Canada’s recent decision to war-game a hypothetical U.S. invasion feels like a neighborhood watch of beer-league softball buddies holding emergency drills in case the guy who grills for everybody on the block suddenly lays claim to the cul-de-sac.
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Looking serious, the guys break out clipboards and walkie-talkies. Yet everyone involved knows nothing will happen because the guys are bored, it’s winter, and there’s no beer league.
Living in the space between realism and anxiety lies military planning, which calms nerves. Acknowledging plans, however, muddies the water.
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Why Canada Ran the Scenario
Defense planners described the exercise as routine contingency work. The Canadian armed forces, like those worldwide, plan for disasters, hostile acts, supply disruptions, and improbable chains of events
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