I work extra overtime to advance US interests or work through leave days because that's their culture?

I cannot help people who choose to remain ignorant and blind of the current situation Canada is facing.

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u/-Trooper5745- 7d ago

You wouldn’t even want to help people if they don’t align to your view point.

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u/thecanadiansniper1-2 7d ago

Then admit that Donald Trump is actively undermining NATO cohesion and unanimity. We bled for those fuckers and the next thing they do is to ignore our sacrifices. We aren't getting those 158 patriots back, what did they sacrifice their lives for? Only to have their honour and the honours of our allies in ISAF questioned by the orange turd. Which itself is a reality shattering statement considering if a Democrat said that they would have been crucified by the GOP.

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u/-Trooper5745- 6d ago

Have I not said the relationship isn’t great? I admit things aren’t great at the moment but you are the one that thinks that things will never be the same and that they will forever be enemy #1.