A "CAUKUS" Treaty, modeled after AUKUS, would supply Canada with nuclear-powered submarines to enforce protection of the Northwest Passage.
Canada has long sought recognition of the Northwest Passage as its sole sovereign waters.
This wasn't much of an issue when the Passage was frozen over nearly all year round.
But what ignorant U.S. policy decision makers in past decades failed to see is that by refusing to Canadian sovereignty and saying the Passage is international waters, we've not only been saying the Chinese would have the unequivocal right to send its large container ships to the Eastern U.S. seaboard and to Europe by a much shorter route (making their goods even cheaper and their economy stronger to our detriment), but it would also open the Passage to Russian ballistic missile submarines and significantly cut the time for them to knock out U.S. missile silos in the northern Great Plains.
Instead of Trump's foolish statements wanting to make Canada part of the U.S., once he takes office he should:
1. Immediately change United States policy to quickly recognize full Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Passage.
2. Revise the mutual defense agreement with Canada (NORAD - North American Aerospace Defense Command) to include a sea-borne component whereas the United States Navy would contribute to the defense of the Northwest Passage.
3. In partnership with the United Kingdom (and patterned after the AUKUS Treaty), the United States would help Canada to develop and build a dozen nuclear-powered submarines, allowing Canada in time to take over much of the defense of the Northwest Passage and strenghten NATO's defense in the Arctic.
This new policy would also help repair the damage in U.S. - Canadian relations done by Trump with his idiotic statements regarding statehood and tariffs.
This wasn't much of an issue when the Passage was frozen over nearly all year round.
But what ignorant U.S. policy decision makers in past decades failed to see is that by refusing to Canadian sovereignty and saying the Passage is international waters, we've not only been saying the Chinese would have the unequivocal right to send its large container ships to the Eastern U.S. seaboard and to Europe by a much shorter route (making their goods even cheaper and their economy stronger to our detriment), but it would also open the Passage to Russian ballistic missile submarines and significantly cut the time for them to knock out U.S. missile silos in the northern Great Plains.
Instead of Trump's foolish statements wanting to make Canada part of the U.S., once he takes office he should:
1. Immediately change United States policy to quickly recognize full Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Passage.
2. Revise the mutual defense agreement with Canada (NORAD - North American Aerospace Defense Command) to include a sea-borne component whereas the United States Navy would contribute to the defense of the Northwest Passage.
3. In partnership with the United Kingdom (and patterned after the AUKUS Treaty), the United States would help Canada to develop and build a dozen nuclear-powered submarines, allowing Canada in time to take over much of the defense of the Northwest Passage and strenghten NATO's defense in the Arctic.
This new policy would also help repair the damage in U.S. - Canadian relations done by Trump with his idiotic statements regarding statehood and tariffs.
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