Oh, another consideration: you’d have all those hardened militaristic Yanks from army bases in the South… and they’d have to march through the tundra of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota.
Sure, the permafrost might chill them to their bones, but the real problem is the warmth of Deep Fried Cheese Curds and Bratwurst and Green Bean Hot Dish Cassarole With Chow Mein Noodles On Top.
All the grannies up here wouldn’t let a single soldier do any invading without a good, nutritious sit-down supper. “Ope, where d’ya think yer goin’ there, huh, Mr. Too Busy To Clean His Plate? We still have some ho-made apple pie comin’, doncha know?”
Nobody’s going to be in a fighting mood after the Grammies of The North-Central Midwest get done with them.
Taking a second look at the map I see you are correct. If the US were to move overland into Canada it appears Buffalo and other parts of upstate New York would make more sense.
Which goes to show why I am not a military strategist.
And Fort Drum isn’t much farther south than that. I’ve opined that this is the most likely scenario for an invasion of Canada - a decapitation strike from Fort Drum to Ottawa, and then telling the Rest of Canada what the new world order is.
That’d be part of it. A number of other bases would be quickly attacked or bombed as well. Taking out Trenton, Kingston, Petawawa and Valcartier eliminates what limited resistance Canada could offer to defend this part of the country.
The fighter bases and Halifax would have to be destroyed as well; the US would also probably want to sink any of the missile frigates at sea, as those are dangerous.
But if the upper parts of Canada were more populated, it would be important to not do too much global warming or the upper parts would become perma-rasputitsa instead of permafrost until they completely unmelt in decades.
I kind of like it. Have them match along the 401, but divert them to the 403 through Hamilton. One look around and they’ll nope right out of here!
Does the king actually have any powers in Canada? I mean, our head of state is in the UK so a “decapitation strike” technically involves London, England, not London, Ontario but I really like the idea that Trump and his army would get that wrong…
Who cares? Nobody will live there, other than a few dozen scapers, busy turning it all into a tar-sand-pit. That big wet spot will have to be renamed to the “Great Slag Lake”.
