Ask HN: Can dual citizens be conscripted in case of war between US and Canada? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Can dual citizens be conscripted in case of war between US and Canada?

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Post by vednig » Sat, Mar 08, 2025, 3:30 PM UTC

vednig wrote: post #20

Being a dual citizen in any country you're subject to the laws and government regulations that are applicable on both countries unless an authority or a law responds you to a responsibility or any other implication it might have. Henceforth you're subject to Lawsuits in both countries, Arrests in both countries by Any or All Agencies, but it also allow you to have a card under your sleeve, that you can surrender any…

* > unless an authority or a law responds you to a responsibility or any other implication it might have.

unless an authority or a law revokes you to a responsibility or any other implication it might have.

Re: Ask HN: Can dual citizens be conscripted in case of war between US and Canada?

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Post by bruce511 » Sat, Mar 08, 2025, 7:10 PM UTC

namshe wrote: post #22

toomuchtodo wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This mess is 100% the karma of all Americans. I strongly disagree. I did not vote for this shit show, nor did many others, and I have no control over those who did. > The people who voted for Trump, hey, say what you like about them, but at least they went to the polls. Voting to burn the place down is not a participation trophy.

I did my part and voted for Harris, I thought maybe she had a chance. I knew it was very likely that Trump would win. That said, couldn't we all have done more? For example, Trump and Obama have a few interesting things in common. They both became President. And they both defeated Hillary Clinton in order to get there. In 2008, the real race was between the Democrats - Bush was so unpopular it didn't matter who the G…

I agree that the governments of both parties have underserved most people.

Some of the reason for that is structural. The president has limited power, and congress has been too evenly balanced for decades to really get anything significant done.

If you look at what Trump is doing now it's all things that bypass congress- he knows at least half of them will toe the line and that's enough. When you set a violent mob on a group, and they give you a pass, well, that tells you what you need yo know.

For voters who believe that "it doesn't matter, they're all bad", well I guess we're about to find out. Seems to me there's a difference between the parties, but what do I know...

To the Palestinian supporters who voted for Trump 'cause they didn't like Biden's approach, well let us know how that turns out for you.

The reality is that a lot of Americans like Trump policies - like tarrifs, deportation, gutting govt regulations and so on. Clearly at least half think this is the road to be on.

It's a pity the other half is going along for the ride.

Re: Ask HN: Can dual citizens be conscripted in case of war between US and Canada?

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Post by rlnvlc » Wed, Mar 12, 2025, 2:50 PM UTC

HenryBemis wrote: post #26

malfist wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The war of 1812 would like to have a word with you. Would you also have predicted the war in Ukraine the same way?

War in Ukraine: tanks rolled and stopped 1h outside Kiev. I have served in Artillery (EU country). I have seen what the Russian MLRS have done to Grozni some years back. Russians could have flattened Kiev in a week. I assume the move was to push Zelensky to quit. When they saw that this is not happening (the gamble didn't pay out) they fell back to the oblasts/regions they wanted to 'obtain'. This way they avoided a…

You mean the wars that USA mostly lost?

Besides, all NATO countries participate in missions all over the world, which includes Canada. Americans seem to have nation-wide amnesia forgetting how many allied soldiers died fighting side by side with them.