>>509288299
>That's what USSR and USA did. Still do to a degree, but the dissolution of the USSR sent shockwaves around the world. Many countries became free, at least somewhat, because our "freedom" depends on our suzerain, the USA
Way to show your gratitude.
Meanwhile the US is willing to sell you F-35s, practically UFO-tier technology that your nation of plumbers had zero chance of ever producing domestically, and was even nice enough to customize the cockpit with a toilet plunger in place of the control stick for familiarity.
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>>509298072
Russified territory becomes shit.
Russian expansion is like an toxic waste spill-turned EPA superfund site that nobody wants anything to do with after.
It's the opposite of the situation here, where Canadians are constantly crossing the border to shop, travel, and (when they can) work and get educated here.
The current Canadian PM and has daughter are both US-educated.
Doug Ford, the tough-talking "Elbows UP" premier of Ontario, spent 20 years of his life in the US.