• masterspace@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Writing tip: the first time you use an acronym, you’re supposed to write out the whole term and put the acronym in brackets, then you can use the acronym freely after that.

    And I fail to see why it would be obvious that Canada would suddenly start a nuclear weapons program when we never have before.

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      Because the invasion of Ukraine proved that security guarantees by the US mean jack shit. They gave up their nukes on the promise of security by the States, look where that landed them.

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        I mean, I get it, but there’s also a not insignificant difference for American interests between letting Russia attack a former Soviet country on the other side of the world, and letting Russia attack a country that sits between America and a different part of America.