Diamondback Six
CGN frequent flyer
For a historical perspective... just like King George's Redcoats down here, when marauding Bluecoats stormed across the border up there it was your own citizens with whatever weapons they had available that had to form the first line of resistance. While the "Border War" part of the War of 1812 sucked, there were compelling military arguments that made it necessary on both sides... though one would hope that had it been offered and agreed to have Canada sit 1812 out and just be a straight stand-up US v Britain fight, that neutrality would be respected. Unfortunately, both our countries were minor players, and in the clash of George v Napoleon I don't think any neutrality would have been respected much by either just as it was crapped all over at Copenhagen, "you're either with me or you're a threat just by existing outside my control."