Denmark to annex the North Pole

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

They have conscription though, in time of national emergencies for all men who are fit until the age of 50.

My point was, that if a war that ever truly threatened Canada broke out on a massive scale we could have conscription too. The 4-12 months headstart their conscritps received really wouldn't be all that meaninfull. A 50 year old man have 4 months of mandatory military training and no combat when he was 18, really doesn't strike much fear in my heart.

[Calgaryborn]

Originally Posted by Mass_nerder

The key was there, was "casualty rates", not casualties.
i.e. number of casualties over total number of troops deployed.

Agreed. But the point of the discussion was that Canada has more combat experience. Canada has had about 2600 soldiers in Afganistan whereas Denmark has had about 750.

[HPLovecraft]

I think you all are forgetting the most important part about this.

If Denmark annexes the North Pole, they'll have a spy with diplomatic immunity that can enter any country, any state, any HOUSE in the entire world, and no police force on Earth can do anything about it.

Santa Claus, my friends, Santa Claus. Think about it.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

Agreed. But the point of the discussion was that Canada has more combat experience. Canada has had about 2600 soldiers in Afganistan whereas Denmark has had about 750.

I don't have the statistics in front of me, but Canada has been in Afghanistan since 2002 and probably rotated a lot more then 2600 troops through Afghanistan that are still members of the armed forces.

If there's one advantage to participating in Afghanistan is that a lot of our land forces NCO's and Officers are battle hardened and passing those messages across to the newer members.

[Phanuthier]

Does anyone actually think Canada is going to go to war with Denmark?

[fanman]

So we set up a rink in the arctic, and have a best of 7 series vs. the Danes. Things like hooking, slashing, boarding and cross-checking will not be called as penalties. Fighting will also only be a 2 minute minor, and no BS instigator calls. Winner takes the North Pole!!

[calgaryred]

Originally Posted by fanman

So we set up a rink in the arctic, and have a best of 7 series vs. the Danes. Things like hooking, slashing, boarding and cross-checking will not be called as penalties. Fighting will also only be a 2 minute minor, and no BS instigator calls. Winner takes the North Pole!!

Then a dvd set will be made, and for decades they will talk and watch the great war on ice.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Denmark has more troops per capita than any nation fighting in Afghanistan and one of the highest casualty rates among allied forces. They spend the same % of GDP on Military as Canada, about 1.4%.

Yeah, and who has the higher GDP, not per capita?

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Phanuthier

Does anyone actually think Canada is going to go to war with Denmark?

Well, not with p*ssy attitudes like that.

[VladtheImpaler]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Canada has a larger professional military but they have a larger military trained population (every adult male).

They are also buying F-35s and have the same Leopard 2 tanks as us.

But we have a secret weapon - Mechanized Eskimo Cavalry.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler

But we have a secret weapon - [redacted].

Not secret any more. Thanks to you we'll all be speaking Danish this time next year.

[Hack&Lube]

The real question is, if we have Wolverine on our team, why haven't we annexed Alaska and Greenland yet?

[VladtheImpaler]

Originally Posted by SebC

Not secret any more. Thanks to you we'll all be speaking Danish this time next year.

I didn't mention our super secret weapon - Amphibious (PB) Eskimo Cavalry.

[VladtheImpaler]

Originally Posted by fanman

So we set up a rink in the arctic, and have a best of 7 series vs. the Danes. Things like hooking, slashing, boarding and cross-checking will not be called as penalties. Fighting will also only be a 2 minute minor, and no BS instigator calls. Winner takes the North Pole!!

There are a couple other bona fide contenders - Russia/Norway would have to be the other semi-final...

[Daradon]

Didn't Russia put a flag a somewhere on the ocean floor at the North Pole a year or two ago?

Not saying that gives them a legitimate claim, just wondering about all the various claims out there.

In that vein, what is Canada's claim?

[Redliner]

Originally Posted by Daradon

Didn't Russia put a flag a somewhere on the ocean floor at the North Pole a year or two ago?

Not saying that gives them a legitimate claim, just wondering about all the various claims out there.

In that vein, what is Canada's claim?

We don't need a claim. It belongs to us out of sheer awesomeness.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by Daradon

In that vein, what is Canada's claim?

Our claim is whatever the international standard is for territory based on our coastline and borders.

The issue in contention is these countries are fighting for a piece of the continental shelf to extend their claims which is actually shared by all of us which is what makes this all stupid.

[Vulcan]

We claim not only the North Pole but Santa Claus as well. If you write a letter to Santa here's his address.

SANTA CLAUS
NORTH POLE
H0H 0H0
CANADA "

Read more: Where do all the letters written to Santa Claus really go? | Answerbag http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/37317#ixzz1MlT0lPsQ

[Joborule]

We give them the North Pole.

We take their women.