State Department: No secret plan to invade Canada

[garbon]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/19/13957722-state-department-no-secret-plan-to-invade-canada

The U.S. and Mexico are not secretly planning to invade Canada, a State Department spokeswoman confirmed to laughter during a daily press briefing.

Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland was taking questions from journalists about its activities Tuesday, which included a meeting between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mexico Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa.

She was asked about "a signing ceremony" with Espinosa – what was being signed and why was the ceremony not open to the press.

"I think it's an update on Merida, but I will get that for you," Nuland reported, referring to the Merida Initiative to fight organized crime.

The journalist asked, "This isn't some secret thing ... to invade Canada or something like that?"

Amid laughter, Nuland replied: "No, no, no. It's not anything classified."

The U.S. did draw up a secret plan to invade Canada in 1935, codenamed "War Plan Red," some of which was accidentally published by mistake and reported by The New York Times. 

A U.S. invasion of Canada also featured in the film, "Canadian Bacon," starring John Candy, Alan Alda and Rhea Perlman, and the movie South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, which included the song "Blame Canada."

There is also a website called www.invadecanada.us, which lists reasons such as connecting the mainland U.S. with Alaska, "they're just a little too proud," and "they stole our basketball teams."

[Habbaku]

So where can I look at our non-secret plan to invade Canada?

[katmai]

Like we would even need a plan

[lustindarkness]

[Ed Anger]

I miss the old days (the 90's) when Canadian magazines (Well, MacLean's at least. I didn't ready Maple Syrup quarterly) wondered if the Bloc tried to split, what would be the American reaction? Will it be military?  WHAT WILL THE AMERICANS DO?

Yes, I read Canadian magazines. That was at the library where I was taking my daily bowel movements.

[Tonitrus]

So where can I look at our non-secret plan to invade Canada?

http://www.glasnost.de/hist/usa/1935invasion.html

In 1934, War Plan Red was amended
to authorize the immediate first use of poison gas against
Canadians and to use strategic bombing to destroy Halifax
if it could not be captured.

[dps]

I miss the old days (the 90's) when Canadian magazines (Well, MacLean's at least. I didn't ready Maple Syrup quarterly) wondered if the Bloc tried to split, what would be the American reaction? Will it be military?  WHAT WILL THE AMERICANS DO?

Yes, I read Canadian magazines. That was at the library where I was taking my daily bowel movements.

I think that our most likely response to Quebec going independent would be to point and laugh.  Of course, that's how we usually respond to anything that happens in Canada anyway.

[Phillip V]

What's the obesity rate in Canada? I favor annexing it to the USA if it brings better-looking women.

[Tonitrus]

Both my trips through Canada were notable for sightings of hotties.

[katmai]

That was at the library where I was taking my daily bowel movements.

the poors

[Viking]

I wouldn't expect the state department to have a plan to invade canada. I'd expect the defense department to have one. If only to maintain intelligence about where the roads and airports are and where you can drive.

[Caliga]

Both my trips through Canada were notable for sightings of hotties.

Same.  Montreal airport = JESUS CHRIST

[Ed Anger]

That was at the library where I was taking my daily bowel movements.

the poors

My toilet malfunctioned.

[Phillip V]

Both my trips through Canada were notable for sightings of hotties.

Same.  Montreal airport = JESUS CHRIST

My google image search of "montreal women" was quite disappointing.

[crazy canuck]

Like we would even need a plan

Exactly what they said in 1812