Without U.S. support Canada could not defend its own sovereignty | Brian Isted

Brian Isted is a former Canadian Army captain and military intelligence analyst. He is not a pundit. He is not a political commentator. He is someone who has been inside the system and worked alongside American forces operationally in Iraq on hundreds of missions. Iain Burns asks him a simple question: if Canada got into a serious conflict and had to actually defend itself, could the military do it? The answer is no. Topics covered: ► Isted's unambiguous assessment that Canada has no capacity to defend its own sovereignty without U.S. and NATO support, describing our reliance as almost complete ► The NYPD comparison: New York City's police department is larger than the entire Canadian Armed Forces, which sits at roughly 55,000 personnel against a full target complement of 75,000 ► Canada's chronic underinvestment in military capability: no meaningful air transport, a navy in disarray, submarines that barely function, and basic equipment shortages that have been documented by the auditor general ► The specific capabilities Canada would rely entirely on the U.S. to provide in any serious conflict: satellite intelligence, signals collection, air superiority, naval power, and logistical support at scale ► The Venezuela operation as a demonstration of what U.S. special operations forces are actually capable of, and the gulf between that capability and what Canada can field ► The anti-American rhetoric from Ottawa during and after the election, which Isted calls sickening given that Canada goes to sleep every night under the protection of American military power in the north ► The elbows up campaign examined against the reality that Canadian sovereignty depends almost entirely on American goodwill and American military commitment to North American defence ► Why alienating the one country Canada is entirely dependent on for its security is not just economically reckless but strategically incoherent Canada ran an election campaign on elbows up nationalism while fielding a military smaller than a single American city's police force. Brian Isted says the anti-U.S. rhetoric makes him sick. Watch this and understand why. Do you think the elbows up campaign is in bad taste? Let us know in the comments. The Really Big Show: the thinking Canadian's daily briefing, independent and informed. 🔴 Live every weekday at 9AM PST 📍 Independent. Unapologetic. Canadian. 👉 Support the show: https://thereallybigshow.ca Subscribe | Share | Comment — help us grow independent Canadian media. #canadiannews #canadapolitics #canada #nowmedia #thereallybigshow #canadianmilitary #brianIstad #canadausa #defencespending #nato